2017 – Page 268

The ministries of Education and Public Works School signed an agreement on Monday, 13 February 2017, whereby the construction of public schools will now be the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works. In the past, construction of the public schools was carried out by the Office of Supervisory Engineers of State Works (OISOE) of …

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The government announced yesterday that an agreement was reached between Minister of Education Andrés Navarro and the president of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP) Eduardo Hidalgo to increase public school teacher wages. They agreed on a general wage increase this year for teachers. The funds for the increase will come from money …

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The New York Band is booked for an evening of merengue classics at the Hard Rock Live hall of the Blue Mall. Friday, 24 February at 9pm. Tickets are for sale online at Ticket Express (Tel 809 563-1111) or at Hard Rock Café 809 686-7771. For information on upcoming events: DR1 Calendar

Cuban master dancer Lazaro Carreño is leading a ballet workshop for members of the National Dominican Ballet (BND) at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Also participating are students of the National Dance School (Endanza) and the corps of dancers of the Ballet Concierto Dominicano. Carreño is regarded as the best dancer of the Ballet Nacional …

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Robinson Canó, the second baseman for the Seattle Mariners, famous for leading the team to win the World Baseball Classic in 2013, will be the captain of the Dominican team in the WBC in 2017. In the 2013 championship, Cano won the tournament’s most valuable player award. José Reyes it the only player to be …

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Santo Domingo is hosting the 11th Panamerican Badminton Championship at the Gioriver Arias Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The tournament is sponsored by the Ministry of Sports and the Dominican Olympic Committee. The Dominican Federation of Badminton announced that athletes from Brazil, Canada, Jamaica, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United …

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Top ATP-ranked Dominican tennis player Víctor Estrella (ranked 156th at the time of the tournament) once again came from behind in a match, this time defeating Italian Paolo Lorenzi (ranked 46th) 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 in the finals of the Ecuador Open to win the championship. The win improved Estrella’s ranking to 93rd. Earlier in the …

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The good news is that local airports report that flights are back to normal with the weather improving in New England, United States after the passing of the Niko snowstorm. In a press release, Aerodom that operates Las Americas and Puerto Plata international airports, reported that flights to and from the United States were back …

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A local daily, El Nacional apologized for inadvertently including a photograph of actor Alec Baldwin impersonating US President Donald Trump instead of the real Donald Trump in a news story. The newspaper used the photo to illustrate a wire story headlined “Trump says settlements in Israel don’t favor peace.” The photo of Baldwin/Trump appeared next …

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While the Odebrecht construction scandal has taken up most of the corruption scandal headlines, the Super Tucano case, another Brazilian originated scandal, languishes in the background. Diario Libre reported that Judge Danilo Amador Quevedo ordered that former Air Force Colonel Carlos Piccini Núñez continue to serve pre-trial custody in the eight Super Tucano aircraft overpricing …

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