2015 – Page 235

Dominican Bridal Week (DBW2015) takes place at the Occidental Embajador Hotel in Santo Domingo from 15-17 May 2015. Event organizer Socrates McKinney says that more than 80 companies will be exhibiting at the event. The opening runway show will feature collections from Jose Jhan and Eliptica from Puerto Rico. The event will also present collections …

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The Ministry of Public Works has announced that starting today, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 the area between 27 de Febrero and Privada avenues will be closed for excavations for an underpass. Alternative routes have been established but drivers are advised to avoid the area if possible. http://www.mopc.gob.do/noticias/2015/04/obras-publicas-anuncia-para-este-martes-cierre-total-de-avenida-27-de-febrero-con-privada-(1).aspx

The Taiwanese government has delivered the first installment of a US$2,100,000 donation for the construction of community facilities in the Juan Bosch City, the largest residential development ever built by a Dominican government. US$1 million will be used to build a senior citizens’ center and the rest for a center for disabled adults. Taiwanese ambassador …

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The director of the Maria Cabral and Baez Regional University Hospital, Rodolfo Baez, was dismissed from his post yesterday, Monday 27 April 2015 by Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzman Marcelino. As reported in Hoy, the apparent reason for the dismissal is that Guzman Marcelino did not like the fact that Baez asked for equipment for …

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Ministry of the Presidency economist Juan Ariel Jimenez recently revealed that 395,339 young people between the ages of 15 and 30 are unemployed. He said that 55% of the country’s unemployed population is in the 15-30 age bracket. He said that approximately 221,264 high school graduates are out of work, which suggests that the formal …

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The National Organizing Commission of the 17th Convention of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) announced last night, Monday 27 April 2015 that the final vote count showed 221,306 votes (70.24%) in favor of Luis Abinader, 90,130 votes (28.61%) for Hipolito Mejia, 2,439 votes for Geanilda Vasquez (0.77%), and 1,207 (0.38%) for Amaury Justo Duarte. A …

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A day after the 26 April 2015 primary held by the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) to choose its presidential candidate for the 2016 election, former President Hipolito Mejia conceded defeat and acknowledged Luis Abinader’s victory. Abinader was Mejia’s vice presidential candidate in the 2012 presidential election when he lost to President Danilo Medina. Mejia described …

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The Commission set up by the PLD Political Committee to draft the bill to reform the Dominican Constitution in order to permit presidential reelection will meet with the deputies who support former President Leonel Fernandez today, Tuesday 28 April 2015. Tomorrow, Wednesday 29 April they will do the same with the senators. According to a …

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The Dominican ambassador in Washington, Jose Tomas Perez has warned via his Twitter social media account that the PLD could only compete successfully in the 2016 presidential election with President Danilo Medina as its candidate. The 2010 Constitution bans consecutive re-election, preventing President Medina from running unless it is changed. The PLD Political Committee recently …

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According to eminent lawyers Carlos Salcedo, Pedro Dominguez Brito and Jose Dario Suarez, there does not have to be a national referendum to approve changes to the Constitution to allow Danilo Medina to run again. Medina’s re-election is in the country’s best interests, according to the lawyers, who say that two thirds of the two …

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