2017 – Page 210

Minister of Industry and Commerce Temístocles Montás announced the Medina government will bolster their support to the sector. Montás said that after a meeting between officers of the Dominican Association of Free Zones (Adozona) and President Medina further backing for the leading export sector of the country was agreed to. Montas said measures to create …

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El Hijo de P•#@ del Sombrero opens at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on 12 May 2017. The play is directed by Manuel Chapuseaux. It is a production by Puerto Rican Raúl Méndez. The play is by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. The show is described on Wikipedia as: “a high-octane verbal cage match about …

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Leading contemporary pop rock performers Pavel Núñez, Aljadaqui and Transfusion will be performing at the Hard Rock Live Santo Domingo at Blue Mall on Friday, 5 May at 9pm. Tickets are RD$1,500 per person. 24 April 2017

The Color Night Run is scheduled for Saturday, 13 May 2017. Participants will run from km 0 of the Mirador del Sur Park starting at 7pm. The activity is a benefit for Fundacion Pañoleta. Participants are asked to pay RD$1,000. However, children under eight years of age will not have to pay. To light up …

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The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean youth champions in table tennis. The Dominican team participating in the 2017 Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championship won the championship held 13-19 April in Georgetown, Guyana. The DR won events in categories of U-18 and U-15. The DR team won 23 medals – 12 gold, 4 silver …

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The National Weather Office (Onamet) announces the rains will continue nationwide today due to a passing trough. It had rained all through the weekend. The Committee for Emergency Operations (COE) reported that 24 provinces are under flooding alert. 24 April 2017

The United Kingdom Embassy in the Dominican Republic, the British Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic and the Commonwealth Table in the Dominican Republic invite the public to a business breakfast addressing Brexit and the next steps for the Dominican Republic. British ambassador Chris Campbell will be speaking and taking questions. The breakfast is …

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Hundreds of thousands walked the streets of San Francisco de Macorís in the northeast to protest impunity in the Brazilian Odebrecht construction company dealings with Dominican governments. The march began at 10am and ended by noon with manifestos read by participants dressed in green. Speakers during the event called the recent pardon agreed to by …

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Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez passed the baton in the investigation of corruption in the overpricing of public works enabled by bribes that Odebrecht has admitted to paying. The Attorney General says that the Chamber of Accounts is now the responsible agency to investigate potential overpricing of public works. His office recently drafted an agreement …

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Only in the Dominican Republic. The National Police has issued a memorandum warning that it is strictly prohibited for members of the Police to drive vehicles if they do not have drivers’ licenses. The same Memorandum 012-2017 indicates that police driving motorcycles need to wear their helmets to avoid confrontations with the Metropolitan Transport Authority …

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