2019 – Page 81

Caribbean Cinemas announces the 10th edition of its International Fine Arts Film Festival for 3-16 October 2019. The films will be shown at the Novocentro and Downtown Center movie houses in Santo Domingo and at the Cinemacentro Cibao in Santiago. The festival will open with the showing of “La Odisea de los Giles,” the famous …

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On Friday, 27 and Saturday 28, the Pengbian Sang & Retro Jazz performs “Con la musica por dentro.” The show is a collection of iconic songs from legendary Dominican composers. The members of Pengbian Sang & Retro Jazz are Nairoby Duarte, Federico Méndez, Edgar Molina, Jesus Abreu (Gury), Alvaro Dinzey, Ezequiel Francisco and Pengbian Sang. …

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Leading lyrical singers are performing the “Operistic Summer Concert” at the Maximo Avilés Blonda Hall of the Palacio de Bellas Artes on Thursday, 19 September 2019. Soprano Ondina Matos, director of the Compañía Líric, said that the concert is duos and trios of famous operas. Tickets are RD$300 for the concert that starts at 8pm. …

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The 16th International Bowling Tournament is taking place at the Sebelén Bowling Center on Av. Abraham Lincoln in Santo Domingo. Some 150 players from seven nations are participating. The tournament will be played in singles, doubles, four-player teams and mixed teams. The event this year is dedicated to Dominican expat bowler José Marte. Marte will …

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Tropical Storm Jerry is on the way to becoming a hurricane. The good news for the Dominican Republic is that it is not on the path of the storm. According to Gloria Ceballos of the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), the storm is moving to the west-northwest at 19 kilometers an hour. The storm is still …

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The Chuck Taylor “Puro Platano 2” arrives via Converse.com and at the brand’s Soho NYC and Boston LoveJoy Wharf locations on Thursday, 19 September 2019. Dominican influencer Ray Polanco Jr. has worked with the American basketball player Chuck Taylor’s brand representatives in the design of the fashionable shoe. The shoe includes a collage of typical …

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The mayor of the municipality of Boca Chica in Santo Domingo province, Radhamés Castro, died on 16 September 2019 in a New Jersey hospital in the United States. He was hospitalized after traveling to the United States to visit family and have routine medical checkups. Castro was 63 years old and had been a deputy …

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Baltazar Mesa and Jesus Tapia Perez were extradited to the United States on Tuesday, 17 September 2019. US Marshals were in the Dominican Republic on Monday for the completion of the procedure. The two are accused of being part of the Cesar Emilio Peralta Drug Trafficking Operation. Both had voluntarily turned themselves in and requested …

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Reported traffic accidents are up 50.9% for the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year. There were 996 more road traffic deaths so far this year, compared to 660 by this point last year. The statistics do not include those that would later die in a hospital after a …

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According to an opinion poll carried out by BerlandTeram-SISGLO, former President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) will win the 6 October primaries. The results were presented by company president Mike Berland, who said that the poll showed Fernandez would beat Gonzalo Castillo in …

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