2018 – Page 195

The grand chancellor of the Technological University of Santiago (UTESA), Priamo Rodriguez Castillo, announced the opening of the Dominican Convention and Culture Center in Santiago, an investment of more than RD$600 million. The convention center took 10 years to be built. President Danilo Medina is scheduled to inaugurate the center on 23 April 2018. The …

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All the local newspapers carry headlines regarding ‘open’ or ‘closed’ primaries for the upcoming, 2020, elections. The Internet website 7 Dias.com helps understand the issues in a feature. The first question that is answered is “Just what are primaries?” This answer is relatively simple: this is the voting process to select a party’s candidates for …

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The Central Bank announced that it would present talks on economic and financial themes for the general public at their stand at the XXI International Book Fair that opens on 19 April 2018 and continues until the end of the month. The talks will be given at 10:30 in the morning, and will focus on …

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Culture Minister Pedro Vergés opens the 21st Santo Domingo International Book Fair (FILSD 2018) on Thursday, 19 April 2018, on the grounds of the Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, between avenues Máximo Gómez, Pedro Henríquez Ureña and César Nicolás Penson. The fair is organized by Ruth Herrera of the Ministry of Culture and …

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A Dominican driver has been kidnapped in Haiti according to the authorities. According to information, given by Samuel Rondón Muñoz, the brother of the kidnapped man, Kairon Antonio Peralta Arias, he was contracted by a woman to take a group of missionaries to Haiti, and charged RD$74,000 pesos. The Department of Kidnapping Investigations of the …

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The Grimm Brothers’ “Snow White” will be staged at the Blue Mall, announced producer Luis Marcell Ricart. The performance will open on 28 April 2018. The performance is a benefit for the Fundación Grupo Velutini. Shows will be Saturdays and Sundays as of 5:30pm at the Teatro Blue Room of the Blue Mall that is …

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The Police has recovered three million pesos from the RD$36 million that were supposedly stolen by the guards of their own G4S security truck. Officials believe that the guards were also the masterminds behind the heist. The Police are now confident the case will be solved within the next day or two. Last Saturday, 14 …

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A 2008 resolution allegedly authorized the direct purchases made by the management at the Metropolitan Bus Services Office (Omsa). Director Manuel Rivas and other Omsa directors are under arrest after the murder of lawyer Yuniol Ramírez lead to the widespread press coverage of alleged widespread corruption at the bus company. A recent Chamber of Accounts …

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Statistics from the weekly bulletin from the Epidemiology Department (DIGEPI) of the Ministry of Public Health show that 793 babies have died in the first three months of this year compared to 601 over the same period last year that is an increase of 31.9%. In the maternity hospital, San Lorenzo de Los Mina, of …

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Dr. Victor Terrero, the executive director of the National Council for HIV-AIDS (Conavihsida) visited legislators on 17 April 2018 to lobby for the passing of the bill that would establish exceptions to the ban on abortions in the Dominican Republic. A Commission of Justice of the Chamber of Deputies has maintained the ban. Dr. Terrero …

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