2015 – Page 337

The entire nation welcomed Pedro Martinez home on Saturday, 11 January 2015 as he returned to celebrate his induction into the prestigious Baseball Hall of Fame. A caravan of vehicles greeted the pitcher best known for the feat of taking the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series in 2004, and for his fulminating …

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Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano has been cleared by his team to play winter ballgames for the Estrellas Orientales from San Pedro de Macoris. He is likely to play games from Tuesday to Thursday, 13-15 January 2015 as the Estrellas are battling the Gigantes del Cibao from San Francisco de Macoris, in a series …

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Fausto Rey and Felix D’Oleo are booked for a night of romantic ballads at the Barcelo Santo Domingo Hotel on Tuesday 20 January 2015 at 9pm. They will be accompanied by an orchestra.

Ensamble Spirituosi will be playing a second concert on Friday 30 January 2015 at 8:30pm at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. The quintet is made up of sisters Nathalie, Evelyn and Nicole Pena-Comas and guitarists Damien Lancelle from France and Jonathan Bolivar from Venezuela. It is a production by MD Producciones by …

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The Presidency press office has confirmed that President Danilo Medina will be visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday 13 January 2015 for meetings with Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla. The heads of government are set to sign several agreements on which officials from both countries have been working since September 2014. Secretary of State for …

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Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo has announced the start of the long-delayed talks with the private sector aimed at achieving a negotiated electricity pact. He said the government proposal for a system that is reliable, efficient, transparent and sustainable would be posted on the Electricity Pact website that has been created so that all citizens can …

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The lack of a centralized medical record system or digitalized records at hospitals in the DR was exposed following the recent destruction of medical records at the Luis Eduardo Aybar Public Hospital that was demolished for the construction of a new medical center at the site. El Dia reports that very few hospitals digitalize patient …

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Only two of the residents in the barrio built by a charitable organization in Puerto Plata province are Dominican, according to a follow-up report in Diario Libre. Provincial governor Ivan Rivera said the investigative commission sent by the government was able to confirm this after speaking to residents of the Los Algodones community. The neighborhood …

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Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Relations Alejandra Liriano de la Cruz has spoken of the Dominican interest in strengthening bilateral relations with mainland China in the first ministerial meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) that opened in Beijing yesterday, Thursday, 8 January 2015. …

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The Embassy of Italy in Santo Domingo officially closed its doors on 31 December 2014. Diario Libre reports that the Embassy placed a notice on their web page. The website informs that anyone requiring embassy services in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis should contact the Embassy of Italy in …

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