2016 – Page 44

The Agora Mall shopping mall in Santo Domingo has announced a collective exhibition of the work of Altos de Chavon students aged between 4 and 12. The Chavon kids study at the art school’s Santo Domingo campus. This year, the exhibition will feature art created by the students on the theme of Portraits of Mom. …

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The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Santo Domingo opens this evening, Monday 30 May 2016 with the presentation of Aurea by designers Jenny Polanco and Solange Jimenez. The runway shows will start tomorrow, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 at the rooftop of the Marmotech Design Center on Av. Roberto Pastoriza at 8:30pm. The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week …

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Tomorrow, Thursday, 26 May 2016 is Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic feast. The Ministry of Labor confirms that it is a national holiday and that anyone who works on that day must be paid an additional salary as established in the Labor Code. Friday is officially a normal working day, but many companies and schools …

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President Danilo Medina inaugurated a new primary school in Guerra on Monday, 23 May 2016. The Profesora Juana Tavarez Liriano School will cater for more than 600 students, operating on the extended school day and providing breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks. The new school has 20 classrooms and was built at a cost of RD$46,698,899. …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) acknowledged that its press release on the victory of Senator Felix Bautista in San Juan de la Maguana erroneously gave the controversial engineer 160,000 extra votes. The mistake was spotted and widely shared on social media. The JCE press release on the confirmed victory of 21 candidates for the Senate …

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Taiwanese ambassador Valentino Tang has announced that his country will be donating the fiber optic cables for the installation of the 911 Emergency System in Santiago. The cables will connect the system to the Santo Domingo 911 Emergency System. Ambassador Tang said that the project details are being studied with Minister of the Presidency Gustavo …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) announced the seizure of seven motorcycles adapted for illegal races in an operation on Sunday, 22 May 2016. As reported, five people were arrested for violating Transit Law 241. The motorcycles were seized on the 6 de Noviembre Highway in San Cristobal with three at the Cruce de Cambita and …

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A couple who were violently attacked by five window washers on Santo Domingo’s Av. Abraham Lincoln at the intersection with Av. John F. Kennedy took the case to court and a judge ordered one month of preventive custody for the men in La Victoria Jail. The victims said that the man had been beaten on …

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Police and the judiciary in the province of San Pedro de Macoris have confirmed that three bodies have been discovered in a pit in Batey Los Conucos near Juan Dolio beach. The bodies have been identified as three bus drivers: Gary Wilson Rodriguez Castro, who drove on the Hato Mayor-Sabana de la Mar route, German …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has confiscated 85 kg of heroin and cocaine at the Punta Cana International Airport and the Caucedo and Haina Multimodal ports. Several people were arrested in connection with the finds including two Peruvians and a Dutch national. In Caucedo the 50 packages of cocaine were found in a container …

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