2018 – Page 203

Minister of Culture Pedro Verges says he has reached an agreement with independent theater groups to promote live theater in the country, including the celebrating of this year’s International Theater Festival (FITE2018). The Ministry of Culture last week had announced the 2018 festival would not be held in order to use the funds for other …

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On Wednesday, 11 April 2018, President Danilo Medina will travel to Lima, Peru, to take part in the 8th Summit of the Americas together with another 11 heads of state of the region. At the Summit, to be held on 13 and 14 April, the heads of state will discuss the fight against corruption in …

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After performances in the Dominican Republic, 27-year old Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Carlos Efren Reyes Rosado (Farruko) returned to Puerto Rico and was arrested for violating the US$10,000 limit in undeclared cash. He was arrested in a joint investigation conducted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) …

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President Danilo Medina and the director general of the National Transit and Ground Transport Institute (Intrant), engineer Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, met for two hours on Friday, 6 April 2018 at the Presidential Palace with the kingpins of transport in the Dominican Republic. Among these, Antonio Marte and legislator Rafael Arias (Conatra), Juan Hubieres …

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The Dominican national tennis team defeated Barbados 4-0 at the Parque del Este tennis courts in eastern Santo Domingo on 6 and 7 April 2018 during the Americas I first round playoffs of the BNP Paribas Davis Cup. The members of the Dominican Davis Cup team were Victor Estrella Burgos (ranked 160th), Roberto Cid Suberví …

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The chief cardiologist at the Cedimat Heart Center recommends all in the Dominican Republic to avoid long sun exposure, exercising from noon to early afternoon, and to drink lots of liquids now that the summer heat seems to have been early in coming. In an interview with Hoy, heart specialist César Herrera, alerted people to …

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The National Police reported finding a baby in La Ureña, in eastern Santo Domingo, they have identified as the child abducted from a 16-year old. The National Police had reportedly located one of two women suspected of stealing the three-day old baby from the 16-year old mother of the child. The mother, Joanna Ramírez Montero, …

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A Spanish citizen, David Toribio Vives, is suspect of having murdered his girlfriend, 19-year old Margot Lagares (Nico) who had been reported missing since Easter Tuesday, 27 March 2018. Reportedly Toribio was the father of her four-month old baby. Ten days later, Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Dicrim) agents found the corpse in the cistern of …

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Direct deposits may be the only way to go, even when paying for farm operations. A recent assault of a farmer, who is a former director of the Customs Agency in Puerto Plata, who had taken out the cash to pay his workers, makes this more apparent. The robbery occurred in Altamira, where the thieves …

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The threats to the life of investigative journalist Alicia Ortega continue to receive national and international attention. The journalist has been covering the murder case related to drug trafficking. The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on authorities in the Dominican Republic to investigate threats made against Alicia Ortega, an investigative reporter with the national …

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