2016 – Page 84

Domingo Martinez, who was driving the truck that crushed Arisleidy Cabrera Polanco’s vehicle on Circunvalacion Sur in Santiago on Tuesday, 12 April 2016, has been sent to three months pre-trial custody. Commenting on the tragic accident via Twitter, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito said that Cabrera, who worked as a lawyer in the city’s Palacio …

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The National Police has announced the arrest of a US tourist accused of unlawful sexual relations with a 15-year old girl with whom he had been living in Puerto Plata for the past four months. The minor had reportedly lost contact with her relatives and friends. Agents from the Police Criminal Investigations Division (Dicrim) arrested …

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The Dominican rock group that sold 25,000 copies of its first album “Reggae-ando” is back together and will be playing a series of concerts at the Hard Rock Cafe at Santo Domingo’s Blue Mall starting Thursday, 21 April 2016. The band members are Hector Anibal, Alfio Lora, Luis Payan, Jean Pimentel and Rigo Zapata. The …

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Famous Australian duo Air Supply has included Santo Domingo in its 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 on Friday, 6 May 2016. Air Supply performed at Altos de Chavon in 2005. Their Greatest Hits Tour celebrates …

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The National Theater in Santo Domingo will reopen to the general public with the hosting of the Soberano Awards on Tuesday, 31 May 2016. The theater has been undergoing major renovation works for some months now. The Show Business Writers Association and the Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, the Presidente beer brewery, made the announcement yesterday, Wednesday …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 12 April 2016, President Danilo Medina inaugurated the first stage of an agricultural irrigation and water supply project in Pueblo Viejo, in the southwestern province of Azua. The new and repaired installations are expected to benefit more than 170,000 local residents. The project aims to repair the Ysura canal from Villarpando to Tabara …

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According to a new poll by Mark Penn and sponsored by the SIN media group, Danilo Medina would win the election with 62%, compared to Luis Abinader who would obtain 29% of the vote. The survey was carried out between 28 and 30 March 2016. Guillermo Moreno would obtain 3% and Minou Tavarez Mirabal 1%. …

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The Benenson Strategy Group poll found that if the election were held today, President Danilo Medina of the ruling PLD would win with 66% of the votes to 26% for Luis Abinader of the PRM. The poll revealed that 8 out of every 10 eligible voters believe that President Medina will win his re-election bid. …

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In the elections in 2000, 1,014,312 people, or 24% of the electorate did not vote. In the 2004 elections the figure was 1,650,743 (27%) and in 2008, 29% of the electorate did not vote, a total of 1,363,853. In 2012 the percentage of abstentions increased yet again to 1,936,130 or 29.77% of citizens registered to …

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Ministry of Foreign Relations spokesman Miguel Medina has announced that Ambassador Homero Luis Hernandez Sanchez, who was working as the Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva passed away on Friday, 8 April 2016. Medina said that his passing was a great loss and praised the work he had …

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