2016 – Page 140

Watch the Dominican Republic’s top professional tennis player Victor Estrella (ranked 56th in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals) play. Estrella has won the Ecuador Open Quito of the ATP World Tour for two consecutive years. Today, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 he is playing Gonzalo Lama of Chile (ranked 263rd by ATP). Tennis …

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Casa Holos is holding two sessions of meditation with Tibetan Bowls, presented by Rafael Alvarez on Tuesday, 16 and 23 February 2016. Casa Holos is on Calle Hatuey 67, near the corner with Av. Caonabo in Los Cacicazgos, in Santo Domingo. To register call 809 482-8011.

Some 400 pairs of cowboys and more than 150 quarter horses will compete at the Classic Derby to take place at Rancho Don Rey in Sabana de la Mar from 19-21 February 2016. There will be competitions in reining, ranch sorting, open, and roping, according to race organizer Fauntly Garrido. Rancho Don Rey Equestrian Club …

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President Danilo Medina has attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Santo Domingo to be built on Abraham Lincoln Avenue at the intersection with Jose Andres Aybar Street in Piantini. The 42-floor high-rise will have 400 luxury rooms and suites. Its promoters say it will be the tallest building in Santo …

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United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and President Danilo Medina held a meeting at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 8 February 2016. Mabus was accompanied by US Navy Deputy Chief of Staff Meredith Berger and Anne Gebhards, director of the Navy’s International Affairs Department, along with United States Ambassador James Brewster, who told …

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At a time when the level of confidence in the Dominican judiciary has reached what seems like a record low, the Judicial Branch Council (CPJ) has announced that a summit meeting is being held on the instructions of the president of the Supreme Court of Justice Mariano German when speaking on Judiciary Day. The meeting …

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Deputy Minister of Culture Jochy Santos has confirmed plans to open a restaurant on the fifth floor of the Monumento de Santiago. The revenue will go to the Ministry of Culture. Sanchez says that the new restaurant, which was being conceived in the style of restaurants operating in museums around the world, also seeks to …

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Civil society watchdog group Participacion Ciudadana has come out publicly to state what is too apparent. The Medina administration would seem to be the leading advertiser in the country. Tune in to any radio program or TV program, and advertisements from the government dominate. Last year the government spent upwards of RD$10 million a day …

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According to a new opinion poll carried out by Markestrategia, if the elections were today, rather than 90 days away, the PLD candidate and current President, Danilo Medina would win with 61.5% of the votes and PRM candidate Luis Abinader would have 26.5%. Guillermo Moreno from Alianza Pais would have 1.8%, and Pelegrin Castillo, Minou …

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The PQD candidate for overseas deputy Yunis Segura has rejected the Medina administration’s proposed Instituto de Bienestar Social en el Exterior ((INBIDOEX), a new government department for social welfare in the Diaspora, warning that the government proposes to fund it with a 5% tax on remittances. Segura said that the proposed tax would be abusive …

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