2018 – Page 49

Urban music artists Zion & Lennox are performing on Friday, 26 October 2018 at 8pm at the Palacio de los Deportes in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The Puerto Rican duo is best known for their reggaeton presentations. The duo was named by the Billboard Awards as the “Best Latin Urban Duo). They promise …

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Enjoy the music of baroque masters by attending the Sunday, 28 October 2018 concert that will be rendered at 6:30pm at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, on Av. César Nicolás Penson in Santo Domingo. Baroque music, the western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750, before the Renaissance music era, is known for its …

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Puerto Rican crooner Danny Rivera will be again singing for the nature-loving crowds that congregate annually for the Festival del Cafe in Polo (Festicafé), Barahona. This year the festival is dedicated to Puerto Rico. It will take place at the municipal baseball field in Polo and is organized by the permanent Polo culture committee. It …

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The León Cultural Center in Santiago is hosting the DR Jazz Festival as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations. The jazz concert is scheduled for Friday, 26 October 2018 at 8pm. Edmar Castañeda, Colombian harp player who lives in the United States, will be offering the jazz concert with fusions of different styles and musical …

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The defense attorneys of the family of murdered 16-year old teenager Emely Peguero are asking the court to levy a fine of RD$20 million and a 20-year jail sentence for Marlin Martinez, the mother Marlon Martinez for her role in the crime against Ms. Peguero. The defense attorneys are requesting a 30-year prison sentence be …

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The president of the Grupo Mejía Arcalá that imports Milex powdered milk has apologized for his remarks that suggested that families were better off when women stayed at home. In a brief video posted on his Twitter account, Raul Rizik stated: “I have never opposed the integration of women to national production and their professional …

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Customs authorities seized US$244,404 that had been hidden in an ambulance-type vehicle that arrived from Puerto Rico. The National Drug Control Agency said the vehicle arrived on board Ferries del Caribe from San Juan, Puerto Rico. As reported, the finding was the result of an intelligence operation. A husband and wife couple, ages 51 and …

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On occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Dominican Free Zone Association (Adozona), Federico Domínguez Aristy, president of Adozona, and Manuel Enrique Tavares, first president of the organization, pinpointed several of the high points of the industry. * Exports from January to September 2018: US$6.2 billion * More than 170,000 direct jobs * 665 manufacturers …

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The president of the Dominican Society of Cardiology, Dr. Claudia Almonte says that in the past 20 years home-cooked meals have been replaced by ultra processed food and Dominicans are now consuming too much saturated fats, sugars and cholesterol-generating foods. She said over the past two decades there has been a pronounced increase in heart …

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With its decision to put an indefinite hold on the construction by the Ministry of Public Works of an interurban bus terminal on grounds of the Mirador del Este park in eastern Santo Domingo, the Medina administration is giving time for the Ministry of Public Works to put its paperwork for the project in order. …

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