2017 – Page 267

Restaurants and night spots nationwide will be celebrating St. Valentine’s Day starting from Tuesday, 14 February 2017 through the weekend. For instance, Puerto Rican Tony Dize is performing at Hard Rock Live at Blue Mall; Pavel Núñez is at Teatro La Fiesta in the Hotel Jaragua; Anthony Ríos is at Neptuno Restaurant in Boca Chica; …

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The awards ceremony for the Premios Soberano, the most important showbusiness event in the Dominican Republic, is set for 28 March 2017. The awards are sponsored by the Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, the brewery of Presidente beer. On Monday, 13 February 2017, the organizers of the event, the Association of Show Business Writers (Acroarte), released the …

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The US government is urging US citizens living in the Dominican Republic to register to vote and request their absentee ballots to vote in 2017 in order to ensure the corresponding election office knows where to send ballots. The US Embassy makes the point that several states are also holding gubernatorial or other statewide elections …

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Three people have been sentenced to jail by a judge in a court in Puerto Plata for the murder and dismemberment of an American citizen. Brent Renault Lewis was murdered on 3 November 2014 in Sosua and his body dismembered and disposed of in various parts of the country. Thirty-year old American, Frank Sorichette, also …

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A Santo Domingo province judge has again rescheduled the trial of those accused of kidnapping and murdering of the 10-year old minor Carla Massiel Cabrera, who disappeared on 25 June 2015 in the Los Garcia sector of Pedro Brand and whose remains were discovered on 16 August 2016. The reason for her death has not …

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56-year old José Alfredo Payano fainted and fell into the Santo Domingo Metro track at the Mamá Tingó station in Villa Mella in northern Santo Domingo on the morning of Monday, 13 February 2017. He survived even when a Metro train crossed over him. Payano is recovering at the Ney Arias Lora Trauma Hospital where …

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On Monday 13 February 2017, President Danilo Medina created the National Commission for the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Birth of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez. Sánchez, who was born on 9 March 2017, is regarded as one of the three founding fathers of the Dominican Republic, along with Juan Pablo Duarte, and Matías Ramón Mella. The …

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On Monday, 13 February 2017, President Danilo Medina ordered the dissolution of the Dominican Corporation of State Companies (Corde) and the Commission for the Reform of Public Companies (CREP). The first body was in charge of government enterprises, most of which were privatized or closed down. The second was in charge of assisting the public …

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Landowners in La Romana have complained that President Danilo Medina was cheated when he recently made a surprise visit to Cumayasa in the province, where he was convinced to lend RD$30 million to a hog-producing association that community spokespeople say is not even present in the area. The hog association was presented by a government …

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The International Monetary Fund team that reviewed the performance and prospects for the Dominican economy reported on 13 February 2017, after concluding its February mission to the Dominican Republic that the fiscal position in the country needs to be “decisively strengthened to maintain sustainability in the face of increasing risks.” The government needs to reduce …

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