2019 – Page 10

The strategic director for the Gonzalo Castillo presidential campaign, Francisco Javier García, says that all the negatives thrown out against Castillo have boomeranged. “The more he is attacked, the more popular he gets,” García told El Día journalists during an interview published on 16 December 2019. Recently, muckracking journalists including Alicia Ortega, Marino Zapete and …

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A report in N Digital looks into the reasons the rich and famous are opting for Dominican citizenship. Entertainment businessman Amable Valenzuela explains that the leading singers are attracted by the climate of security, the stability of the country and many seek to protect their investments. In recent years, singers Julio Iglesias, Ricardo Montaner, Danny …

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Danilo Feliz Torres, the husband of British ex-pat Lindsay Firth, and two of his sons, have been formally charged with the murder. Prosecutors are asking for 25-30 years in jail and no possible parole. Feliz Torres is the lead suspect in the murder of Firth. On 16 December 2019, El Caribe newspaper gives details on …

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The defending champions of the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship, the Estrellas Orientales had a string of victories but these were not enough to move to the semi-finals. The Aguilas Cibaeñas defeated the Estrellas 5-3 despite a full house of fans present at their home stadium, the Tetelo Vargas in San Pedro de Macoris at …

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Schedule your shopping at Agora Mall to coincide with the December choir presentation schedule at the popular Av. Abraham Lincoln and Av. John F. Kennedy mall. The choir schedule is: 4-5pm Tuesday, 17 December: Niños Cantores de Nizao Wednesday, 18 December: Coro Unicaribe Thursday, 19 December: Sek las Americas School Friday, 20 December: Coro Voces …

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Singer Hector Acosta (El Torito) is booked for this coming Sunday, 22 December 2019 at the Pelicano Beach Club of the Be Live Hamaca in Boca Chica. The Christmas Concert Party is a production by Mila Producciones & Manejo Music Group. The show starts at 7pm. 17 December 2019

President Danilo Medina attended the formal opening of the Research, Development and Innovation Center at the Loyola Polytechnic Institute on Friday, 13 December 2019, in San Cristóbal. The high school has been fitted with 16 laboratories with the most advanced technologies in the world to serve a population of 4,000 students in San Cristóbal. The …

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President Danilo Medina named Rafael Tejeda Acevedo ambassador in Italy and Marjorie Espinosa Rouge ambassador in Argentina. Rafael Tejeda Acevedo replaces Alba María Antonia (Peggy) Cabral Cordero Cabral, who was named deputy minister of Foreign Relations. Previously Tejeda was the Dominican ambassador in Panama. Marjorie Espinosa replaces Cesar Pina Toribio, who had resigned as ambassador …

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Representatives of the Santiago Development Association (APEDI), Puerto Plata Chamber of Commerce and Production and the North Yaque Water Fund signed an agreement to create the Atlantic Zone Water Fund to finance the recovery of the rivers in the province of Puerto Plata. The focus would be primarily on the Yásica and Bajabonico river systems …

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The Dominican Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi) has told El Nacional newspaper reporters that the drought is over and that they have lifted the restrictions on water use throughout the country. Olgo Fernández, the head of Indrhi, told reporters that farmers have the green light to plant because it has been raining in the Cibao, …

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