2019 – Page 30

Punta Cana’s IMG Hospital opened its Advanced Cardiology Unit. The Primera Unidad de Cardiología Avanzada del Este brings together a team of 12 physicians with more than 30 years of experience in the field. The hospital says it has been fitted with state-of-the-art medical technology to care for heart ailments. The center offers cardiac catheterization, …

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Grupo Ramos is rebranding its Pola Supermarkets as Sirena Markets. The first one is now open on Av. Sarasota, serving the Bella Vista neighborhood and environs in Santo Domingo. The second Sirena Market will be the renovated Pola Supermarket on Av. Lope de Vega (in Naco), that is also being branded as a Sirena Market …

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Starting at 9am from the Mirador del Sur Park at the intersection with Jiménez de Moya Avenue (the extension of Av. Winston Churchill), a protest walk down to the Centro de los Héroes is scheduled. The walk is to protest the grim reality of rising deaths of Dominican women victims of gender violence. The protest …

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Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) candidate for senator Rafael Paz has accepted to participate in a public debate with his principal contender, Deputy Faride Raful of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). Paz and Raful are the leading contenders for the senate seat representing the National District. Reinaldo Pared Perez, of the PLD, currently holds the position. …

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Coinciding with a new investigation into corruption at the Ministry of Public Works under his administration, Gonzalo Castillo celebrated his 59th birthday at a 19 November 2019 meeting of the Dominican Liberation Party’s (PLD) Political Committee. Gonzalo Castillo was born on 20 November 1960 in southwestern Barahona. He cut his cake on with 32 members …

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The plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) accepted the presidential nomination of Leonel Fernández for the Dominican Workers Party (PTD), the JCE reported on its Twitter account. The plenary had earlier said it would wait for the opinion of the Constitutional Court before making its ruling. But after the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) said …

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Verify with the embassy of the country before traveling to one of the countries that the Ministry of Foreign Relations announces visa-free travel for Dominican citizens. Last year the Ministry of Foreign Relations announced visa-free travel to Russia, but this is not happening yet. One Dominican recently posted a video of the hardships and penalty …

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The Dominican Republic stands to benefit from its participation in the Ivanka Trump women’s initiative, whereby US$10 million is being made available to support women’s partnerships around the world. As reported, the DR will receive funds to revise laws to allow women-led businesses greater opportunities. The project will be undertaken with the US Department of …

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The Dominican Republic is the guest of honor at the International Cigar Expo 2019, ICE 19, held 21-22 November 2019 in Shenzhen, China. The city is China’s main import destination for foreign cigars, according to the Dominican Republic’s Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD). Representatives of 12 Dominican companies, producers and distributors of foreign cigars …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations announced the Netherlands Antilles shipping company Don Andres NV is offering direct maritime cargo service between Curacao and the Dominican Republic beginning on 29 November 2019 with an inaugural voyage from Haina Port to Willemstad, the Curacao capital. The Don Andres ship has the capacity for 40 freight containers. The …

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