2015 – Page 21

According to the latest epidemiological bulletin issued by the Ministry of Public Health, in the first 11 months of this year, maternal and infant mortality were the two health indicators that registered the highest number of deaths in the country. There were 2,358 infant deaths of which 76.7% died in the first month of life …

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The results of the election for the president of the Dominican College of Lawyers (CARD) are being challenged by Jose Diego Garcia who was seeking reelection. Describing the success of Miguel Surun Hernandez, he called it a bombshell. Garcia, who represents the Legal Dignity political group, which is affiliated to the PLD met with his …

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Two popular talk shows will no longer be. Both El Despertador morning show and El Equipo afternoon show are being discontinued. Grupo SIN has announced the shutdown of the El Despertador TV morning talk show on Color Vision Channel 9 with journalists Marino Zapete and Edith Febles. On their morning talk show yesterday, Monday, 7 …

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According to PLD officials Bautista Rojas Gomez and Nicolas Calderon, former President Leonel Fernandez will hand out the traditional Christmas hampers to low-income families on Wednesday, 23 December 2015. The event will take place at 10 am at the PLD headquarters in the Zona Universitaria neighborhood of Santo Domingo. On the same day he will …

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Although she is not being assigned court service, Acento reports that controversial judge Awilda Reyes has apparently not been suspended as previously reported, because she is still at work at the Penal Court Secretariat on the third floor of the National District prosecutor office. She was not available for questioning by journalists. The most controversial …

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A court in Samana has sentenced a woman to 10 years in jail for stealing RD$776,000 from her employer. Magdalena Cordero, who worked as a secretary for a cement distribution company in Las Terrenas, kept the payments that customers paid in cash. The investigation started in 2013 when the company owner made a complaint about …

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In the past four months, the Police Central Anti Narcotics Division (Dican) has arrested 5,857 small-time drug dealers in a series of raids in the southwestern region of the country. Dican raided 13,633 drug sales points and confiscated marijuana hidden in secret compartments in trucks, buses and other vehicles. They also confiscated RD$754,847, US$1,646, 2,950 …

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Dominicans Juan Luis Guerra and Jose Alberto (El Canario) have been nominated for Best Tropical Latin Album in the 2016 58th Grammy Awards announced yesterday, Monday, 7 December 2015. The event has 83 categories. Guerra is nominated for his Todo tiene su hora album, and Jose Alberto “El Canario” & Septeto Santiaguero for his album …

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“En esta obra nadie llora,” (No one cries in this play) is being staged at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo on 12 and 13 December 2015. Written by Peruvian playwright Mariana de Althaus, it tells the story of a theatrical director who is about to launch her first play, but 15 minutes …

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Singer Cyrille-Aimee and jazz pianist Gustavo Rodriguez are performing at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel in Santo Domingo on Saturday, 19 December 2015 to celebrate six years of Friday jazz concerts. Free admission. 8pm.