2015 – Page 29

A new shopping center opens its doors to the general public in La Romana this Friday, 4 December 2015. The Multiplaza’s formal opening is scheduled for Thursday, 3 December 2015 from 6 to 8pm. The plaza, which covers an area of 28,000 square meters, has 600 vehicle parking spaces. The anchor stores are the 5,000 …

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The National District local government has announced that this evening’s scheduled opening of the light spectacular “Sparkling Christmas” has been delayed due to the weather. The opening of the city park show has been postponed and will now be held this Friday, 4 December 2015, with the inauguration from 4 to 6pm. Now in its …

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“La noche de unicornios” (The Night of Unicorns) is a tribute to Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodriguez by La Tropa Cosmica Dominicana with two performances, this Friday, 4 December 2015 at the Pedro Henriquez Urena National Library auditorium on Av. Cesar Nicolas Penson and next Tuesday, 8 December at the Club Sirio Palestino on the Malecon …

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If you are in La Romana on Saturday, 19 December 2015, do not miss the Classical Music Holiday Concert by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Jose Antonio Molina with solo performances by vocalists Maridalia Hernandez and Danny Rivera and an all-women choir. Read more about upcoming events at http://www.dr1.com/calendar To read more news, …

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President Danilo Medina is in Paris to attend the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21) organized by the United Nations. He left on a commercial flight on Saturday afternoon, 28 November 2015. The COP21 starts today, Monday, 30 November 2015 and discussions are scheduled to last through 11 December. Medina will be taking part in …

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Representatives of the largest stores say that the Black Friday weekend sales were up on last year, with more purchases made than on the pre-Christmas weekend. Most people were shopping to make the most of the major deals offered by the large stores. Stores offered very good deals to encourage shoppers to visit local establishments …

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A study by the Dominican Republic Industries Association (AIRD) has found that taxes are the main factor affecting Dominican competitiveness. This is followed by unfair competition and contraband, the cost of raw materials, the cost of energy, and competition from imported goods. The findings are from the quarterly survey carried out by the AIRD. Read …

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The National Business Council (CONEP) is asking the government to provide the information that the organization has requested on generation, power distributors, financial statements of the power distributors, CDEEE, EgeHID, ETED, Fomper and other governmental electricity entities. Conep spokesman Rafael Blanco says that the information was requested at the start of the discussions for the …

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The media is reporting on the new Dominican flag icon now available as an emoji for use in the popular Whatsapp smartphone chat program. As reported, 150 new emojis are available for iPhone users. Read more in Spanish: http://www.diariolibre.com/ciencia-y-tecnologia/tecnologia/nueva-version-de-whatsapp-incluye-icono-de-la-bandera-dominicana-AE2017406

In the run-up to the 2012 elections, several of the leading polls had already been published in the media by November 2011. This year, the publication of the last major poll was in July, showing President Danilo Medina most likely to win in a first round the 15 May 2016 presidential election. In its online …

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