2016 – Page 111

Edmond Elias, the president of EE Empresas, a leading nightclub and casino company, passed away yesterday, Thursday 10 March 2016 at the age of 84. He was also known as the owner of the long-established Maunaloa Night Club, and for the operation of bars, discos, gambling casinos, sports betting businesses and real estate promotion. He …

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Dominican Paola Cuello has been selected as a basketball referee for the summer 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. She will be one of five women in a team of 30 referees. She lives in her native Santiago de los Caballeros and is a niece of Alfredo Cuello, responsible for organizing the superior basketball tournament …

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Grupo Bonye and guests will now be performing on Tuesdays in March (on the 8, 15, 22, 29 of the month) at the Hard Rock Cafe in Santo Domingo’s Blue Mall. The group is best known for its sunset performances every Sunday at the San Francisco Ruins in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. Tuesdays …

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President Danilo Medina was in Barahona yesterday, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 for the inauguration of the Larimar Wind Farm, a US$120 million renewal energy project by EgeHaina. In his keynote speech, EgeHaina electricity company president Edgar Pichardo called on President Danilo Medina to reestablish the tax exemptions of Law 57-07 on Incentives for the Development …

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Speaking in Santo Domingo yesterday, Wednesday 9 March 2016, Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Ligia Amada Melo said that 7,000 of the 9,000 young men and women who were awarded government scholarships to pursue Masters and bachelor degrees overseas have since been hired and are earning salaries above the market average. The minister stressed …

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The Jose Maria Cabral y Baez Regional University Hospital in Santiago has reported two suspected cases of patients with cholera, which brings the week’s total to 12 possible cases. Hospital spokesman Johnny Lama said that the patients were hospitalized with severe vomiting and diarrhea, typical symptoms of the disease. Nonetheless, Lama added that it was …

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An estimated 5,000 drones are using Dominican airspace but their owners are not complying with the aviation regulations for these devices. The Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) Flight Operations Department director Pablo Cabrera told Diario Libre that since April when Resolution 008-2015 was issued to regulate the use of drones in Dominican airspace, barely …

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Yesterday’s edition of Acento, Wednesday 9 March 2016, focused on the Dominican expat vote abroad in a contribution by Central Electoral Board (JCE) judge, Jose Angel Aquino. Dominican expats were first able to vote abroad for the President and Vice President of the country in the 2004 presidential election. At the time, 52,440 registered to …

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The Chamber of Deputies declared the legislation urgent and approved it in two consecutive sessions yesterday, Wednesday 9 March 2016, modifying articles 44 and 86 of Dominican Social Security System Law 87-01. The amendment caps 15% on the earnings on of the certificates of deposit obtained by the Pension Fund Administrators. The motion reduces what …

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There are now more confirmed cases of Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS) in the Dominican Republic, according to the head of the UCE Medical Center, Carlos Tavarez Rodriguez. Dr. Tavarez Rodriguez said the UCE Medical Center has treated eight patients who have developed symptoms of GBS after being affected by the Zika virus in the last two …

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