2018 – Page 272

The new president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ruben Maldonado (PLD-Santo Domingo province), announced a comprehensive remodeling of the Chamber of Deputies area of the National Congress. This includes the area where the sessions take place. He says the renovations will begin in earnest as soon as the present work session concludes on Friday, 12 …

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President Danilo Medina, former Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Dominican Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado and his colleagues, the foreign ministers from Chile, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Mexico will be serving as mediators between representatives of the Venezuelan government and the political opposition. The Venezuelan government has released 44 political prisoners ahead of the talks. …

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President Danilo Medina and First Lady Candida Montilla received the traditional New Year greetings at the Presidential Palace on 10 January 2018. They were accompanied by Vice President Margarita Cedeño. The diplomatic corps, top brass of the Police and the military, key members of the three branches of government, ministers and directors of cabinet positions …

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While defending champions, the Tigres del Licey continue to lead, with a standing of 7-3, the four teams participating in the round robin to decide the playoff teams continue to battle for the top two positions. There are games scheduled for every evening until 18 January 2018. The Aguilas Cibaeñas and the Leones del Escogido …

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Every weekend in February, carnival characters of Bonao will be parading on the city’s main streets. Bonao is located about an hour’s drive from Santo Domingo. There will be parades on Sunday, 4, 11, 18, 26 and 27 February. This year, the Bonao carnival is extended with a Sunday, 9 March floats and carnival character …

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The Escuela de Danzas Especiales Fiordaliza Abreu presents Sentirem on 20 January 2018 at 5pm at the Palacio de Bellas Artes with performances by its students, many with Down Syndrome. The music is by Los Gypsy Kings, Lolita Flores, Rosario Flores, El Librijano, Faical Kourrich, Raya Real, Jiga-Pandeirada, Bill Whelan, Juan Luis Guerra, Banda Taurina …

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Dominican chef Maria Marte and the owner of the Club Allard where she won the stars, Luisa Orlando, will be using the funds from the Eckart Innovation 2017 Award they received in September 2017 to fund scholarships for training young women Jarabacoa cooking school. Marte is from Jarabacoa and will supervise the program. The goal …

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The Dominican Consulate in New York has had to cease work due to a fire at the Hard Rock Café restaurant, located on the first floor of the building 1501 Broadway with 43rd Street, where the consulate is also located. The fire caused the downing of the telephone and Internet lines. Work at the New …

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The confiscated diesel tanker Kaluba had carried out eight trips to the country “to bring fuel” in 2017. Of these trips, four were to Puerto Plata, three to Santo Domingo and one to Barahona. On its last trip, the ship was inspected on 31 December 2017 and 1,570 kilos of cocaine were found hidden in …

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A court in La Romana has imposed one year in preventive custody for three Venezuelans and a Dominican who are implicated in the case of the apparent smuggling of 878 kilos of cocaine that were discovered on a boat near Catalina Island on 28 December 2017. Dominican Miguel Santillán Mejía and Venezuelans Kendri Ramón Vargas …

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