2016 – Page 129

Legendary soft rock group Air Supply is booked for a performance at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo at 10pm on Friday, 6 May 2016. Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock have included Santo Domingo in their latest “Greatest Hits Tour.” They will be performing their all-time favorite hits including Lost …

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Hard Rock Cafe at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo presents Tito Rojas, who is celebrating 40 years as a salsa singer, on Thursday, 30 July 2016 at 9pm. Tickets: RD$1,605 and RD$3,210 VIP. Read more about upcoming events at http://www.dr1.com/calendar To read more news, see the DR1 News Archives at: http://dr1.com/premium/news/2015/index.shtml

Foreign Minister Andres Navarro was in New York yesterday, Thursday 18 February 2016 to receive the temporary presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) at the United Nations headquarters. Navarro said the DR would promote proactive actions aimed at tackling the shared problems that affect the organization’s 33 member countries. CELAC …

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President Danilo Medina was in Miches, in El Seibo province, on the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic yesterday, Thursday 18 February 2016, for the symbolic start of construction of the Four Seasons Tropicalia. The luxury hotel is part of a real estate and tourism complex promoted by the Grupo Cisneros from Venezuela. To mark …

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The head of the Emergency Operations Commission (COE) and Civil Defense director, Major General Rafael de Luna Pichirilo suggests relocating all propane gas stations at least one kilometer away from populated areas. The current Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Resolution 139 dated back to 1999) regulations stipulate a distance of only 100 meters. An LPG …

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Campaigning for his fourth term at the helm of the city government of the National District yesterday, Thursday 18 February 2016, Mayor Roberto Salcedo launched the symbolic start of construction of an urban bicycle route that he said would be eight kilometers long. The first phase of the Circuito Bici will be built along the …

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Senate president Cristina Lizardo says that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) recommendation to suspend the so-called “barillito” slush fund will be reviewed by senators in March. Speaking yesterday, Thursday 18 February 2016 Lizardo stated that only Congress has the faculty to decide whether the funds go or not during the remaining three-and-a-half-month election campaign period. …

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Alianza Pais and several other minority parties in the Electoral Alliance for Democratic Change (Alianza Pais, Camina RD, Patria para Todos y Todas, Propuesta Institucional Cristiana, Fuerza de la Revolucion) have called on citizens to use social media to report on any illegal use of government funds they witness being used for the re-election campaign …

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The ruling PLD party has announced that Francisco Javier Garcia, the current Minister of Tourism, has been chosen as the director of President Danilo Medina’s re-election campaign. Former President Leonel Fernandez was selected as general advisor while the executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Bichara was designated operational director of the …

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The Vicini Group has announced that from now on it will be doing business under the new Inicia brand name. Executive president Felipe Vicini said that the group’s initiatives would now be known as Inicia, an inversion of the Vicini last name. Speaking for the group, Amelia Vicini says that Inicia seeks to attract other …

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