2014 – Page 271

The United States Immigration and Customs Service has repatriated a group of 80 Dominicans who have completed sentences in US jails for a range of crimes, 38 of them for drug dealing. The deportees were met by members of the Migration Department, Officers from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), the National Investigations Department (DNI), …

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Bachata singer Frank Reyes spent more than two hours yesterday, Tuesday 18 February, with the Public Prosecutor of Bonao, Jose Luis Farias Mosquea, at the end of which he was allowed to stay out of jail. Reyes, who has been accused of raping a minor, said when he left, accompanied by his lawyer, Loammy Pena, …

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On Sunday, 23 February from 11am to 3pm, the Velero Beach Resort will be hosting a Sunday benefit brunch, a fund-raiser for the DREAM Project education programs in Cabarete. The program reaches out to 4,000 young people and 7,000 community members. The organizers say a “first-class US-style brunch with a Dominican flair will be served. …

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Shopping malls are becoming increasingly popular as venues for cultural events in Santo Domingo. This evening, Wednesday, 19 February, leading Dominican contemporary singer-songwriter Pavel Nunez will be appearing at Agora Mall. The concert starts at 8pm on the level 1 atrium of the Mall, at the intersection of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy avenues.

The Colonial City urban renewal program is inviting the public to a series of presentations on successful sustainable cultural heritage management. A lecture on heritage tourism development in Salta, Argentina will take place at 5pm today, Wednesday, 19 February. The presentation is by Ana Cornejo Remy, deputy tourism development in the province of Salta. This …

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Speaking to the press before the beginning of the International Seminar on Tourism Destinations Management of Cultural Heritage yesterday, Monday 17 February, President Danilo Medina reiterated his pledge to continue promoting tourism in the country, saying that for this purpose he will keep constructing the road infrastructure needed to meet the target of one tourist …

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President Danilo Medina has been presented with a World Tourism Organization Open Letter in recognition of his administration’s work in the industry of which the Dominican Republic is the leader in the Caribbean. The award was presented by WTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai during the inauguration of the international tourist seminar taking place in Santo …

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President Danilo Medina embarked on a series of public school inaugurations nationwide starting in Andres, Boca Chica yesterday, Monday 17 February. The three schools inaugurated were Pedro Antonio Batista, with 23 classrooms, Andres Avelino, 16 classrooms and Dario Gomez high school also with 16 classrooms. All three will offer the new full school day. Speaking …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has announced the signing of an agreement with the Organization of American States regarding identity cards for Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic. The diagnostic study needs to be completed in four weeks. The agreement, which was signed by Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso and OAS representative Araceli …

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Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) president Paula Lorena Rodriguez has offered support to the Dominican Republic, via President Medina on the presidency of the Central American Integration System (SICA) during a visit to the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 17 February. She said that all of the tasks that linked Parlacen and the Dominican Republic would be …

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