2016 – Page 41

71-year old Manuela Josefa Cabrera, best known as Fefita la Grande was finally recognized for her prolific career in music, winning the top award, the Soberano at the Premios Soberano that took place yesterday evening, Tuesday 31 May 2016 at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The Soberano Awards are organized by the Association of …

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President Danilo Medina will be attending the VII Summit of the Association of Caribbean States being held in Havana from Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 June 2016. Government spokesman Roberto Rodriguez Marchena confirmed the trip and said that Medina would be leaving this Friday 3 June and returning from Cuba the following day. http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2016/05/30/421192/confirman-participacion-del-presidente-medina-en-cumbre-de-aec-en-cuba

General ad-vitam Antonio Imbert Barrera, best known as one of the participants in the assassination of dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo on 30 May 1961, passed away at around 4am this morning, Tuesday 31 May 2016 at his Av. Sarasota residence in Santo Domingo. His death coincided with the 55th anniversary of the assassination yesterday, Monday …

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On 30 May, 55 years ago yesterday, the dictator Rafael L. Trujillo was assassinated when driving from the capital to San Cristobal at night. A group of men intercepted and shot him at kilometer 9 of George Washington Avenue, at the point where the monument to the Heroes of 30 May now stands. The seven …

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The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has received 89 objections to the elections of 15 May at the congressional and municipal level for a range of issues asking for the elections to be declared null and void, appealing decisions by local electoral courts and demanding recounts. Two days before the elections, TSE president Mariano Rodriguez warned …

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The Ministry of Education (MINERD) has advised the 350,000 candidates to register for the National Standardized Examinations that will take place on 21 June 2016. The students can register online at http://www.minerd.gob.do before 1 June 2016. The Ministry of Education also is advising students to download a special application that has been created to help …

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Natural gas-fueled power plants make up 25% of the Dominican Republic’s electricity generating matrix. Statistics published by the Dominican Association of Electricity Industries (Adie) show that national power generation was 14,177.38 GWh in 2015, of which 2% was wind power and 6% hydroelectric power. The remaining 92% generated by thermoelectric plants were powered by fuel …

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Santo Domingo Hotels Association president Roberto Henriquez has called on the sector to unite in order to work with the new municipal authorities to tackle problems in the National District and push forward tourism in the capital city. He said they have already set out their concerns to mayor-elect David Collado during previous meetings. Henriquez …

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Dominican entrepreneurs are being encouraged to enter the Intalent competition for entrepreneurs sponsored by the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), a division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) whose mission is to promote integration among the countreis in this region. The competition recognizes innovative, technologically based talent to promote …

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The Medina administration needs US$1.5 billion in addition to US$3.6 billion approved in the 2016 National Budget, says Miguel Collado Di Franco, senior economist at the Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies (CREES). Collado says that the Medina administration executed 46% of the estimated deficit for 2016 in the first three months of the year. …

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