2016 – Page 81

Alianza Pais Presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno says that the country should not be discussing the possibility of more taxes for workers and the middle classes until what he called the ruling PLD party’s “structure for corruption and political patronage” is dismantled. He said that the government plans for fiscal reform (= more taxes) could create …

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With the exception of the leading candidate, President Danilo Medina, the presidential candidates will be discussing their proposals for government on the “Proposals of the Candidates” series of televised programs coordinated by the Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) to be transmitted on the Corripio Group’s Telesistema (11) and Coral (39) channels. The programs will also …

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The leading candidates for senator for the National District, with the exception of the ruling party candidate have presented their agenda and proposals if elected senator for the National District. Aura Celeste Fernandez Rodriguez for AlPais, Alberto Atallah, PRM, Vinicio Castillo Seman, FNP, Carlos de Pena, Alianza para la Democracia. Ruling party candidate Reynaldo Pared …

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Casa de Italia has announced the imminent re-opening of the Italian Embassy in the Dominican Republic. Casa de Italia, which represents Italian immigrants in the Dominican Republic, did not specify an opening date. The Italian government recently accepted the credentials of the new Dominican ambassador in Italy, Peggy Cabral.

The Attorney General dismissed speculation that a crash involving the SUV in which trucker kingpin Blas Peralta was being transported from jail in Higuey to a hearing in Santo Domingo on Friday, 15 April 2016 was a bungled attempt to escape. One of the two vehicles transporting Peralta crashed into an SUV driven by 52-year …

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Rossy Felix has become the first Dominican fencer to qualify for the Olympic Games. She won the right to compete during the Pan-America qualifier held in San Jose, Costa Rica over the weekend of 16-17 April 2016. She won the slot in her last chance to secure a place at the Olympic Games. She competed …

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Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz will be performing at the Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo’s Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center on 21 May 2016. He is on his Sirope Vivo Tour. The album combines flamenco, rock, funk and pop music. One of the tracks, “Suena la pelota,” was co-written with Juan Luis Guerra. Sanz …

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Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Robi Draco Rosa is booked for performances at the Hard Rock Cafe in the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo on 2 and 3 June 2016. The shows mark the start of his Americas tour, “Lo sagrado y lo maldito.” Tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets for RD$2,000. Read more about upcoming …

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With the mediation of Reverend Jesus Castro, rector of the Universidad Catolica Santo Domingo, and the participation of doctors Cesar Mella, Jose Joaquin Puello and Julio Amado Castanos, the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) met at the university yesterday Thursday 14 April 2016. The public sector health workers’ union agreed to focus the discussions on eight …

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The Ministry of Public Health is carrying out a campaign to vaccinate 532,000 children against polio. Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzman said that the country has made good progress on the prevention of diseases because not a single polio case has been registered in the past 15 years. She added that there have not been …

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