2016 – Page 22

The Ministry of Culture’s Ninth International Theater Festival (FITE 2016) is being held from 17 to 27 June 2016. Sixteen companies from Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Venezuela, the United States and 29 from the DR will be bringing their dramatic productions to venues in Santo Domingo, Santiago, …

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This Saturday, 18 June 2016 at 9pm, Modo Mudo rock group will play homage to Spanish singer and composer, Joaquin Sabina. The group will play original Sabina songs as well as others arranged by the band in a two-hour concert. The tribute has already been performed at Casa de Teatro, Sabina Bar, Cinema Cafe, Coyote …

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The most comprehensive international film festival held in the Dominican Republic, sponsored by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode), is set for 1-19 November 2016. The organizers have announced that registration to participate in the festival is open from 15 June 2016 through 30 August 2016. To register, go to http://www.fesetivaldecineglobal.org

The First Punta Cana Merengue and Fashion Week is set for 25-26 November 2016 at the amphitheater of the San Juan Shopping Center in Punta Cana. San Juan Shopping Center president Jesus Montano and Nerys Diaz are organizing the event. Top Dominican designers and guest designers from Puerto Rico will be holding runway shows at …

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The 46th OAS General Assembly closed in Santo Domingo on Wednesday 15 June 2016 with the signing of the Declaration of Santo Domingo and the attending foreign relations ministers approving an apology statement for the OAS support for the military invasion of the Dominican Republic during the 1965 Civil War. The invasion prevented the reinstatement …

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Latin America and the Caribbean declined 9.1% in 2015 compared with 2014, totaling $179.10 billion dollars, the lowest level since 2010, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) announced on Wednesday, 15 June 2016 at its headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The outcome is attributed to lower …

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The business sector is willing to collaborate and negotiate on the fiscal pact with the government to reach the agreement as part of the National Development Strategy, according to a statement from Herrera Business Association (AEIH) president Antonio Taveras Guzman. He said that while high-ranking officials have gone on record pointing to the urgency of …

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Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose del Castillo Savinon says that formal trade between Haiti and the Dominican Republic has fallen by some US$400 million so far this year. The minister says that the decline in exports to the neighboring country was caused by the restrictive measures that the Haitian government imposed on 23 Dominican …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines and Barrick Pueblo Viejo (the gold-mining giant) signed an agreement on Wednesday, 15 June 2016 for the implementation of the State Environmental Administration Plan and for the repair of all areas that have suffered environmental damage as a result of previous operations by Rosario Dominicana. The agreement forms part …

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Dominican Superintendent of Securities Gabriel Castro highlighted the importance of the securities market to finance country development when speaking at the opening of the Ibero-American Securities Summit in Santo Domingo. The event at the Central Bank auditorium took place on 14-15 June 2016. Castro highlighted that the basis for a securities system is having the …

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