2014 – Page 218

Sonia Silvestri died on Saturday, 19 Arpil. She was 61. Family and friends were with her as she spent her last week at the Plaza de la Salud hospital in Santo Domingo. On Wednesday, 16 April, she suffered a stroke from which she never recovered. Recently she had been hospitalized for chronic kidney problems. She …

Read more…

Top-seeded Dominican tennis player, Victor Estrella will become the first Dominican to compete in a Grand Slam event of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Estrella will play at the French Open Championships on court 20 at Roland Garros Stadium complex in Paris, France. Along with the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, the …

Read more…

The Santo Domingo Botanical Gardens is hosting Bosque Jurasico 2, a dinosaur exhibit. The event is organized by Xone Entertainment and is a Ocean Dom Group production. This exhibit is a sequel to the first event held in 2012. Promoters say that visitors can observe 34 different species during the 1:15 hour tour. The tour …

Read more…

The DR1 Daily News will not be updated on Holy Thursday, 17 April nor on Good Friday, 18 April in observation of the Easter Week holidays. Headline news over the holiday period will be compiled for the Monday, 21 April issue. For breaking news commentary, see the DR1 Forums that are open 24/7 at http://www.dr1.com/forums …

Read more…

Easter Week is the peak domestic travel time in the Dominican Republic. There are a lot of major shows scheduled at vacation destinations to entertain a wide range of musical tastes during this special holiday week. For instance, this weekend, at Altos de Chavon, merengue star Eddy Herrera opens the show with Venezuelan singer Franco …

Read more…

The executive director of Civil Defense, Major General Luis Antonio Luna Paulino urges those going on vacation this Easter Week to take extra care. He said that 4,000-5,000 volunteers would be working from Thursday lunchtime to Sunday evening at 1,500 assistance points set up where the biggest crowds are expected. He was speaking at the …

Read more…

All personnel from the Metropolitan Transport Authority (Amet) are now in position on the highways and roads throughout the country in an effort to prevent accidents during Easter Week. Amet spokesman Roberto Lebron said that they would be working in conjunction with the Emergency Operations Center (COE), the National Police, Ministry of the Armed Forces, …

Read more…

Following a meeting with President Danilo Medina, visiting Turkish Minister of Foreign Relations Ahmet Davutoglu announced that the Dominican Republic and Turkey signed several economic and civil aviation cooperation agreements. Dayutoglu invited President Medina to visit Turkey. Turkey views the Dominican Republic as a strategic point to coordinate its official international programs and expand its …

Read more…

In an effort to diversify agricultural production, the Dominican Republic has announced a program to bolster dragon fruit (pitahaya) production. The Minister of Agriculture, Ramon Rodriguez, highlighted the fruit’s export potential, focused especially on specialty markets. He stated that the fruit represents an interesting option for Dominican farmers to diversify production systems and generate more …

Read more…

Amongst the 29 Santo Domingo Metro stations there are eight escalators and nine elevators out of service, meaning that, on average, one in three stations have accessibility problems. Elderly passengers have been particularly vocal in expressing the inconvenience of having to negotiate the rather long and steep staircases that connect the Metro platforms to the …

Read more…