2016 – Page 63

Air Supply is performing Friday, 6 May 2016 in Santo Domingo as part of the famous Australian duo’s Greatest Hits Tour 2016. The 1980s act, known for its power pop ballads, will be performing at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Jaragua Renaissance. Air Supply last performed in the Dominican Republic at Altos de Chavon …

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Casa de Campo Dominican Republic Open is taking place from this Sunday 8 to Saturday 14 May 2016. This is the fifth edition of the Dominican Republic Open that is part of the PGA Tour Latinoamerica. The Casa de Campo DR Open 2016 will be played at the Teeth of the Dog Golf Course in …

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Sponsored by Presidente Black beer, the Barbarella 2016 electronic fiesta starts on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 at the Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo with performances by two-time Grammy award winner David Guetta, the duet JACK U, Diplo and Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Afrojack, DJ Snake, Don Diablo, among others. Warm up DJ sessions are scheduled for …

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The Santo Domingo Metro II Line will begin testing its B section tomorrow, Friday 6 May 2016 with free rides for customers during specific hours ending on Friday 13 May, two days before the 15 May general election. President Danilo Medina has announced that the final push of his re-election bid is focused on voters …

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Several opposition parties and groups including the PRM, Alianza por la Democracia, Movimiento Rebelde and Colectivo Poder Ciudadano formed a human chain outside the Central Electoral Board (JCE) headquarters yesterday, Wednesday 4 May 2016. They were calling for a manual vote count at all three levels in the 15 May 2016 general elections. The JCE …

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Business, civil society and government representatives met yesterday Wednesday 4 May 2016 as part of a series of talks related to the signing of the National Pact for Electricity Sector Reform. Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo chaired the meeting together with Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, chairman of the Economic and Social Council (CES). The talks are …

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Water levels in the Tavera dam reservoir have increased by three meters after the constant rainfall over the last few days. Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan) spokesman Dario Fernandez says, however, that there is still a deficit in Coraasan’s drinking water supply. The Tavera dam water level measurement taken yesterday, Wednesday 4 May 2016, …

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The Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) hosted journalists yesterday, Wednesday 4 May 2016 to present the progress being made in the construction and refurbishment of all the components of the Eastern Aqueduct (Salinity Barrier). This project includes the construction of two regulating tanks made of porcelain-enameled steel, perhaps the largest in the world, …

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The flight of an airplane over the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo earlier this week, by a former Air Force officer who was distributing campaign pamphlets for his election as a senator, set off alarms and led the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) to suspend retired general Rafael Percival Pena’s pilot’s license. The IDAC has …

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The departure of Monsignor Christophe Pierre, appointed by Pope Francis to be the new Papal Nuncio in Washington, has made Dominican ambassador Fernando Perez Memen the new dean of the diplomatic corps in Mexico. Perez Memen, a former history professor and journalist, has been the dean of the Latin America and Caribbean Ambassador’s Group for …

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