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2015 News

Camila concert now for 19 March 2016

The Camila Elypse World Tour show in Santo Domingo by award-winning Mexican pop group Camila, originally scheduled for December, has been postponed until Saturday, 19 March 2016. Tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets and Tickets Express. http://fundacionuabjo2015.wix.com/concierto Read more about upcoming events at http://www.dr1.com/calendar To read more news, see the DR1 News Archives at: …

2015 News

Government Christmas wage starting 4 December

Expect traffic to worsen once the Medina administration pays out the 13th wage in the Dominican Republic, the traditional Christmas bonus. On Sunday, 22 November 2015, President Danilo Medina announced that the payment would start being made earlier than ever, starting on Friday, 4 December 2015 with the last to be paid on 11 December. …

2015 News

New ambassadors in the DR

Magali Jeanty Magloire for Haiti, Daniel Saban for Israel, Ji Zen Tang for Taiwan, Christopher John Campbell for the United Kingdom and Marcello Apicella for Italy presented their credentials to President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace on Friday, 20 November 2015. Magali Jeanty Magloire, the new ambassador of Haiti, was chief minister counselor at …

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Tuskegee University offers scholarships

The Minister of Higher Education, Ligia Amada Melo has signed an agreement with rector Cesar Fermin of the Tuskegee University in Montgomery, Alabama for scholarships for masters and doctoral degrees for Dominicans. The university has 3,000 students and its campus includes more than 5,000 acres of forestry. The two-year academic programs are available in programs …

2015 News

Get your ID in Boston

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced it has opened offices in Boston, where Dominican expats can obtain their new ID and voting card. The new offices are at 409 St. Dudley in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This is near Jamaica Plain, Dorchester and Mattapan where thousands of Dominicans live. The move was to bring the ID …

2015 News

75% of young people on border migrate

The director of Border Development, Miguel Angel Bejaran says that 75% of young people born in the border region with Haiti migrate to cities due to the lack of opportunities. He was speaking to the press during the celebration of the Second Congress of the Border Youth Volunteers 2015 at the Ministry of Foreign Relations …

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Cohabitation prevails in DR

Most Dominicans choose to live together over legal marriage, according to a front-page story in Diario Libre today, Monday 23 November 2015. National Census statistics show that there are 1.6 million family units in the country, divided in nuclear, single parent, extended, grandparent and childless. The nuclear family model, with a couple and children prevails. …

2015 News

Cassa: social decomposition with decaying values

Dominican Republic National Archives director Roberto Cassa says that a system of social exclusion combined with the decomposition of values has emerged alongside the economic development underway in the Dominican Republic. He commented that the country was “a rich country but more orphaned by the day in terms of values.” He said that while corruption …

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No agreement between PRSC and PLD

In a press release, the PRSC announces that it has not been able to reach an agreement to form an alliance with the PLD in the 15 May 2016 election. The PRSC was instrumental in the PLD winning the Presidency in 1996, but has lost many followers in subsequent years as the members of the …

2015 News

Forever 21 opens second store at Mega Centro

After the success of its first clothing and accessories store in the Dominican Republic at Agora Mall, a second branch of Forever 21 is scheduled to open at the Megacentro in Santo Domingo East on 28 November 2015, in time for Black Friday and the Christmas holidays. Marketing vice president Linda Chang says that the …

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2015 – Page 37

Camila concert now for 19 March 2016

Government Christmas wage starting 4 December

New ambassadors in the DR

Tuskegee University offers scholarships

Get your ID in Boston

75% of young people on border migrate

Cohabitation prevails in DR

Cassa: social decomposition with decaying values

No agreement between PRSC and PLD

Forever 21 opens second store at Mega Centro