2017 – Page 130

Visas will no longer be necessary for citizens of the Dominican Republic and Honduras to visit either country. The agreement will be signed this Monday, 24 July 2017, by Minister of Foreign Relations Miguel Vargas and Honduras Foreign Minister María Dolores Aguero Lara in Honduras. Both countries have already signed agreements for exchanges in education, …

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (Taiwan), David Tawei Lee arrived on Saturday, 22 July 2017 for a five-day visit, through Wednesday, 26 July. The purpose of the visit is to continue strengthening bilateral relations and so that he can preside over the meetings with the Taiwan ambassadors based in Latin America. Taiwan still maintains …

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Minister of Education Andrés Navarro announced that 300,000 additional students will be attending the extended school day program. This means 1,450,000 students are enrolled in the 8 to 4pm education programs, up from 1,150,000 in the past 2016-2017 school year. Navarro expects that for the 2018-19 school year, another 300,000 students will be incorporated, for …

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President Danilo Medina was in Las Mercedes, Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo province, on Friday, 21 July 2017, for the inauguration of the 16-classroom Liceo Elizabeth Lantigua Bonilla. The extended day school has a capacity for 455 students. During the keynote speech, Minister of Education Andres Navarro highlighted the investment made by the government in hundreds …

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The Dominican women’s table tennis team successfully defended their championship, winning the Caribbean Tournament that took place in Cuba. The Dominican women won a final deciding game 3-1 against Cuba. The 59th Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championships took place at the Sports City Coliseum in La Havana, Cuba. Read more in Spanish: Hoy

The San Isidro Air Base will be hosting the country’s first Speed Show Fest as of 10am on 23 July 2017, as reported in MetroRD. Alfredo Nin, one of the organizers, said that more than 150 vehicles will show off how fast they can accelerate on a straight half mile track (1,609 meters). The fastest …

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The Dominican Republic defeated Thailand 3-2 (25-17, 21-25, 26-24, 21-25, 6-15) in an exciting game for Thai fans in Bangkok as the FIVB Senior Women’s Volleyball World Grand Prix continues. The Thai women’s volleyball team won the first and third games, but the Dominican team outlasted them winning the fourth and fifth games during the …

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The national weather agency (Onamet) and the Center for Emergency Operations are alerting to high waves on the Caribbean coast. A green alert has been declared for small and medium-sized boats to postpone navigation on the Caribbean waters due to large swells. Onamet is forecasting that a tropical wave will bring heavy rain to the …

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PUCMM engineering student Roberto Eduardo Mata died in New York when on a student trip with fellow students from the Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) and Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). He was riding in a taxi van that crashed into a utility poll in Cortlandville, New York. Reports are that the taxi …

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Convicted truckers’ association (Fenatrado) former president, Blas Peralta expects to be back with his family in 2020, after serving only four years of his 30-year sentence for murder. Recently he spoke to fellow inmates and told them: “I tell you one thing. I was sentenced to 30 years, but my life experience says, and being …

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