2016 – Page 105

Francis Lorenzo, an assistant ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, announced yesterday, Wednesday 16 March 2016 that he was reversing his plea and accepting an offer from the New York federal prosecutor in return for cooperating with the investigation. Lorenzo, 48, remains out on US$2 million bail. He originally pleaded “not guilty” …

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Parallel Nippon: Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1996-2006 is on show at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo. The exhibition has been organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, the Embassy of Japan in the Dominican Republic and the Fundacion Japon. Photographs, architectural renderings, and panels show the works of leading Japanese architects.

“Cita a ciegas” (Blind Date), the dramatic comedy, is back at Teatro Las Mascaras in Santo Domingo starting Friday, 1 April 2016 with shows on Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm and Sundays at 6:30pm. The play by Argentinean playwright Mario Diament tells the story of a blind man, famous writer Jorge Luis Borges. The play, …

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President Danilo Medina inaugurated the new 40km road from Sabana de la Mar to Miches yesterday, Tuesday 15 March 2016. The 112km two-lane road is part of the Circuito Vial del Este (Eastern Circuit Roadway) linking Bavaro and Uvero Alto (Punta Cana) with Miches and Sabana de la Mar. The road was built by Brazilian …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) has 3,612,964 motorized vehicular units in its data base as of the end of 2015. This is 214,302 more vehicles than in 2014, up 6.3%. This puts numbers to the worsening of traffic jams, especially in the National District. Most of the vehicles are in the National District (26.2%), province of …

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President Danilo Medina has instructed government employees who are standing as candidates in the forthcoming general election to take a leave of absence from their jobs until the 15 May 2016 elections are over. He has also said that no temporary personnel may be employed in public administration posts, whether central or regional, again until …

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The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Dominican government signed formal agreements on Monday, 14 March 2016, stating that the OAS will send an electoral observation mission (EOM) to the elections on May 15. The mission will be headed by the former president of Colombia, Andres Pastrana. This will be the 16th OAS electoral …

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The PRD presented its list of candidates for the May elections at a ceremony held in the JW Marriot hotel in Santo Domingo yesterday, Tuesday 15 March 2016. The list consists of one PRD candidate for senator, 50 for mayor, 57 for deputy, 42 for deputy mayor and 430 for councilor. PRD president Miguel Vargas …

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The Chamber of Deputies had to suspend its session yesterday, Tuesday 15 March 2016, when the legislators from the ruling PLD walked out. The session ended in this unusual way when the PRM opposition deputies asked for a change to the agenda to hear the resolution to request an investigation as to whom within the …

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Diario Libre announced that its readers have chosen Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz Man of the Year, and the president of the Patronato de Ayuda a Casos de Mujeres Maltratadas (Pacam) Woman of the Year. Pacam is a foundation for for battered women. The 10 finalists in the poll were: Oscar Villanueva, priest Jose …

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