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"Carmen," the Georges Bizet opera, will be staged at the National Theater 23, 25, 27 June. Carlos Piantini is in charge of the production that will bring together the best of local talent and foreign guest performers. Angela Horn will be Carmen; Armando Mora, don José; Christina Fontanelli, Micaela; Moisés Franco, Escamillo; Eduardo Villanueva, captain …

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The eleventh session of the political dialogue between the three major political parties is due to convene late this evening at 5 pm at the National Palace. The principal focus of today’s session is expected to be who should be nominated as candidates for new slots on the Central Election Board (JCE). On Wednesday the …

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The Public Works Ministry announced yesterday that it has issued the call for bids on a project to build a new highway link between Santo Domingo and Samaná. The 105.6 kilometer road is expected to cut the overland travel time between the two spots by as much as two hours, hopefully greatly increasing tourism for …

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Two Costa Rican experts associated with the Latin American Elections Advisory and Promotion Center (CAPEL) began auditing the JCE’s process of processing and issuing the new identity cards ("cedulas"). The CAPEL audit was offered to, and accepted by, JCE as a way to restore confidence in its card processing program after a number of damaging …

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Industry and Commerce Minister Luis Manuel Bonetti yesterday publicized a letter from his Salvadorian counterpart that announces that El Salvador has ratified the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the five members of the Central American common market (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic. Economy Minister Eduardo Zablah-Touché said in …

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The Dominican Center for Export Promotion (CEDOPEX) said that it sent yesterday to both the Executive Branch and Congress a first draft of the implementing regulation for the Export Revitalization Law now awaiting Congressional approval. Normally implementing regulations are drafted after a bill becomes law and its contents 100% certain. Normal practice is to have …

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Senate President Ramón Alburquerque (PRD-Monte Plata) told reporters yesterday that he could not agree to any Administration proposal to raise taxes on motor vehicles as a means of funding pay hikes to the nation’s doctors. He said that the Dominican public is fed up with taxes and would not support new ones, so he could …

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The Chamber of Deputies yesterday picked and swore in the replacement for seat left vacant by the PRSC Deputy for Altagracia Province, Dr. Ricardo Sánchez de la Rosa. Sánchez became Altagracia’s Senator on Tuesday, taking the Senate seat left vacant when Amable Aristy Castro resigned to become head of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). The …

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The Chamber of Deputies yesterday discussed the trash dumping bill sponsored by Miguel Sanz Jiminián, and while approving the greatly amended version, sent it back for more discussion by a special committee before giving a final plenary vote. The bill would make all property owners responsible for keeping public passageways in front of their property …

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Industrias Zi, a lead recycler, says that it is responsible for the lead contamination found in a recent study of a Haina community, and it promises to clean up the contaminated soil in line with recommendations of technical experts. Juan Arturo Biaggi, Administrator of Industrias Zi, said that it was his firm, not Baterías Metereo …

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