2017

Starting at 10pm on Sunday, 31 December, the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel’s Teatro La Fiesta presents “The Ultra Super Mega Dance of the 31st” with non-stop dance music until dawn. Performances of Wilfrido Vargas, Fernando Villalona, Toño Rosario, Rubby Pérez, Eddy Herrera, Miriam Cruz, Davicito Kada, Krisspy, Kinito Méndez and closing with Mozart la Para. The …

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For the New Year Party 2018 at the Embajador Hotel, urban artists Los Blanquitos, El Mayor, El Nene La Amenazzy, DJ Miguel Duarte and DJ Diony will be the entertainers. This is the 8th year of the New Year’s bash that is held at the Garden Tent of the city hotel. Doors open on 31 …

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End the year dancing to the merengue of legendary Dominican performers during the “End of Year with the Merengue Kings Show”, at the Hard Rock Live of Hard Rock Café Blue Mall in Santo Domingo, on Sunday, 31 December. Performances by Johnny Ventura, Los Hermanos Rosario, Pochy Familia and El Conjunto Quisqueya. Dancing until dawn. …

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Dionis Fernández and Charlie Rodríguez merengue dancing at Lucia 203 in the Colonial City on Saturday, 30 December 2017. Tickets for sale online at Ticketexpress for RD$1,000 general admission. 28 December 2017

The Altos de Chavon Amphitheater in La Romana presents French DJ, producer and composer David Guetta on 30 December performance at Altos de Chavon amphitheater in La Romana. The organizers say the amphitheater will become the largest dance floor in the Caribbean. Guetta is one of the best known DJs in the world, and has …

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The Amphitheater Blue Mall Punta Cana presents trap artists Ozuna and Bad Bunny on Saturday, 30 December 2017 at 8pm. Tickets are RD$2,500 general admission and RD$5,000 VIP seating. 28 December 2017

A news story in Hoy alerts the public to watch for domiciliary vegetable vendors who may be thieves in disguise. It tells the recent story of home robberies in Santo Domingo East, La Caleta, Andres and Boca Chica. The housewives that had purchased attractively-priced bunch of plantains found themselves being assaulted at gunpoint when the …

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A video that is circulating reveals the talent of 9-year old Anyelky Acosta from Santiago when playing the accordion and singing typical merengue. She is the great grand-daughter, grand-daughter and daughter of well known typical musicians from Santiago. Those who are marveled at her early talents say she could be the next Fefita la Grande, …

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Long-time Fenatrado truckers association head, Blas Peralta, has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to reverse his sentence from the Court of Appeal in the National District, which confirmed his conviction to 30 years in jail for the murder of the ex-rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Mateo Aquino Febrillet. The appeal …

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Two residents from Ottawa, Canada are facing drug charges for allegedly attempting to smuggle liquid cocaine in rum bottles into Canada. According to a press release from the RCMP, the pair of travelers arrived at the Ottawa airport on a flight from the Dominican Republic on 7 December 2017. During a secondary examination of their …

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