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2016 News

New culinary school in Santo Domingo

The Instituto Superior Mariano Moreno has announced that its 2016-2017 school year will be opening on 7 March. International academic director, French chef Gilles Brune was present for the announcement on Wednesday, 17 February 2016. General director Adolfo Artiles said that their aim was to contribute to improving the skills and professionalism of the country’s …

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New parking at Sans Souci

Sansouci Parking has inaugurated its first parking lot on Calle Olegario Vargas with Avenida Miguel Barcelo offering 65,000 meters of parking in Santo Domingo East. Sansouci president Lisandro Macarrulla said that this was their first venture into the strategic area of Santo Domingo East. The parking area has capacity for 53 buses and 101 motorized …

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New York Times on Dominican baseball

The Thursday 18 February 2016 issue of The New York Times features an illustrated report on the rewards and struggles and prevalence of baseball dreams in the Dominican Republic. The report focuses on how “the sport is stitched into life’s fabric” and is many a young man’s dream of a better future. Every Major League …

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Interpol arrests Banco Peravia fugitive

The International Police (Interpol) arrested one of the collapsed Banco Peravia board members, Jose Carlos Bergantinos in Spain yesterday, Thursday 18 February 2016. According to reports, the Attorney General of the Dominican Republic will be requesting his extradition. Read more in Spanish: http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=465570

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Jail sentences in Francina Hungria case

The Third Collegiate Tribunal of the National District has ordered 30 and 20-year jail sentences for three of the men accused of shooting and injuring engineer Francina Hungria. Hungria lost her eyesight after an incident in November 2012 in which one of the assailants fired at her when she was about to board her vehicle …

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Rains forecast for the weekend

The meteorological office (Onamet) says that an eastward moving front will affect Dominican territory starting this afternoon, Friday 19 February 2016 and throughout the weekend. The front will bring light rains and cool temperatures nationwide. Noon high temperatures of 30C are forecast, and early morning lows of 21C. High surf is forecast for the Atlantic …

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Funglode Environmental Film Festival 13-18 September

Funglode has announced that this year its Environmental Film Festival will be celebrated from 13-18 September 2016. Now in its ninth year, the Festival is described as the most complete collection of environmental films in the Caribbean and Central America. It is organized by Funglode, the US branch of former President Leonel Fernandez’s think tank. …

2016

President meets the press

President Danilo Medina met with editors and newspaper owners, including Jose Luis (Pepin) Corripio at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Wednesday 17 February 2016. Dominican Press Society members Miguel Franjul from Listin Diario, Rafael Molina Morillo from El Dia, Osvaldo Santana from El Caribe, Ingrid Gonzalez from La Informacion, Persio Maldonado from El Nuevo Diario, Bolivar …

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Populism and the press

Writing in Diario Libre today, Thursday 18 February 2016, executive editor Ines Aizpun states that the press is a major ally of political patronage but that it could stop this. She shares an observation made by Gloria Alvarez and Rodrigo Arenas of the Movimiento Civico Nacional de Guatemala who are visiting the DR and will …

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VPs need to be determined by 16 March

Although 16 March 2016 is the deadline for political parties to register their vice presidential candidates, most of the parties have not yet done so. The parties also have to register their alliances by 1 March 2016 (75 days before election day). The JCE has to approve the alliances before 6 March. El Caribe reports …

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2016 – Page 130

New culinary school in Santo Domingo

New parking at Sans Souci

New York Times on Dominican baseball

Interpol arrests Banco Peravia fugitive

Jail sentences in Francina Hungria case

Rains forecast for the weekend

Funglode Environmental Film Festival 13-18 September

President meets the press

Populism and the press

VPs need to be determined by 16 March