2014 – Page 50

Conjunto Quisqueya will be performing at Lucia 203 in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City this Saturday, 1 November 2014 at 9pm. It will be an evening of romantic songs and boleros. Show producer Amable Valenzuela announced that the Puerto Rico-based group also known for their merengue songs is scheduling concerts nationwide for December. They are celebrating …

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Javier Vargas and the Jazzmania Band will take the stage of the Barcelo Santo Domingo Hotel on Thursday, 30 October 2014 in an evening of danceable jazz music, and lots of humor. Show producer Ivan Mieses says that Guarionex Aquino, Wellington Valenzuela and Gerson Enriquez will be playing with the band. The Fiestas hall of …

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President Danilo Medina has ordered three days of mourning from Monday 27 October to Wednesday, 29 October to honor former Vice President Carlos Morales Troncoso, who died on Saturday, 25 October 2014. Morales Troncoso served as Vice President from 1986-1990 and 1990-1994 under the Balaguer administrations. He died of leukemia in a Houston, Texas hospital …

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The governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz Javier Duarte de Ochoa visited Santo Domingo and met with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace on Friday, 24 October 2014. He was accompanied by Mexican ambassador Jose Ignacio Pina Rojas. Duarte came to confirm President Medina’s attendance at the heads of government and state meeting …

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La Altagracia province senator Amable Aristy Castro took up El Nacional newspaper’s suggestion in a Thursday, 23 October 2014 editorial to rename the Autopista El Coral after late Dominican fashion designer, Oscar de la Renta. Aristy Castro said that the city government of Higuey (his daughter is the mayor) and the Veron-Bavaro-Punta Cana municipal district …

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The Supreme Court of Justice has confirmed a ruling ordering RD$2 million to be paid in compensation and annulled the firing of an employee of the government-owned EdeEste power distribution company who was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The employee had been fired and was paid his severance benefits. Labor lawyer Carlos Hernandez Contreras said that the …

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The Superintendence of Pensions has published a ruling for the application of early retirement procedures. Superintendent of Pensions Ramon Emilio Contreras says that Resolution No. 362-14 entitles pension plan affiliates who had begun contributing to the system at the age of 45 or more can request the return of the total accumulated over the years …

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The Association of Herrera and Santo Domingo Province Industries (AEIH) has warned that there will be no development or social inclusion in the country if administrative corruption is not tackled, with a system that drastically penalizes corruption. AEIH president Victor Castro said that society should press for an end to corruption and not tolerate interest …

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A 2013 EnHogar poll reveals that 44% of those polled in the Dominican Republic use desktop computers, 21% use laptops and 5% use tablets. 57% of those using tablets are 12 to 24 years of age. The poll showed that 49% of the Dominican population use computers. In some rural areas the percentage is 30%, …

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A report in El Nacional alerts the authorities to the environmental threat posed by the lack of collective sewage treatment and facilities in the Poligono Central area of Santo Domingo. The city government of Santo Domingo has authorized mass construction of high-rise buildings in the area. The Poligono Central is the main financial, commercial and …

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