2016 – Page 110

Soulfly, a heavy metal rock band from Phoenix, Arizona is on its Archangel World Tour 2016 and will be making a stop in Santo Domingo. They are booked for Saturday, 16 April 2016 at the Escenario 360 of the Galeria 360 shopping center in Santo Domingo. Tickets are RD$900 pre-sale and RD$1,200 at the door. …

Read more…

President Danilo Medina is expected to attend the VII Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Espanola (CILE) to be held at the Miguel de Cervantes Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 15-18 March 2016. Real Academia Espanola (RAE) director Dario Villanueva made the announcement on Wednesday, 9 March 2016, when presenting the program for the …

Read more…

The Presidency has announced that President Danilo Medina will not be taking part in the 17 March 2016 meeting of presidential candidates as announced by the Dominican Republic Industries Association (AIRD). The event was to be held at the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo. The agenda did not include a debate or a questions and …

Read more…

The Central Bank reports that the February Consumer Price Index dropped 0.56% in February. The accumulated inflation for the two months of the year is now at -0.57%. Annual inflation from February 2015 to 2016 is 1.74%, which is below the forecast for the end of 2016 of 4.0%?1.0% http://www.bancentral.gov.do/notas_bc/2016/03/09/800/bcrd-informa-que-el-ipc-del-mes-de-febrero-registr-una-variacin-de-056

In Hoy newspaper yesterday, Thursday 10 March 2016, political scientist Rosario Espinal writes that she considers it very unlikely that President Danilo Medina will fail to secure the needed 50%+1 of the vote in the 15 May 2016 election. The result is needed in order for Medina to be re-elected without having to go to …

Read more…

Banco Popular, the country’s largest private bank has announced that its Popular App is now available for clients. The application is available for iOS and Android smart phones. Access is by a four-digit code. Banco Popular anuncia nueva versión de la aplicación App Popular

Half of the Dominican population suffers from some kind of allergy, according a panel of medical specialists representing the Dominican Society of Allergies, Asthma and Clinical Immunology told El Nacional. Nevertheless, the doctors said that most patients only seek medical care when experiencing extreme allergic symptoms. They warned that allergies could unleash complications leading to …

Read more…

Panelists will discuss technology issues for Dominican audiences at EmTech Dominican Republic, a gathering of experts, entrepreneurs and academics to be organized by the Spanish-language edition of MIT Technology Review in Santo Domingo on a yet-to-be-announced date in November 2016. The event has the support of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the O&M …

Read more…

Dominicans like their movies. The DGCine government department says that findings of the report “Development of the Dominican Movie-making Industry” show that Dominican films captured one of every three moviegoers last year. There was also a 300% increase in foreign investment in films made in the Dominican Republic. The report found that Dominicans spent RD$260 …

Read more…

French Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Aymeric Chauprade has come forward to defend aviation and security expert Christophe Naudin, accused by the Dominican Republic prosecution of complicity in the escape of two French pilots. A National District court ordered three months pre-trial custody for Naudin yesterday, Thursday 10 March 2016. The MEP has admitted …

Read more…