2014 – Page 36

A night with DJs Tiesto, Martin Garrix, DZeko and Torres, Steve Aoki, Blasterjaxx, Otto Knows and Moti, along with other electronic dance musicians is booked for Friday, 26 December 2014 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana. The event is organized by PAV Events. Tickets are RD$1,600 general admission, RD$2,800 VIP and RD$3,800 Special …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 11 November 2014, President Danilo Medina inaugurated the Federico Augusto Gonzalez School in Villa Tapia, the Caobote School in Pimentel and the Gregorio Rivas High School in Arenoso, Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) province, as well as the Salome Urena High School in La Guazuma and the Rafael Mercedes School in Tenares, Hermanas …

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Despite opposition from the legislators representing the Revolutionary Majority Party (PRM), the 2015 National Budget was approved by a majority of the members of the Chamber of Deputies, yesterday, Tuesday 11 November 2014. The RD$630 billion budget was approved in two consecutive readings with 101 in favor and 50 against, and 12 abstentions. Last week, …

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The Taiwanese Ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Tomas Ping-Fu Hou has delivered 480 motorcycles and their spare parts to be used in the 911 Emergency system. The new motorcycles will be used by the emergency services of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), the National Police and the Ministries of Public Health and Defense. Vice Minister …

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Ground Transport Office (OTTT) director Hector Mojica has invited the Conatra transport union president Antonio Marte to a meeting on Friday, 14 November 2014 to evaluate the operational costs of transport. The government recently announced unilateral fare reductions on the main urban public transport routes to match the recent fuel price reductions. Conatra transporters have …

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El Nuevo Diario’s editorial writer today, Wednesday 12 November 2014, observes that it is becoming increasingly evident that Dominican society needs changes that go deeper than what we are seeing. The first priority is to restore confidence in believing it is possible to change the track of the nation. The changes need to be made …

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In 2015 the country will again take on debt to finance the fiscal deficit. This is apparent when seeing the approved budget of RD$449.9 billion, with public spending approved for RD$529.3 billion, writes Hoy newspaper’s editorialist. “This is part of a vicious circle that mortgages the country’s future and puts us at the mercy of …

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For many years, Leonel Fernandez held immense power and dominated Dominican politics, writes Rosario Espinal in Hoy newspaper today, Wednesday 12 November 2014. She says that former President Joaquin Balaguer allowed Fernandez to rule from 1996 to 2000, and the then-PLD candidate Danilo Medina was defeated by the PRD’s Hipolito Mejia in 2000. Espinal recalls …

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