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The Latin music mega-show, the Presidente Festival is booked for the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium from 3, 4 and 5 October. Popular Dominican and Latin music stars will perform before more than 50,000 fans who are expected to congregate at the Santo Domingo stadium every day. The festival was begun in 1997.

Cuban Felix Perez hit a homerun with two on base to give the Tigres del Licey a 6-4 victory over the stubborn Gigantes del Cibao and take back second place in the standings yesterday, Wednesday 15 January. The Tigres took advantage of errors by the Gigantes to score five runs in the fifth inning. The …

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President Danilo Medina visited the Blandino funeral parlor yesterday, 14 January to pay his respects to the family of the late General De La Cruz Martinez who was killed in a vehicle accident on Monday, 13 January. Medina expressed his sorrow at the tragedy and said the death was a great loss to the National …

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Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez said that non-traditional farm exports are up 23% this year, reporting US$1.2 billion in revenues for the country. He said that rice, onion, garlic and dairy producers have increased their yield and are now making major investments. He added that the Medina administration has spent RD$280 million on repairing …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 14 January, the Ministry of the Environment announced a Plan of Prevention, Control and Mitigation of Forest Fires, which occur every year causing millions in losses for the country. They called on the general public to help prevent these fires, which usually start in February and continue until April. The plan was drawn …

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The Central American System of Integration (SICA) Meeting for the Commission of Specialized Secretaries and Institutions started yesterday, Tuesday 14 January at the Ministry of Foreign Relations in Santo Domingo with 126 national and international delegates, with the task of organizing the national and regional agenda for the integration process for the first semester of …

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According to the director of resources and analysis at the Ministry of Public Works, Manuel Morban, around 25,000 vehicles that have been checked have not been issued the vehicle inspection sticker, due to their condition. He said that so far 460,000 vehicles have been checked although 800,000 in total should have a sticker, out of …

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Shop owners in the northwestern provinces of Valverde and Santiago Rodriguez began a strike yesterday morning, Tuesday 14 January, in protest at against the requirement to install tax printers linked to the Tax Department (DGII) computers and the increase in the sales tax, as part of a series of shutdowns across the country. Several businesses …

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As he was leaving a mass to celebrate the second anniversary of the Higher Electoral Court (TSE) yesterday, Tuesday 14 January, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez rejected criticism of the country resulting from the recent nationality ruling by the Constitutional Court, describing it as “unjust and unacceptable”. He said that all these countries, beginning …

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The director of the Cabral y Baez public hospital in Santiago says that 26 Haitian mothers gave birth to 14 baby girls and 12 baby boys over the weekend of 11-12 January, all reported to be in good health. Hospital spokesman Johny Lama said that many of these mothers had arrived from Haiti to give …

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