2015 – Page 292

26-year old Colombian Robigzon Oyola (EPM-UNE) won the Independence Cycling Tour yesterday, Sunday 1 March, in a time of 24 hours, 28 minutes and 56 seconds. He had been in top form, previously winning the leading Colombian cycling tour. Second by 13 seconds was fellow teammate Edward Stiver Ortiz. Chris Butler of the United States …

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The Dominican Republic photography exhibition in preparation for the nation’s participation in the 2015 Expo Milano has opened to great acclaim at the Museo del Vittoriano in Rome. Vittorio Sgarbi, regarded as one of Italy’s leading art critics, attended the launch. The photography exhibition was curated by award-winning photographer Pedro Genaro Rodriguez and is free …

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Tomorrow, Friday, 27 February 2015 is a national holiday that commemorates Independence Day. Given the interest in President Danilo Medina’s 27th February state of the nation and rendition of government accounts speech, a summary of highlights of the speech will be published in real time on the DR1 Forum. The speech begins at 10am from …

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According to El Caribe, the city of Santo Domingo will have a traditional yet innovative public transport system consisting of the installation of Metrocable, a 5km tram system with the capacity to move 3,000 passengers per hour in 160 trams. This will be the first line of a Metrocable system in the city of Santo …

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Nobel laureate Mohan Munasinghe, who won the Peace Prize in 2007 addressed the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) yesterday, Wednesday 25 February 2015 and appealed to all sectors of national life to come together to rescue the area surrounding the Ozama River. Munasinghe, a sustainable development specialist, says that there must be a balance between …

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Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia has expressed surprise at US Ambassador James W. Brewster’s comments that the country was not interested in pursuing gay tourists, as reported in El Caribe yesterday, Wednesday 25 February 2015. Garcia said he has not commented on the issue publicly or privately. “Really, I was surprised at the statement …

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The Dominican government sent a note of protest yesterday evening, Wednesday 25 February 2015 and recalled its ambassador following an attack on the Dominican consulate in Haiti by violent demonstrators protesting against alleged racism and xenophobia towards Haitians in the Dominican Republic. In an urgent press conference, Dominican Foreign Minister Andres Navarro said that the …

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Haitians living in the Dominican Republic held another demonstration outside their embassy in Santo Domingo on Tuesday 24 February 2015, protesting at the lack of support from the Haitian government in issuing documents that would enable them to regularize their status in the Dominican Republic under the National Foreigner Legalization Plan that expires on 15 …

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The three main political parties and the Central Electoral Board (JCE) are renewing efforts aimed at securing approval for the legislative bill on Political Parties, with mediation by former rector of the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado. The senior clergyman stressed that they were working towards the approval of …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 25 February 2015, 120 members of the PLD Central Committee requested a meeting of the Committee to debate the proposal for modifying the Constitution of the Republic to allow for President Danilo Medina’s re-election. The PLD members, headed by Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) director Alejandro Montas, asked the Political Committee …

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