2018 – Page 209

The vaccination center at the Santo Socorro Children’s hospital has been full of people and children looking for a diphtheria vaccination following the epidemiological alert issued by the Ministry of Public Health. The alarm has increased following the death of a Haitian child in the country, who had arrived that week from Haiti. It was …

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Many private schools have planned to return to regular classes as of Tuesday, 3 April 2018, but public schools resumed on Monday. Media reports are that attendance, nevertheless, was low. Listin Diario reported that at the Francisco Xavier Billini, public elementary school in Cayetano Germosén Street, the principal, Emilia Félix said that less than 50 …

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According to unofficial statistics, Diario Libre reporters estimated that at least 39 people died in the country during Easter Week, which is almost double the official figure in 2017. In the Cibao area and the Northwest, 22 people died from Thursday to Sunday in different incidents, there were 11 deaths in the east and six …

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President Danilo Medina visited Samaná and Nagua and then Puerto Plata, Maimon and Altamira, ending his Sunday, 1 April 2018, tour at the local garbage dump there. On reaching the open air garbage dump, he called Puerto Plata Mayor Walter Musa, to hear about the potential solutions. During his road trip, the President was accompanied …

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Colombian reggaeton singer and songwriter Maluma is booked for a 15 August 2018 concert at the Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo. The presentation is part of his F.A.M.E. Tour (Fe, Alma, Música, Esencia). He will be performing at the Palacio de los Deportes after filling the Madison Square Garden in New York City. …

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The Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, brewers of Presidente Beer, announces the year’s leading electronic music concert will be on Wednesday, 30 May 2018, at the Felix Sánchez Olympic Stadium in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. 2 April 2018

Colombian singer-songwriter Santiago Cruz is booked for a Thursday, 24 May 2018, performance at the Gran Teatro del Cibao in Santiago. He will also perform on Saturday, 26 May 2018, in Santo Domingo at the Teatro la Fiesta of the Jaragua Renaissance Hotel. 2 April 2018

The Soberano Award-winning local version of Shakespeare’s Othello by “Yago, yo soy el que no soy”, will be presented at the National Theater as part of the 21st Santo Domingo International Book Fair (FILSD2018). The play was recognized as the best play of the year. The adaptation of the Shakespeare drama is by the Compañía …

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Dominican singer Nathalie Hazim won the EP category at the 16th Independent Music Awards. She competed against fellow nominees Artel Rosa, Gabriella Grisi and Juana Luna. She received the World EP Award on Saturday, 31 March 2018 at a ceremony at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Hazim becomes the …

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He is just as legendary as a baseball player as well as a manager and parent, 82-year old Felipe Rojas Alou is now promoting his new book on baseball, his life and family, “Alou: My Baseball Journey” that tells about his career since he became the first player to come directly from the Dominican Republic …

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