2015 – Page 309

A Rome museum is holding a photography exhibition in preparation for the 2015 Expo Milano that opens in October. The photography exhibition curated by award-winning photographer Pedro Genaro Rodriguez is free and open to the public daily from 9:30am to 7:30pm at the Museo del Vittoriano (Ala Brasini, Via San Pietro in Carcere). The exhibition …

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The Dominican Republic is once again taking part in this year’s Coca Cola Cup, the leading youth football event in which 1.3 million school children in 60 countries take part. Now in its seventh year, the cup promotes values such as team spirit, friendship and respect. The DR placed second in the International Coca Cola …

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Watch Victor Estrella, now ranked 52nd in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals, playing the Dominican Republic’s No. 2 tennis player Jose (Bebo) Hernandez at the Santo Domingo Tennis Club (La Bocha) at 4pm today, Tuesday 10 February 2015. The club in Arroyo Hondo is hosting the ATP-endorsed Santo Domingo Challenger event, the …

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Puerto Rican romantic singers Danny Rivera and Cucho Avellanet are booked for a concert at the new Nuryn Sanlley Amphitheater at the Parque Iberoamericano (Av. Bolivar and Av. Cesar Nicolas Penson, Santo Domingo) this Friday, 13 February 2015 at 8:30pm. Tickets: RD$2,500. For more on upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

The Gallup-Hoy poll published in Hoy today, Monday 9 February 2015 concludes that the ruling PLD will win the national election of May 2016. Former President Leonel Fernandez is regarded as the strongest candidate in the poll, but he would need to go to a second round to win the 2016 election. The electoral law …

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According to results of the 24-27 January 2015 Gallup poll published in Hoy newspaper, 44.8% of the 1,200 eligible voters polled understand that Luis Abinader should be the presidential candidate for the PRM in the May 2016 election. Abinader was the vice president candidate when Hipolito Mejia ran for President in 2012 and lost to …

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Despite the 2010 Constitution banning President Danilo Medina from seeking re-election, 63.9% of eligible voters told Gallup pollsters that Danilo Medina should be the candidate for the PLD in the May 2016 presidential election. Percentages for other PLD candidates are: Leonel Fernandez (12.8%), Margarita Cedeno (4.5%), Francisco Javier Garcia (3.4%), Reynaldo Pared Perez (2.2%), Abel …

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According to the Herrera and Santo Domingo Province Industries Association (AEIH), the country cannot afford the burden of such a costly political party system without regulation. Antonio Taveras Guzman called for a bill to be approved that would make the political parties accountable for the funds they receive from the National Budget. In a press …

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The Superintendence of Banks’ Credit Card Payments System shows that as of December 2014, credit card borrowing totaled RD$30.48 billion, of which 86.1% is in local currency and 13.9% in foreign currency, as reported in Diario Libre. Some banks charge up to 60%, or about 5% a month in interest payments. The number of credit …

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The Central Bank poll estimates that foreign students in the Dominican Republic contribute US$9.7 million to the economy every month. The Poll on Foreign Student Spending in the Dominican Republic was carried out from 19 March to 4 April 2014 in 27 universities nationwide, as reported in Listin Diario. The poll sought to put a …

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