2017 – Page 97

Ministry of Education (Minerd), the Ministry of Higher Education (Mescyt) and the National Institute for Teacher Training (Inafocam) announced a major push to get students to pursue a teaching career. The government has 20,000 full scholarships available for students interested in studying primary or secondary education in universities throughout the country. The scholarships include tuition …

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“La Reina y la Diva” is the name of the concert merengue singers Milly Quezada and Miriam Cruz will present at the Hard Rock Live at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo on Saturday, 2 September as of 9pm. Also on the program for the evening is stand up comedian Carlos Sánchez. Showtime is 10pm. …

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Head to the Colonial City of Santo Domingo for an evening of melodious merengues and boleros. Singer Eddy Herrera and his band are performing their concert “Cerca de ti” at Casa de Teatro on Arzobispo Meriño Street on Thursday, 31 August 2017. The concert starts at 9pm and tickets are RD$1,000. 31 August 2017

The Dominican Republic lost to the United States (56-72) on 30 August 2017, while playing in Group C in the FIBA AmeriCup. By points, the DR team defeated Brazil, Venezuela and Canada that also finished the first round with one win and two losses. The DR lost to Uruguay and the United States, but defeated …

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Weather this weekend will be good enough for beach-going. But those in the Dominican Republic should monitor Tropical Storm Irma that has become the 10th named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season as it makes its way towards the Caribbean. The storm is expected to become a powerful cyclone as it moves towards the …

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Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez has created a high-level commission to investigate the case of 16-year old pregnant Emely Peguero who has been missing in the community of Cenoví near San Francisco de Macorís since last week. The main suspect is Marlon Martínez, the boyfriend of the teenager. San Francisco Appeals Court prosecutor Felipe Restituyo, …

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The former president of Fenatrado, the leading truck owner’s association, Blas Peralta, has appealed his 30-year sentence for the murder of the former rector of the state university UASD, Mateo Aquino Febrillet. In the appeal, his lawyers request a retrial. His lawyer Miguel Valerio appealed on grounds that the dispositions of the Penal Procedures Code …

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The 9th Hall of the National District Penal Court and presiding judge Vladimir Marx Rosario García will be hearing the Naco Golf and Country Club vs Club Deportivo Naco conflict on Thursday, 31 August 2017. A group of the social club’s members that had purchased property in the Naco Golf and Country Club developed by …

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DR1 erroneously reported on 29 August 2017 that Hipermercados Olé are affiliated with the Grupo Ramos. Grupo Ramos explained that they have no relationship of any kind with Hipermercados Olé. The brief in DR1 had reported on the ProConsumidor consumer protection agency shut down of the Av. Duarte Olé store for hygiene issues and expired …

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Senator José Ignacio Paliza, who represents Puerto Plata in the Dominican Senate, confessed to reporters that initially he took a hardline position in his job but as time has passed he has had to adapt his positions in order to move legislation through the chambers that, in his view, the country requires. José Ignacio Paliza …

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