2017 – Page 55

There’s something for everyone at the Fourth Book Fair of Dominican History sponsored by the National Archives under historian Roberto Cassa. The fair, which will last from 30 October until for November, will feature the role of cinema, theater and the arts as pedagogical tools for teaching history. The Archives wants to emphasize the availability …

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The National Institute for Consumer Protection (ProConsumidor) says it is beginning a legal process against freight forwarding company Caripack and finance company Avanex. The two companies are involved in a legal battle that has impeded hundreds of Caripack clients from receiving the articles they purchased over the Internet. ProConsumidor set a hearing for 25 October …

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Santiago city government says the contracting of Cilpen Global Quality Recycling to operate the recycling system at the Rafey Garbage Dump has brought an integral solution to the garbage problem in the second largest Dominican city. In an interview in Diario Libre, Mayor Abel Martínez said that the solid wastes at the dump are now …

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President Danilo Medina met on Tuesday, 24 October 2017 with representatives of opposition parties in Venezuela. Luis Florido, opposition deputy (Voluntad Popular), met President Medina at the Presidential Palace. Florido also met separately with Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado. The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Julio Borges and other Venezuelan opposition party members …

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Several bars and discotheques are staging Halloween-themed events for this weekend. For instance, XV Haunted Mansion 2017, sponsored by Brugal Rum, will be staged on Friday, 27 October 2017 at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Jaragua Renaissance with Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Jowell and Randy. This is a costume party. Tickets are RD$1,500. See …

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The fall season of the National Symphony Orchestra ends on Wednesday, 25 October 2017, with a closing concert at the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater. National Symphony resident director Santy Rodríguez will be conducting the orchestra. Rodríguez studied at the Real Cosnervatorio Superior in Madrid. On the program are works by Mussorgsky, Nielsen …

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Suspended San Cristobal judge, Willy de Jesús Núñez, has returned from his travels in Panama and has stated that the transfer of Pedro Alejandro Castillo Paniagua “Quirinito”, from Najayo jail to the jail in San Francisco de Macorís was nothing extraordinary. De Jesús said that the transfer was “routine, as it would be for any …

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The Attorney General’s Office has interrogated psychiatrist Jarby Hazim in regards to a medical certificate issued for the wife of Pedro Alejandro Castillo Paniagua “Quirinito”, last week that states that the woman is suffering from emotional problems that prevented her from attending an appointment with prosecutors. According to the medical certificate, Jennifer Estefani Domínguez Hernández …

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Government supplier, Eddy Santana Zorrilla, accused of criminal association and corruption against the state, had won contracts in the ministries of Public Works, Environment and Public Heath, the Chamber of Deputies, the Presidency Social Plan and Inespre. He had also won contracts at the Metropolitan Office of Autobus Services (OMSA) and the National District City …

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On Monday, 23 October, the renowned labor lawyer and poet, Lupo Hernández Rueda, died at his home in Santo Domingo. He was 87. He is recognized for his numerous Dominican literary accomplishments – and in August 2017, the Ministry of Culture announced The International Book Fair of Santo Domingo in April 2018 is dedicated to …

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