2019 – Page 70

The European Union has donated €80,000 (RD$4,508,339) in humanitarian aid to families affected by the dengue. The funding is to support the Dominican Red Cross through health and hygiene promotional activities. The assistance includes the delivery of hygiene kits, water containers and mosquito nets. The funds will be used to strengthen the activities of the …

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The Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) announced the Interamerican Micro Business Forum (Foromic 2019) will take place 30 October and 1 November at the Hotel Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Resort in Punta Cana. The theme is “Reinventing Inclusion.” During the event, speakers will focus on creative digital solutions and new business models for better …

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The news portal, N Digital, the online news service under investigative journalist Nuria Piera, announced on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 a strategic alliance with The New York Times. N Digital, a newcomer to the online news in the Dominican Republic, will now include stories in Spanish from The New York Times. Read more in Spanish:N …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) is alerting residents in 16 provinces of heavy rainstorms and flooding due to a weather front. The heavy rains have affected the operation of six aqueducts nationwide. Provinces under alert are La Vega, Santiago (yellow alert), San Cristóbal, Santiago Rodríguez, Espaillat, Dajabón, Hermanas Mirabal, Valverde, Monseñor Nouel (Bonao), La …

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State prosecutors deposited in court the first formal charges against seven implicated in a case of fraud and laundering of assets using virtual currency. The indictment from the National District Attorney’s Office, represented by incumbent prosecutor Rosalba Ramos, and prosecutors Massiel María López, Elvira Rodríguez and Magalys Sánchez Guzmán, indicates that 111 victims were swindled …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) is alerting residents in 16 provinces of heavy rainstorms and flooding due to a weather front. The heavy rains have affected the operation of six aqueducts nationwide. Provinces under alert are La Vega, Santiago (yellow alert), San Cristóbal, Santiago Rodríguez, Espaillat, Dajabón, Hermanas Mirabal, Valverde, Monseñor Nouel (Bonao), La …

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Looking for where to go on Friday evenings? Check out the rooftop nightclub at the Dominican Fiesta. This October, the schedule is:4 October. Carlos Marcelo Jazz Quartet11 October. Anthony & Corey — Just the Two of Us18 October. Jordi, Tiempo Libre and his guest Carlos Mota25 October. Compañía Sonora and Blues and more From 8:30pm, …

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Dominican singer-songwriter Gabriel presents “El merengue unirá al país” at the Palacio de los Deportes as of 8pm on 19 October 2019. Gabriel is a graduate from Berklee College of Music of Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied contemporary music composition and production. Since then he has performed with artists such as Justin Bieber, Marc Anthony, …

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The National Institute of Professional and Technical Training (Infotep) has inaugurated two mobile training centers in the National District (Santo Domingo). There are now 51 Infotep training centers nationwide. The new centers are located in Villa Juana and will offer courses in making clothes and maintaining refrigerators and air conditioning units. The units will be …

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Felix Jimenez, president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery, explained why the recent blackouts. He said the refinery can store fuel oil for only 18 days. The small power plants that fill in when the larger ones are out for maintenance for whatever other reason use this fuel. Recently, an order of 84,000 barrels of fuel …

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