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Indomina Media has announced a US$26 million revolving production loan to finance the company’s slate of motion pictures, most of which will be filmed at its Pinewood Indomina studios in the Dominican Republic. The studio has unique water filming facilities. Indomina has said it will provide the new Comerica bank loan with soft money solutions, …

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The Attorney General office says that there were 145 homicides in January, which is 39 fewer deaths than in January 2013. A report in El Caribe says that in January 15 deaths occurred due to confrontations with the police, down from 17 in January 2013. Most murders took place in the Province of Santo Domingo …

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The 567-home project was extolled as a model project in the 27 February state of the nation address by President Danilo Medina, but was back in the news after a group of around 300 Haitian construction workers became violent when protesting at delays in wage payments for the second half of February. The contractors said …

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For the first time in Dominican tennis history, a Dominican player, 33-year old Victor Estrella Burgos, has made the elite top 100 list of the Association of Tennis Professionals ranking. He was ranked in 99th place after climbing 19 places and playing 26 tournaments. The Top 100 play the cash-rich Grand Slam tournaments. He announced …

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The best of carnival from all around the Dominican Republic meets in Punta Cana Village this weekend for the annual carnival celebration. Check out the troupes of carnival characters from all over the country as well as Punta Cana itself. 4pm, Saturday, 8 March 2014. For more on upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar

Medina says that his government’s priorities are to create jobs and improve social equity. In his State of the Nation Address yesterday, Thursday 27 February in Congress in the presence of legislators, government officers and diplomats, Medina gave a sales pitch for his government’s achievements in 2013. He dedicated large sections of the speech to …

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The president of the Senate Reinaldo Pared Perez, speaking at the National Assembly yesterday, Thursday 27 February, before introducing President Danilo Medina on the occasion of the State of the Nation address, focused on the Political Parties Bill aimed at putting political party spending in check. Pared Perez said that Congress could not be blamed …

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The Dominican 13-16 year old tennis players are having a great year in the Junior Davis Cup Tennis competitions at the Parque del Este tennis center in Santo Domingo East. The event is taking place from 24 February to 1 March and matches the best players in Central America and the Caribbean. It is a …

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Colombian Edwin Sanchez has repeated his 2013 win of the Independence Cycling championship, becoming the second cyclist ever to win twice in the 35 years of the event. He rides for Formesan. He completed the last stretch with a time of 20 hours, 19 minutes and 34 seconds. He was 1:54 minutes ahead of runner-up …

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The Ministry of Culture is inviting the public to the Saturday, 1 March (10am) and Sunday, 2 March (11am) carnival parades along the Santo Domingo Malecon. The event will be televised on Channel 4. For more on upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar