2019 – Page 233

A Dominican version of Giuseppe Verdi’s three-act opera “La Traviata” is scheduled to be presented by Opera RD on 10, 12 and 14 April 2019 at the National Theater. The Dominican version is set in Santo Domingo in the mid-50s. A dream team of leading Dominican artistic producers will bring the classic opera to new …

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After firemen were able to extinguish a major fire that broke out on the second floor of the Av. Winston Churchill shopping mall, Acropolis management announced it had reopened on Wednesday to the general public. Reporters say, nevertheless, that reporters were not allowed access to the area where the fire began. The fire began at …

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The US Embassy has sponsored street dancing programs in the Dominican Republic. And now new US Ambassador Robin Bernstein is captured in a video skillfully improvising with young dancers from the Next Level Academy. The video shows off the street dancing skills of the ambassador. Follow the story in Spanish:Listin Diario 14 March 2019

Hundreds of thousands of government employees are appointed to temporary jobs and end up staying 28 times more than allowed by law. Investigative journalist Alicia Ortega reported that the government is blatantly violating its own public service law. She reported on employees hired in 17 government departments and found temp workers that had 14 years …

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The board of the civic watchdog organization, Participación Ciudadana named Heiromy Ysaac Castro Milanés the spokesman and general coordinator for the organization for 2019-2020. Castro is an economist with a masters in business administration and postgraduate studies in finance. He has served as professor since 1995 at the UCSD, UASD and PUCMM universities. He is …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Mariano Germán Mejía has remained mute after the outrage following the accusations made by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez to Supreme Court of Justice Miriam German Brito, who aspires to continue in her post. The accusations by Rodríguez were made during the televised judge’s assessment on 4 …

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What he read was not an apology but a justification of what he had done on Monday, 4 March 2019, said political analyst, Rosario Espinal, in her comments on Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez’s remarks during a press conference that followed a three-hour meeting of the National Council of the Magistracy. Espinal spoke when interviewed …

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Institutions and the law is what matters most to Judge Miriam Germán Brito, who has behind her a highly respected career of 44 years in the judiciary. The Supreme Court of Justice judge, who is the president of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, said on Wednesday, 13 March 2019 that while …

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The burning indignation against people who abuse power continues after Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez sought to justify his accusations to highly reputed judge Miriam Germán Brito in the press conference telecast from the Presidential Palace on Tuesday, 12 March 2019. The judge seeks to continue in the Supreme Court of Justice. Commenting on the …

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In an interview with Huchi Lora, senator José Ignacio Paliza (PRM-Puerto Plata) highlighted that something good has come out of the Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez controversy at the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM). He observed this is that the people are now following more closely the selection of the Supreme Court of Justice …

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