2018 – Page 11

The National Choir will be singing Christmas carols on Monday, 17 December 2018 as of 8pm at the Convento de los Dominicos. The acoustics at the convent are exceptional. The concert is free, but arrive no later than 7pm to get a seat. The Cathedral of Santo Domingo also has a Christmas concert, on Christmas …

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Deputy Minister of Sports Heriberto Morrison announced the Medina administration favors the National Sports Games continue to be held every two years. The games were interrupted in 2006, after they were criticized for mega spending in installations that were later abandoned. The Medina administration backed new sports Minister Danilo Diaz and his interest in continuing …

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18-year old Dominican model, Maite Tiburcio, is optimistic she will reach the finals in the Top Model of the World contest in Egypt. Already she was selected among the 40 participants for the photo shooting at the Meraki Resort in the Hurgada beach area. The contest is taking place in the beach area. The finals …

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On the evening of Monday, 10 December 2018, the police confiscated 198 kilos of cocaine, two rifles, two pistols and arrested four people on the road from Azua to Bani, in the Viyella sector.Those arrested are Colombian Juan Mesa Panterina; Venezuelan Jesús Paz, and Dominicans José Manuel Núñez and Bertilio Ramírez, residents in nearby Hatillo. …

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Lawyer Luis Rafael (Goyito) Pellerano, former of Pellerano & Herrera law firm, announced that he would be opening a new law firm. Last week his brother Ricardo, another partner in the firm, ousted him from the firm founded by their father in 1952. Just weeks after the death of their father, the board of the …

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The announced investment of US$600 million in the construction of high rises and hotels in Macao, in northern Punta Cana beach area, including an 18 floor tower for the Hotel Moon Palace, has been agreed to by the majority of the members of the community as it is seen as a great opportunity to increase …

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The former director of the Taxation Agency (DGII), Juan Hernández, died yesterday, Tuesday 11 December in Boston, United States. He had been hospitalized for the past three months. In 2012, during the Fernandez administration, Hernandez was charged with transforming the old tax collecting systems of the government into the very computerized DGII agency that we …

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According to the most recent study of the 2017 National Survey of Homes with Multiple Questions (Enhogar), presented on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 by Alexandra Izquierdo, director of the National Statistics Office, 76.6% of the Dominican population named crime as the main problem the authorities need to tackle. Only 5.6% of the population of the …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines signed a contract yesterday, Tuesday 11 December 2018, with the consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, to carry out a survey to estimate the potential fuel reserves of the Dominican Republic, before carrying out a tendering process to bestow rights for exploration and exploitation. With the signing of the agreement the …

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Government offices have reached an agreement for the creation of a trust that would oversee the implementation of the US$90 million Inter American Development Bank (IDB) funding of for the continuing of the restorations and renovations in the historic center of the National District. The funding of the Plan de Recuperacion de la Ciudad Colonial …

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