2015 – Page 4

The New Year Party at the Hotel El Embajador in Santo Domingo is this Thursday 31 December 2015 from 11:30pm. Open Bar premium. Live performance by Shelowshaq & El Alfa. Tickets from Uepa Tickets. www.republicaent.com Reservations 809 534-7159

Popular Dominican comedians Raymond and Miguel are performing at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo tomorrow evening, Thursday 29 December for their Los Reyes Tour 20 Years show. 8:30pm. Tickets from Uepa Tickets.

El Poeta, Alex Matos and Yiyo Sarante will be performing popular music in the early hours of Friday, 1 January 2016 from a stage at the Parque La Lira in Santo Domingo. Thousands of people will gather to wait for the first dawn of the New Year in and around the park at the intersection …

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The theater company of the Instituto Tecnico Superior Comunitario presents “La Trinitaria Blanca,” by poet and playwright Manuel Rueda. Directed by Wendy Queliz. Shows are on 15 January 2016 at 7pm and 8:30pm at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo.

Dominicans take Christmas holiday shopping seriously, and in Santo Domingo the malls host many Christmas concerts to spread the Christmas spirit. To avoid the crowds, get there early or late in the evening. The malls n 360 Galerias, Agora Mall, Sambil, La Sirena, Plaza Naco will all be open later than usual. The same applies …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has announced that 34,823 brigade members will be on the streets to help people who are traveling across the country for the Christmas and New Year festivities. COE director General Juan Manuel Mendez says that the operation, called “Living Together Safely with Values 2105-2016” will consist of two phases. The …

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The Ministry of Public Works via the General Office for Land Transport (DGTT) has announced that due to the Christmas celebrations, no heavy vehicles will be allowed on the roads from noon on Thursday 24 December until 10pm on Sunday 27 December 2015. The same restrictions will apply over New Year from noon on Thursday …

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Groups working for the Presidency Social Plan continued to distribute the traditional Christmas hampers to low-income families over the weekend. On Saturday 19 December 2015, the teams got off to an early start in several Santiago neighborhoods, handing out thousands of hampers containing food, drink and candy. On Sunday, 20 December the team moved to …

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The National Education Council has decided to delay the return to school in all schools across the country until 7 January 2016, even though this year the Three Kings’ Day (Epiphany) will be celebrated on Monday 4 rather than 6 January, which this year falls on a Wednesday. The reason given for the delay to …

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