2018 – Page 13

On Monday 10 December 2018, First Lady Candida Montilla broke ground for the construction of a Center for Infants with Disabilities in Punta Cana. She was accompanied by the Minister for Public Health, Rafael Sánchez, the director of he National Health Service, Chanel Rosa Chupany and the president of the Puntacana Group Foundation, Frank Rainieri. …

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Dr. Rafael Antonio Lantigua, of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City became the first recipient of the International Award to Dominican Migrants Oscar de la Renta during a ceremony held at the National Theater on Thursday, 6 December 2018. Attending to deliver the award were First Lady Candida Montilla and Foreign Minister …

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Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas signed cooperation agreements in economics, academics with the government of Serbia. A framework for facilitating travel with Serbia was also agreed upon. It would allow for visa-free travel for 60 days in either country. The agreement was signed by Vargas and the Serbia minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dačić in Santo …

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Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas and Minister of Economic Development of Curacao Ivan Steve Martina signed on Monday, 3 December 2018, the negotiation framework of a Partial Scope Agreement for increasing trade and cooperation between both countries. In a press release, the Ministry of Foreign Relations explains that talks will now be stepped up to …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) presented on Friday, 7 December 2018, what it describes as its strategy for culinary diplomacy. The plan is to use Dominican missions abroad to promote Dominican cuisine. A unit has been created as a dependency of the Deputy Ministry for Economic Affairs and International Cooperation at the Ministry. Ines …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) announced on 10 December 2018 the replacements for four retiring Constitutional Court judges. They are career judges Alba Luisa Beard and Domingo Antonio Gil, and professors of law José Alejandro Ayuso and Miguel Valera Montero. They will be sworn in at 6:30pm at 11 December 2018 at the …

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As is the tradition in Santo Domingo, the employees of the Banco Popular come together again for the presentation of the Christmas nativity story. The event is scheduled on Sundays at 6:30pm, on Sundays, 9, 16, 23 December 2018 and on Christmas Day, Tuesday, 25 December also at 6:30pm. Free admission. 10 December 2018

Described as the biggest hit comedy of all times in the Dominican Republic.Leading comedians come together for “La Escuelota”. 27 and 28 December 2018 at 8:30pm the National Theater. Tickets for sale at the National Theater box office. 10 December 2018

Acropolis and Blue Mall (Av. Winston Churchill), Agora Mall, Galeria 360, Sambil (on Av. John F. Kennedy) and Megacentro (in eastern Santo Domingo) have prepared major celebrations, decorations and performances to fill their customers with the Christmas spirit. 10 December 2018

Will the hotly contested Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship be affected by a baseball federation conflict? The players have told the president of the Dominican Winter Baseball League (Lidom), Vitelio Mejía that they could stop playing if by the 13th of December they have not received the financial statements of the Dominican Players Federation and …

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