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10-16-2009, 02:00 PM
This year's Brugal prizes, the annual recognition of charitable work by altruistic and dedicated individuals and organizations, awarded the grand prize, now called the George Arzeno Brugal Prize, to the Patronato Contra el Cancer del Nordeste (North-eastern Trust Against Cancer). The ceremony, held in the San Pablo House in Santo Domingo was a posthumous honor for George Arzeno Brugal, the late long-serving president and CEO of Brugal and Company. These prizes, called "Brugal believes in its people", honored groups in categories such as Social Assistance, Education, Community Development, Defense and Protection of the Environment, Arts and Culture and the Grand Prize.
Each of the awards in the five categories carries a cash prize of RD$1,000,000, and the Grand Prize has a check of RD$1,500,000.
In the category of Social Assistance, the award went to Instituto Oncologico del Nordeste (North-eastern Oncological Institute), in education, the Integracion Juvenil (Youth Integration) of Puerto Plata, in Community Development it was the Women's Development Association (Asopem), for protection and defense of the environment, the prize went to Reef Check Dominicana and Vida Azul, and in Culture, Bonao's Plaza de la Cultura won the prize.
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Each of the awards in the five categories carries a cash prize of RD$1,000,000, and the Grand Prize has a check of RD$1,500,000.
In the category of Social Assistance, the award went to Instituto Oncologico del Nordeste (North-eastern Oncological Institute), in education, the Integracion Juvenil (Youth Integration) of Puerto Plata, in Community Development it was the Women's Development Association (Asopem), for protection and defense of the environment, the prize went to Reef Check Dominicana and Vida Azul, and in Culture, Bonao's Plaza de la Cultura won the prize.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)