2018 – Page 33

Amaury Sanchez presents “Cinderella” at Studio Theater of the Acropolis Center on 24, 25, and 26 November. The Dominican version was arranged by Amaury Sanchez and Waddy Jaquez. The costumes were hand-painted by Hochi Asiatico, who has worked on several Broaday musicals. Tickets are for sale online at Ticketexpress.com.do and at the box office of …

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Sunday, 18 November 2018, is for rock lovers. At the Hard Rock Live in Blue Mall, a Rock Olympiad is being staged by Allan Leschorn and Kin Sanchez. Edwin Sanchez, musician and producer. There are around 35 musicians and 15 guest performers from various groups. Amaury Sanchez said they will be playing the best hits …

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The Ministry of Defense will be hosting on Saturday, 17 November 2018, the annual Diplomatic Ladies Association (ADD) Bazaar. The event is in its 37th year. The Ministry of Defense has lent its Independence Hall on Av. 27 de Febrero corner Luperon for the event that will be held from 9am to 5pm on Saturday. …

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The National School of Visual Artes presents “El Dibujo en Colecciones Dominicanas,” a selection of 60 drawings, ceramics and sculptures by outstanding Dominican artists that are part of private national collections. Diario Libre says this could be the most important exhibition of the year. The curators for the exhibition are Alonso Cuevas and Rosalba Hernandez. …

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Two of the seven accused in the Odebrecht bribery case have asked the judge in the case to declare recuse himself from hearing the case against them. The Supreme Court judge in charge of the case is Francisco Ortega Polanco, but lawyer Conrado Pittaluga, and former senator Andrés Bautista, think that this court should only …

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The Bureau of the Football International Federation Association (FIFA) Council has decided to appoint a normalization committee for the Dominican Republic Football Association (Fedofutbol) in accordance with the FIFA Statutes. The decision concerning the Dominican Republic comes after a joint FIFA/Concacaf mission, which was dispatched to Santo Domingo following the recent decision of the FIFA …

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Following the kidnapping of cardiologist Pedro Ureña and six other Dominicans traveling together on a motorcycle excursion at the border by a group of at least 100 Haitians, Defense Minister Rubén Darío Paulino Sem has reported on his investigations to date. He said that there had been an operation carried out by the Army, during …

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National District judge José Alejandro Vargas has handed down coercive measures of three months in preventive custody to a former employee of the National District Prosecution Office. Ramón Antonio Paulino Suriel is accused of stealing 19 motorcycles that had been confiscated as evidence in different judicial cases. Via a press release, the Prosecution Service said …

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Port-au-Prince Haiti’s Government Commissioner Clamé-Ocnam Daméus has issued an order to freeze the bank accounts of 36 companies linked to the supposed corruption detected in the Petrocaribe program of the Venezuelan government. The decision was taken following an investigation ordered by the Haitian government into the program by means of which Venezuela provided petroleum to …

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The directors of the National Institute of the Protection of Consumer Rights (Proconsumidor) and the Specialized Corps of Tourist Security (Cestur), Anina del Castillo and Juan Carlos Torres Robiou, respectively, have signed an agreement to respond more efficiently and effectively to complaints made by tourists. The complaints tourists most often report are about changes in …

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