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The director of Migration Jose Ricardo Taveras has admitted the Dominican government has mismanaged migration for more than 100 years. He said the present authorities now needed to make amends for the shortcomings. In a TV interview with Hector Herrera Cabral on Sunday, 30 March, Taveras said that one of the ways to get around …

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In Diario Libre newspaper’s editorial today, 31 March 2014, executive editor Adriano Miguel Tejada writes that the great virtue, the great discovery of the Constitutional Court Ruling 168-13 is that it has brought to the forefront a reality that many did not want us to see until it was too late, if it is not …

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Trinidad & Tobago Trade Minister Vasant Bharath has announced that the DR will have a strong presence at the Trade and Investment Convention organized by the government of Trinidad from 2-5 July 2014. Dominican ambassador in T&T Jose Serulle Ramia announced a large delegation from the Dominican Republic would attend the TIC 2014 to promote …

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Dominicans are increasingly using the facility of paying bills through their mobile phones. Diario Libre reports that the first system was introduced in July 2010 with tPago through the Popular and Reservas banks and Claro telecom. In 2014, Orange M-Peso with Orange telecom and Popular bank offered another option. The mobile payment systems now have …

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The ranch where a drug lab was found in September 2013 and confiscated from Colombian brothers Huber and Angel Maria Buitrago, charged with drug trafficking, has been converted into a Correction and Rehabilitation Center for Women by the Attorney General Office. The property covers an area of 62,900 square meters in Sabana Toro, San Cristobal. …

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A man who had stolen RD$25,240 from a spare parts business at Km. 3 of the San Francisco de Macoris-Santo Domingo highway has been found dead on the pavement. He is suspected to have died from head injuries suffered as a result of the fall when trying to reach the roof of the Repuesto Patsu …

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The Weather Department (Onamet) says that a frontal trough will be bringing continuous light rains to the northwest, north, west and northeast of the country. The rest of the country will be affected by high humidity. There will be short showers in the east and southeast. The rains are welcome. Onamet director Gloria Ceballos told …

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This Monday evening, 31 March with music starting at 10pm, Jet Set Club at Av. Independencia presents Ramon Orlando with his popular merengue songs, Sexappeal with its romantic salsa sounds and La Nueva Escuela with urban music (reggaeton). www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4g1I7jhQDU www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5M0G9upDoU www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc8mzihEQSc

Dominican contemporary musician-composer Pavel Nunez is just back from Turin where he was working on his latest production. To warm up for the introduction, he will be sharing his Greatest Hits with his fans in a performance on Wednesday, 2 April at Hard Rock Cafe by Columbus Park in Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone.

The most popular cultural event in the Dominican Republic, the Santo Domingo International Book Fair (FILRD14) is set to take place at the grounds of Plaza de la Cultura opening on 24 April and running through 5 May. The event is organized by the Ministry of Culture and its Book and Reading Department. This year …

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