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SPOTLIGHT
ISSUE 133
FEBRUARY 2015
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About the IWC Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic:
The IWC was founded by a small groupof foreign, English-speaking women searching for multi-
national and multi-cultural camaraderie.
Mission:
Strengthening the bonds offriendship between women of all nationalities, while
contributing tothe host community at large.
In This Issue
• A Letter From Our Presi ............dent 3
............................• Whale Watching 5
..............• Our Speaker for February 5
...........................................• Socials 6
....• Why are Bananas called Guineos 8
• A Word from our Charities Director 10
....................................• IWC Clubs 13
.................................• Volunteering 15
...........................• Dinners of Hope 16
............................................• Gala 17
...................• Activities for February 18
.....................• Recipe of the Month 19
.........................• Discount Program 21
.....................................• Birthdays 23
• Message Boa ............................rd 24
IWC Board 2014-2015
President:Marcela Valdez-Komatsudani
Vice-President:Marie Ange Magloire
Secretary:Batricia Drayton
Treasurer:Lucy Marchese
Charities:Carolina Palma Gartner
Fundraising:Tere Brugal
Activities:Dominique Jehn-Perié
Spotlight Editor:Kay Aleksic
A Note from the Editor
As you can see our Spotlight is growing. What do you
think about it? We’d love to hear your opinion!
Please feel free to send any ideas and suggestions as
well as any critique about SpotLight to me.
Kay Aleksic • [email protected]
Dear IWC Members,
Welcome to our February’s edition and hoping you all had a good start of the year!
February, our shortest month and often called the month of love, invites us to experience love in a different way… how? Perhaps through random acts of kindness with someone that you know or even better someone that you might not know. I firmly believe that if we try to practice kindness and pass it on to others every single day, at any single moment, we can make our little contribution in a world that claims desperately for Peace. I may ask all of you to commit to a daily act of kindness and make the feeling of this month more rewarding.
January is gone and we celebrated our first General Meeting of the year with the enthusiasm of many of you and with very great news: CEMEX, once again, has graciously informed us that they will be our Platinum Sponsors for this year. Thanks Yvonne Ong-Gonzalez for continuously supporting our organization.
As the meeting per se, we welcomed Marianela Boan a Cuban Choreographer and Director of the Contempo-rary Dance Project (ProDanCo) of the Dominican National Ballet, who delighted and enlightened us with the amazing job she’s doing in the Dominican Republic through the challenges of conducting Modern Dance in this country. Her art communicates a lot and let us see how life is here. Don’t miss her upcoming events, we will announce them.
So, how are our Board members doing? Tere Brugal, our Fundraising Director, and her Gala team have the engines on. They are all working for the success of the pillar of our funds: our Gala Dinner on 9 May and this year with an original theme, “Hooray for Hollywood”. Stay tuned for their announcements.
Carolina Palma, our Charities Director, is encouraging our members to support the charities we help. She has found more supporters for the Hogar Rosa Duarte Library program and continues working hard at the Batey Bienvenido, as well as her other commitments. If you are looking for new job opportunities, perhaps by volunteering at the organizations we support, you might find your passion. Don’t miss her planned visits and activities in February.
Our Activities Director, Dominique Jehn-Perie, took us this month to Market restaurant. We had a lovely time with some new members, while we were saying so-long to our dearest Teresa Lenway Morris who we wish all the best on her new endeavors, and had the pleasure of the company of our regular members. Our night out in town is taking place at the Alpargateria, a very unique tapas restaurant and a little treasure in Zona Colonial.
Kay Aleksic, Our Spotlight Editor, is incorporating new sections in our Spotlight Magazine that we hope you will enjoy; should you have any comments or contributions, please let us hear from you.
To conclude, I encourage you to commit yourself to random acts of kindness during February, and don’t forget to save all our activities in your calendars. The Board is looking forward to seeing you again at our General Meeting on 4 February, were will have the opportunity to hear to Clemencia Muñoz, Country Representative and Chief Training Center, United Nations Women. She will talk us about “Gender Equality”.
Keep calm and welcome February!
Marcela Vald!-Komatsudani
President’s Letter
One of the must-do’s if you live in the Dominican Republic is a trip to Samaná at the beginning of the year to see the humpback whales.
Humpbacks can be easily observed, either at their feeding or breeding grounds. Whale watching has become an increasingly popular worldwide activity, and the Dominican Republic is fortunate to have one of the largest and best humpback breeding sanctuaries in the world.
The Dominican government enforces strict whale protection laws and guidelines to ensure the safety and conservation of these wonderful animals. Whale watching can be a thrilling experience for anyone interested in nature and the preservation of our natural resources.
Whale Samaná is a highly professional company owned and managed by canadian naturalist and conservationist Kim Beddall.
As Whale Samaná say on their website: Whale Samaná promotes responsible whale watching as a viable economic alternative to “whaling” and a sustainable, non-lethal, use of the North Atlantic Humpback whale. “Our Humpbacks are all born here, that makes them Dominican citizens, they migrate north to feed but always return to their beautiful homeland in the sun.” It is our responsibility to protect this amazing resource, patrimony of the Dominican Republic and the greater Caribbean.
For more details visit Whale Samaná’s website whalesamana.com or facebook.com/whalesamana.
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A Colombian/Mexican national, Clemencia Muñoz-Tamayo has been the Head of UN Women´s Training Centre and Country Representative in the Dominican Republic since November 2011.
She has more than 20 years of experience in International Development and Gender having worked for UNIFEM and UNDP both in the field and at Headquarters; with the Kellogg Foundation as Head of the Office for Mexico and Central America; and with the National Planning Ministry of Colombia.
She holds a masters degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University and has additional studies in Social Public Policies (Universidad Ibero-americana de México) and Organizational Develop-ment (MIT). She is currently a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, COMEXI and has previously served as a member of the Editorial Board of Foreign Affairs en Español magazine. She is fluent in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.
If you want to know more about UN Women, please visit http://www.unwomen.org
Clemencia Muñoz-TamayoHead of UN Women ́s Training Centre and Country Representative
General Meeting • Wednesday, 4th February • 900 - 1200
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Coffee Talk Our Coffee Talk at Market on January 22 turned in an
impromptu good bye party for our friend Teresa
Lenway Morris. A great gathering organized, as
always, by our Activities Director Dominique!
Market is also one of the newest
partners in our member-exclusive
discount program. Please check
the updated listing in this edition
of Spotlight and on our website.
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Craving for more Socials?Come and join us on Facebook!International Women’s Club Santo Domingo
The IWC Santo Domingo maintains a member-exclusive Facebook group. If you are an active member and aren’t member of the group, please contact our Secretary Batricia Drayton.
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January General Meeting At our first General Meeting of 2015 we welcomed
Marianela Boan a Cuban Choreographer and Director
of the Contemporary Dance Project (ProDanCo) of the
Dominican National Ballet, who delighted and en-
lightened us with the amazing job she’s doing in the
Dominican Republic through the challenges of con-
ducting Modern Dance in this country. Her art
communicates a lot and let us see how life is here.
Don’t miss her upcoming events, we will announce
them.
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The Dominican Republic has its share of unusual names for fruit and vegetables that are unknown in much of the rest of the Spanish-speaking world. The Dominican Cooking blog has run through a long list of them on several occasions, with an in-depth look at particular examples like the mystery of why oranges are called “chinas”.
Another strange case is that of the word Dominicans use for banana. The almost-universal word “banana” is used not just in English and Spanish, but also in count-less other languages. In Spanish, while the standard word for banana is plátano, the word banana or banano, although understood, is used to refer to the plant (banano) or in a generic way. La cosecha bananera - the banana harvest.
It must be stressed that the Dominican Republic is not the only country where the word guineo is used for banana – it is also common in Puerto Rico, eastern
Cuba, parts of Nicaragua, and in several other Central and South American countries. Venezuela incidentally has its own one-off name for banana - cambúr. But that’s another conundrum that will have to be tackled elsewhere.
Plátano in the DR is plantain, and banana is guineo. In the same way as oranges are called chinas because they do indeed originate in China, could bananas be called guineos because they come from… Guinea? The question is, which Guinea?
“Guinea” now forms part of the names of no less than three different countries in West Africa (Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Conakry) and one country in South-Eas t As ia/Oceania (Papua New Guinea). It also appears as the
Why Are Bananas Called Guineosin the Dominican Republic?
Originally from Gibraltar, Ilana Benady, journalist, translator and writer, has lived with her husband, Dominican photographer Pedro Guzmán, and their son in the DR for more than 15 years.She is co-blogger at domincancooking.com and has authored and co-authored several books about the Dominican Republic.
name of a bird, guinea fowl or guinea in Spanish, itself of African origin and a very popular farmyard animal in the Dominican Republic. Historically, Guinea was the name for much of West Africa, and the word in fact derives from the Berber (the language spoken in north west Africa) for ‘land of the blacks’.
Bananas though, are not actually native to Africa, although by the 16th and 17th century, when the slave trade was at its height, they were pretty much well established there, having been brought from their native South-East Asia by Arab merchants centuries earlier. The word “banana”, it turns out, comes from the Arabic for ‘finger’. It was the Portuguese, in turn, who brought bananas from Africa to Latin America and the Caribbean, more or less at the same time as the slave trade.
West Africa is where most if not all the slaves who were brought to work in the plantations of Hispaniola by the French and Spanish came from. In the early days, they would refer to their native land not as “Africa” but as “Guinée” (French for Guinea). Interest ingly, though, guinée does not survive as the word for banana in neighbouring Haiti. The Haitian Kreyol for banana is figue (French for “fig”) or figue-banan. This is a curiosity in itself – the Portuguese used to call bana-nas “garden figs” or “Indian figs” in the 16th century, coincidentally around the time they were busy introducing bananas to the West Indies. In Haiti, plain banan is the word for plantain.
So, why are bananas called guineos?
Although it is likely that the reason bananas are called guineos in the DR because they were believed to have come from Guinea, namely Africa, their true origins are in South-East Asia, or more precisely, Oceania, on an island that coincidentally, is called Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea received the “New Guinea” part of its modern-day name from the 16th century Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, who like many of his contemporaries, saddled a territory with a name based on a vague notion that its people bore a resemblance to West Africans.
So, in conclusion, bananas are called guineos in the DR and some other places because they came from an area in West Africa known as Guinea, which in turn gave its name to the island in South East Asia, now called Papua New Guinea, where bananas came from in the first place.
Satisfyingly symmetrical or just plain confusing? You decide.
“Aunt” Ilana
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January Charities ActivitiesIn January I had the opportunity to visit the Hogar Rosa Duarte’s Library. I was really surprised with the orga-nization of the Library; all the books are marked and divided by categories depending on the subject and possible readers. The library has more than 2.000 books, all of them are organized in a database that it is stored in the cloud.
Kellee Brown leads a group of ladies from the IWC. They open the Library every Tuesday from 10:00 AM to noon. In addition, on Mondays the Library opens from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
I want to acknowledge all the work done by Kellee Brown and her team. Last but not least I want to thank Natalie Rocher and Montserrat Morales for their willingness to help on Mondays.
During the general meeting of January our members donated money to buy meat for Hogar Nuestra Señora de Altagracia, a home for 25-orphaned girls in Villa Consuelo. We collected RD$ 10.800. We are going to take the meat and do a visit the 30th of January. Thank you for your support.
Upcoming Charities ActivitiesIn Fabruary for our General Meeting, we are going to do a food drive for Religiosas Siervas de Maria (medical dispensary that serves children and adults of low-income in Santo Domingo). You can bring non-perishable food such as rice, beans, pasta and canned food. Thanks in advance for your contributions.
On Saturday 7th of February, we are planning to visit the Fundacion Ened, a home for 20 young boys in Boca Chica. They provide them with a home where the kids can grow up together out of the dangers of the street and a healthy environment to ensure their well-being. The IWC donated RD$ 57,200 to pay for the school tuition of 13 kids.
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Clinica de Familia La RomanaDr. Stephen W. Nicholas, a pediatrician from the United States, realized that many of his young patients with HIV in the US were from the Dominican Republic and decided to travel to La Romana in the Dominican Republic to better understand the problem.
When he arrived there were no drugs in the country to treat HIV. The first program started in the east of the country to prevent vertical transmission, giving treatment to pregnant women with HIV. In 2004 a clinic in family -centered care was established. Although it began as a program to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, it quickly grew to have a much broader mission, providing psycho- social support and health care not only to women with HIV and their newborns, but their families and other vulnerable populations such as sex workers, adolescents and poor people.
Today, the Family Clinic La Romana is an independent, recognized as a clinical model of comprehensive health services in the Dominican Republic.
At the end of 2013 the Clinic had 1,254 adult patients and 140 kids with antiretroviral treatment. 98% of people who use the Clinic services live in extreme poor conditions.
Since 2005 the Clinic has been running the Camp Hope and Joy. It is an annual summer camp for children and adolescents with HIV. The camp welcomes campers who come from the poorest, most vulnerable families in the Eastern Dominican Republic. Campers are able to have fun and just be kids in a safe, supportive, and loving environment. They participate in activities like arts and crafts, sports, community service, singing, drama, and games, all of which help them strengthen their life skills, team spirit, and build their self-esteem.
The IWC donated RD$70,000 to cover part of the costs of a five-day summer camp for 80 kids with HIV.
If you are interested in more information about the Clinica de Familia visit their website (in Spanish only) http://www.clinicadefamilia.org.do or watch the English video http://www.clinicadefamilia.org.do/video outlining their work. Also: https://www.facebook.com/ClinicaDeFamiliaLR
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Entre Nous Et Demain, les enfants In 2001, Jaclyn Krieg a Swiss osteopath, arrived in Dominican Republic. Appalled by the living conditions of children on the Dominican streets, she decided to open a home to host them. The following year, she created an association in Switzerland to support her project.
Located in a poor neighborhood of Boca Chica, Casa ENED hosts fulltime between 18 and 20 young boys. It provides them with a home where they can grow up together out of the dangers of the street and a healthy environment to ensure their well-being present and future.
The week is marked by school hours: in the morning, ENED’s children (the Eneditos) go to school and attend classes appropriate to their level. In the afternoon, the
boys are dedicated to their duties, accompanied by a teacher who gives them all the necessary tutoring. Thanks to this follow-up, they usually finish school with good results. Last but not least, the boys have also the opportunity to do sports (volleyball and football tournaments are set up daily in the garden) and arts activities.
Beside they receive English classes and one of the older Eneditos provides them computer training in their computer room equipped with a dozen of com-puters.
At the weekends, those who have family members disposed to receive them go for a visit, while activities and trips to the beach are organized for the others.
The IWC donated RD$57,200 to pay part of the school tuition of 13 kids.
Fundacion ENED’s website is http://www.ened.org , their facebook page facebook.com/casa.ened.
Calle Prof. Otilia Pelaez #14, Mirador Norte, Santo Domingo facebook.com/bestfriendsvetdr
IWC ClubsClub Contact Contact Details Schedule
Bird Watching Kate Wallace [email protected]
Please contact Kate
Mahjong Jan Gagneja and Mary Schultz
[email protected]@gmail.com(J) 829-716-3807(M) 829-342-1167
Fridays, 11h00 at the Country Club
Bridge Dixie [email protected](H) 809-533-5915(C) 809-855-7361
Thursdays 8h30-12h30
Bible Study Ann Geer [email protected]
Every second Thursday 8h30-11h00, Los Rios
Volunteering Opportunities
Carolina Palma [email protected]
Please contact Carolina
Tots on Wheels Michelle Segal [email protected] contactMichelle Segal
Mommy and me Karen Fowler [email protected]
809-912-6158Please contactKaren Fowler
If you would like to start a club please contact Dominique,our activities director, for all of the details and information!
Volunteering Opportunities
Clinica de Familia La RomanaContact: Mina HalpernE-mail: [email protected]
Fundación Corazón del SiervoSupport them with their mobile rural clinics.Contact: Diane SabadoPhone: 809-962-9931email: [email protected]
Fundacion La MercedThey are looking for volunteers to support their “Sala de Tareas” at the Batey Bienvenido.Contact: Carolina PalmaPhone: [email protected]
Fundacion Proyecto Ayuda al NiñoThey are looking for physical therapists and people who would like to spend some time with the kids to entertain them, as they don’t have enough staff.Contact: Lucas CarvajalPhone: 809 342 1255
Hogar Escuela Mercedes AmiamaThey are looking for English Tutors.Contact: Julie FreehillE-mail: [email protected]
Hogar Rosa DuarteThey are looking for people with library expertise, but also people who are willing to work on the organisation of their library, input books into the database, etc.Contact: Kellee BrownEmail: [email protected]
Instituto Dominicano de Estudios VirológicosThey need volunteers for their dispensary and the pharmacy.Contact: Ellen KoenigPhone: 809-224-0019e-mail: [email protected]
Religiosas Siervas de Maria(Medical dispensary serves children and adults)They need volunteers for the dispensary and also to help with some of the office management.In addition, they are looking for food donations as every month they provide the basics to 80 families below poverty line.Contact: Sor Gladys DiazPhone: 809-565-1789e-mail: [email protected]
If you are interested in any of these institutions, please contact Carolina Palma Gartner at [email protected]
Did you know that from a small gathering you can help make a difference to the people we help? The IWC Board is inviting its members to host a dinner or any type of get together in their own homes to raise funds for the organisations we support.
How it works?
Decide the type of function you would like to host in your home – cocktail party, dinner party, BBQ, etc. Send an invitation like e-vite indicating with a note that the purpose of this activity is two-fold; have a get together with great friends and raise funds for the IWC charities here in the DR. In addition to the invitation, you should send the current list of charities we are supporting to your guests so they know what and who they are making a donation to. It is important that your invitation be clear as to the purpose of the evening as well as indicating the amount of the “donation” you are asking for upfront.
During your event it is important to remind your friends what things the IWC does for the Dominican community. You can show pictures of the places we sponsor, or talk to them about these projects. You can get information as well as pictures from our Website: www.iwcsantodomingo.org. Your guests should feel good about this because instead of paying for a night out at a restaurant, they are making a difference by donating that money to a great cause while still enjoying themselves.
As the hostess, your contribution is the cost and preparation of the event. You are not obliged to any additional contribution other than this.
Planning for your Dinner of Hope
Your Dinner of Hope could be a quiet family get-together with family and friends, a picnic, BBQ or cocktail party. Or, how about a themed night? You decide and you take care of the logistics, and then pick a date, time and venue and start inviting! With your contribution you will enable the IWC to continue with the support we are already providing.
Let the board know what you are planning and how many people you expect so we can get you the IWC note cards and send you the updated charities information.
After your Dinner of Hope:
At the end of your event you should give each guest a handwritten IWC note card thanking them for their participation in this dinner/cocktail party/back yard BBQ, etc. The funds raised should then be deposited into our IWC bank account or given to a board member for depositing.
We are looking forward to hearing from you and the success of your event. Send your pictures and we will post them to share the fun! Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Tere Brugal at [email protected] or 829.640.3301.IW
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Gala 2015
Hooray for HollywoodLadies you are going to be in for a treat!
Our Gala Committee is full speed ahead to ensure that all of our members and their invited guests have a glamourous evening in Hollywood! Don’t wait to organize your table of friends!
Start spreading the news…. HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! is coming to Santo Domingo - ,May 9th, 2015 – El Teatro – Hotel Jaragua. Plus, make sure you don’t miss our General Meetings before the Gala…you might miss out on some behind the scenes (or in this case, before the scenes) goodies…lots of surprises!
We would like to introduce and thank our IWC members who have volunteered to be part of our Gala Committee for this years' gala "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!"
Donna Llewell, Solange Jimenez, Vicky Monroy, Patricia Alvarez, Jessica Senior, Liz Bernotavicius, Idalia Aracena and Michelle Segal.
This is one creative group! We are busy working on every aspect of this years' gala. Make sure you have blocked Saturday, May 9th on your calendar!
Thank you ladies for all your effort in making this a special evening!
Sponsorship OpportunitiesAll proceeds from this event benefit the IWC charities in the Dominican Republic.
1Buy an exclusive table for 8 or 10 for the Gala
RD $3,300 per person before April 9th / RD $3,500 per person after April 9th
Includes: Cocktail hour, dinner, open bar, entertainment, and dancing, plus 1 raffle ticket per person.
2Advertisements in the Gala Program
Full page – RD $4,500 / Half page – RD $2,250• The program designer will decide where the ad is
to placed• Artwork must be received by April 1st, 2015 • Ads are confirmed at the time payment in full is
received.
3Donate an appropriate gift item for the raffle
which will be held during the Gala-
Raffle sponsors will receive: Your logo/name in the Gala Program, on the Gala table tent, and Spotlight• Logo must be received no later than April 15th to
ensure inclusion• We will need contact information for your
company: Name/telephone/email• Donated raffle items must be received before
April 15th
4Become an IWC friend-
By donating RD $10,000 you will become an “IWC Friend”.Your family or company name will be included in the Gala Program and in our monthly on–line publication - Spotlight
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Ingredients
(12 pandebonos)
2/3 cup cassava starch or yuca flour
1/4 cup precooked cornmeal or masarepa
1 cup Mexican queso freso or Colombian quesito
1 1/4 cup feta cheese
1 large egg
Directions
1. Pre-heat the oven to 400°F.
2. In a food processor, place the yuca flour, cheese and masarepa. Process until well combined. Add the egg slowly while food processor is running.
3. Divide the mixture into 12 equal size portions, shaping them into balls.
4. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until golden on top. Serve warm.
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Recipe of the MonthSome of our members were very eager to be part of the IWC Cooking Book, but we didn't get enough entries; however, we still want to share in this issue and the upcoming the recipes we received. This is a very nice project that we hope motivates you to submit your favorite recipe and, perhaps, it can become a reality for future Boards. Please find below a recipe sent by Vicky Monroy.
Pandebono(Colombian Cheese bread)
Pandebono is traditional Colombian cheese bread. You will think you are in Colombia while eating these fantastic cheese balls, accompanied by a cup of Colombian coffee of course. Try them; you’ll thank me for it.
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El Pelicano Boca Chica Boca Chica 15% discount
Loretta's Caffe & Bistro Victor Carrido Puello 168 Piantini 5% on cash purchases
Market Gustavo Mejia Ricart #84 Piantini
10% discount for cash or credit card (cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers)
Midtown Diner Charles Summer # 5 Julieta 25% discount
Pat’e Palo European Brasserie Plaza España Colonial Zone 20% Discount on lunches
Sapore & Antipasto Av Enriquillo #5 Cacicazgos 10% discount for cash or credit card
Victoria by Porter House Gustavo Mejia Ricart #91 Piantini
10% discount for cash or credit card (cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers)
SHOPSSHOPSSHOPSSHOPS
Aromelia Calle Polibio Diaz, 2 Evaristo Morales10 % discount on cash purchases 5 % discount credit card
Beach House Walrus Playa Bonita Las Terrenas 10 % discount on stays
Jenny Polanco Boutique Various locationsBella Vista, Naco, Colonial Zone
10% discount on cash purchases 5 % discount credit card
L’Occitane Blue Mall, 1st floor Piantini
Organica Gustavo Mejía Ricart, Plaza Cataluña Piantini 10% discount on cash
purchases
Pet Plaza Av. Enriquillo #91 Urb Real
The company offers a 5% reimbursement for every 5000 DOP spent. IWC members will receive a further 5%
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Laurent Guyot Jardines del Embajador Bella Vista
20% Discount on services over 1800 DOP when paying in cash and 15% when paying by card
Bonchecitos10% on inflatables, animation, clowns when paid in cash, 5% when paid by card
Best Friends Veterinary Services and Pet Hotel C/Prof. Otilia Pelaez #14 Mirador Norte
10% Discount on cash services, grooming, & pet hotel.
The Project:Located in the best section of NACO, the heart of the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, on a quiet two-block street. Minutes from major boulevards and shopping malls (BLUE MALL/AGORA MALL) as well as some of the best restaurants in the capitol.
Designed and built by award winning Sanchez & Curiel Architects, trend setters in design and quality construction.
Contemporary architectural designAnti-Seismic structural construction
Pricing:(Pre-Construction / delivery date December 2014) Available apartments: 201 / 202 / 502
Apartment 201: US $321,000.00 (marble floors/kitchen appliances)Apartment 202: US $315,000.00 Apartment 502: US $330,000.00
For more information, contact Brandon Brugal at BZG International
Miami, FL • [email protected]
Theresa Heard-BrugalSanto Domingo, DR • 829.640.3301
General Characteristics:• Two apartments per floor – 4 bedrooms, 4 ½ baths (includes maid’s quarters)• Garden Common Social area with 2 Jacuzzis, built in BBQ and bathrooms• Elevator• Steel and wood striking contemporary center staircase throughout building• Back-up emergency electricity• Water supply system with two wells• Central LPG gas (kitchen and laundry)• Gated entrance with controlled access to building• Alarm and surveillance system for building perimeter
Apartment Characteristics:Spacious floor plan with –• Living Room• Dining Room • Family Room• Balcony with Terrace• Kitchen with breakfast area• Laundry Room• Powder Room• Master Bedroom with full bath and walk-in closet• 2 Bedrooms with full bath and closet• Maid’s quarters with bath• 2 Covered parking spaces• Private Storage Locker in parking garage
Finishes:• Porcelain Floors • Large panoramic windows and doors• Solid precious wood doors• Modular European style kitchen• Ceramic tile finishes floor to ceiling in bathrooms• Modern sinks on marble vanity and modular cabinets • European plumbing• Water efficient toilet• Air Conditioners included• Appliance package and closet package available upon request
BOY SCOUT TOWERSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
Birthdays
January
6 Geraldine Patrono
7 Joelle Fernandez
8 Paolo Valot
9 Vivianne Kieffer
11 Patricia Alvarez
15 Teresa Morris
17 Ingrid Vaagt
19 Luz Marina Marchese Valdes
21 Tatiana Flores Infante
23 Martha Victoria
26 Alejandra Young
AdvertisementsThe ads for Spotlight for the rest of this year (until Summer) are as follows:
1/2 page - single edition 500.00 DOP 4 editions 1600 DOPfull page - single edition 800.00 DOP 4 editions 2600 DOP
The 4 editions are March, April, May, and June.
If you are a member in good standing we'll provide you with a simple layout, you need to provide us the text and any images, logo etc.For non-members, please provide the ad layout. Specifications available on request.
Tax invoices are available on request.
If you want to place an ad every month till June 2015, please contact the Spotlight Editor.
Save the date for our IWC GalaSaturday, May 9th, 2015
In the newly renovatedHotel Rennaisance Jaragua in the Teatro....
HOORAY FORHOLLYWOOD!!!!
Tickets will go on sale by March, 2015:Advance purchase Price - RD $3,300 pp until April 9th.
After April 9th, RD $3,500 pp
This will be a night to remember. Guaranteed!
