2016 – Page 126

Dominican fashion designer Marisol Henriquez showed her Sources of Elegance collection at the 23rd season of the New York Couture Fashion Week from 12-15 February 2016 at the Crowne Plaza in Times Square. A former model, she went on to study Fashion Design at Instituto Superior Mercey Jaquez (Santo Domingo), Fashion Illustration at Bellas Artes …

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Listen to jazz merengue-style by Alex Diaz on Thursday, 25 February 2016 on the steps leading down from El Conde Street to the Ozama River in Santo Domingo. Alex Diaz has played with stars such as Tito Puente, Mario Rivera, Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie and more. Free from 8pm. Listen to his music at http://www.merenguejazz.com …

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During an interview for Channel 11’s El Dia TV show yesterday Monday 22 February 2016, Education Minister Carlos Amarante Baret said that the Ministry has now paid all of the remaining money owed to engineers, architects and construction firms involved in building new schools and daycare centers, for a total of around RD$4.7 billion. In …

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The public hospital doctors and medical unions left a meeting with the Minister of Health Altagracia Guzman Marcelino yesterday afternoon, Monday 22 February 2016 feeling pessimistic, saying that the authorities were not receptive to their demands. Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero, president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) was critical of the stance adopted by Health …

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A report by an environmentalist at the Academy of Sciences and the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Luis Carvajal, says that the environmental degradation in the Constanza mountain and valley region shows that the authorities are failing to apply the rules and regulations for agricultural activities and special permits are still being granted to …

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In an interview with El Dia newspaper yesterday, Monday 22 February 2016, Raquel Arbaje stated that if her husband Luis Abinader were elected President she would adopt a different approach to the role of First Lady compared to predecessors Candida Montilla de Medina and Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez. The First Lady’s Office currently handles a …

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The PRM has called off the proclamation of its candidates for senator and mayor for the National District, Alberto Atallah and David Collado. The ceremony was due to take place yesterday, Monday 22 February 2016 and so far no reason has been given for its suspension or a new date for when it will happen. …

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The man who was designated as the consultant for Danilo Medina’s presidential campaign, Leonel Fernandez, who is also the PLD party president, is currently visiting Bolivia as head of mission for the Organization of American States (OAS) that is observing a referendum that was held on Sunday, 21 February 2016. Some 6.5 million Bolivians went …

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The Brazilian courts issued a warrant yesterday, Monday 22 February 2016 for the arrest of Joao Santana, who was the publicist for the Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva presidential campaigns. He is wanted in his home country to clarify whether the millions of dollars in payments that he received overseas were part …

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More than 100 former workers from the former Hotel Sol de Plata in Sosua, which was owned by the Abinader family, formed a human chain outside PRM presidential candidate Luis Abinader’s campaign headquarters yesterday, Monday 22 February 2016. They are demanding their liquidation payments that should have been made when the hotel closed in 2009. …

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