2014 – Page 25

If you are passing by the Diario Libre media company HQ on Santo Domingo’s Abraham Lincoln Avenue, be sure to look out for the 3D video projection mapping display that creates an optical illusion and animates and playfully reworks the building with outstanding results. The display will be on show from 6:30pm to midnight throughout …

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American filmmaker Oliver Stone visited President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, 27 November 2014. He called President Medina “extremely progressive” and had praise for the Dominican film incentives law implemented by DGCine. As reported, he told the President he could produce a local film if there was a good story to tell. …

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The Dominican Republic is listed in the highest ranked group of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). The DR is ranked 14th of 108 countries analyzed in the 2014 Index. The index is a cross-country measure of discrimination against women in social institutions (formal and informal laws, …

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The director of the National Council of Free Zone exports (CNZFE) Luisa Fernandez said that Dominican textile exports to the United States increased 8.21% over the first nine months of the year reaping US$548.4 million more in revenues. This is the highest increase in the past five years. Fernandez said growth of Dominican apparel exports …

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The head of global business development at the London Stock Exchange Group Antonella Amadei expressed interest to collaborate to help secure capital for small and medium-sized businesses to develop in the Dominican Republic when participating in activities of the Third Dominican Week organized by the Dominican Embassy in London. The event is sponsored by the …

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Campos de Moya of the Vicini Group will preside the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD). He will replace Ligia Bonetti. Also on the board for 2015-2016 are Circe Almanzar, executive vice president, Julio V. Brache (Grupo Rica), Franklin Leon (Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana), Augusto Ramirez (Brugal), Eduardo Martinez-Lima (Central Romana Co), Celso Juan …

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The Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo) gave awards to D’Clase Shoes, Banco Popular, Barcelo Export Import, Cortes Hermanos and Flores de Jarabacoa during their annual awards ceremony held on Thursday, 27 November 2014. Sadhala Khoury, president of Adoexpo, commented that a 10% increase in exports is expected by year’s end, for US$10.6 billion in exports, …

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Jose Mieses Michel, director of Mental Health at the Ministry of Public Health, announced the creation of the Cluster for the Prevention of Harmful Alcohol Consumption and Promotion of Responsible Drinking. The Cluster is made up by 14 institutions to be coordinated by the Department of Collective Health of the Ministry of Public Health. Mieses …

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The Public Ministry arm of the Specialized Prosecutors for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) issued a restrainer order for the Gulfstream American registration N16YY and/or N522HS parked at the Puerto Plata International Airport (Gregorio Luperon). Prosecutor Laura Guerrero Pelletier of PEPCA says that the restrainer order was issued because the airplane is part of …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has traveled to Warsaw, Poland and subsequently to the Vatican for talks with the judiciary authorities investigating the cases for pedophilia against former Polish priests, Josef Wesolowski who served for seven years as papal nuncio in the Dominican Republic and has been accused of sexual abuse against minors in Santo …

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