2016 – Page 69

Latin Grammy Award winner, Puerto Rican Yandel is appearing at the Imagine Cave nightspot in Punta Cana this Saturday 30 April 2016. The reggaeton musician, songwriter and record producer is promoting his new album Dangerous. He is best known for being half of the former duo Wisin & Yandel. Listen to his music:

The Ministry of Culture is presenting a dance show, “Dominicana, una primavera para el mundo” (Dominicana, spring for the world) at the Plaza Espana in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo on Saturday 7 May 2016 at 8:30pm. The performance, by dancer and choreographer Patricia Ascuasiati will take place against the scenic backdrop of the …

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The Ecuadorian community in the Dominican Republic has announced it is organizing an emergency aid appeal in solidarity with Ecuador from 1-8 May 2016 from 10am to 4pm at the Liceo Unidad Panamericana located at Calle Paseo de los Periodistas and Mayor Valverde in Santo Domingo. The organizers are asking for donations of soap, clothing, …

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Speculation is rife in the press and social media about the identity of the father of National District prosecutor Yenni Berenice Reynoso’s baby girl, Mariangel, who was born at the Clinica Union Medica in Santiago on 8 April 2016. A report in El Caribe speculates he could be Angel Rodriguez Patino, because he accompanied the …

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The Attorney General reports that a fugitive from Dominican justice, Eliezer Carrasco has been arrested in Spain. He is suspected of involvement in the robbery of RD$38 million from a Caribe Express company cash-in-transit vehicle on the Duarte Highway in 2014. He is the second suspect in the case to be arrested in Spain, along …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) says that 10 people have been affected by the heavy rains caused by a front that is still affecting the eastern region of the country, which is now moving away slowly. The National Weather Office (Onamet) is forecasting more rains for the long weekend. The COE announced there was flooding …

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In his retirement year, Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz passed two Hall of Fame Red Sox on the extra-base hits list in the game at Turner Field when Boston beat Atlanta 9-4 on Wednesday 27 April 2016. In the game, 40-year-old Ortiz had three doubles and drove in two runs, giving him 1,119 …

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Yesterday, Wednesday 27 April 2016 President Danilo Medina inaugurated the stretch of highway that links Piedra Blanca in the central province of Monsignor Nouel (Bonao) with Rancho Arriba in the southwestern province of San Jose de Ocoa. The new 29 km road, which goes via Juan Adrian, was built as the second of a three-phase …

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Speaking at yesterday’s American Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Wednesday 27 April 2016, Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario stressed the influence political campaigns have on the Dominican economy. He said that the leading candidates’ presidential campaigns would be spending between RD$1 and RD$1.5 billion. He said that a political party spends RD$200 million on …

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Foreign Relations Minister Andres Navarro is heading the opening ceremony of the High-Level Working Group Meeting on Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management sponsored by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) being held today, Thursday 28 and tomorrow Friday 29 April 2016 at the Barcelo Santo Domingo Hotel (former Lina) in Santo Domingo. According …

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