DR1 Daily News - Monday, 14 January 2019

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Let’s face it: the Congress is pretty lazy, to say the least
DR has yet to hear of exclusion from DR-CAFTA
Taking action now to prevent another entry of med fly
INTRANT has issued schedules and permit controls for freight
Director of Barahona hospital resigns; numbers do not improve
Maternal and pre-natal deaths still too high
Higher tolls on Samaná highway
For the first time in three months gas prices are up
OAS declines to validate Maduro in Venezuela
Selective farming in Constanza protected areas
Quita Sueño demands access to Falcondo pipeline leakage report
AES Andres to build waterworks projects for Boca Chica and Andres communities
At the corner of Duarte and Paris, the vendors sell everything
Judge releases FALPO group
Murder of police colonel obliges Attorney General to expand investigation
Criminals kill brother of Santiago bishop to steal his motorcycle
Estrellas wins slot in baseball playoffs



Let’s face it: the Congress is pretty lazy, to say the least
Late last week, President Danilo Medina ordered legislators to remain in session as opposition member of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Jose Ignacio Paliza, criticized the work ethic of many members of Congress. Paliza had noted that important legislative initiatives would not move forward given that the legislative session ended on 12 January 2019. The next session had been scheduled for 27 February. Among the important pieces of legislation awaiting votes, in addition to the Electoral Regime Bill, are the Penal Code, the bill concerning the auditing of the Congress and the Civil Procedures Code.

Then, on Friday, 11 January 2019, the Executive Branch issued Decree 19-19 that ordered legislators to stay on the job to continue reviewing the Electoral Regime Bill that has stagnated in Congress for around two decades. Medina in the same decree leaves open the option of adding other important bills that are pending on the legislative agenda. According to the Decree, this special session would start on 14 January gives the legislators 30 days to pass the Electoral Regime and other bills.

In the past legislature, from 16 August 2018 to 12 January 2019, only one significant piece of legislation, the Political Parties Law, came out of the National Congress during the session. The executive order now paves the way for the passing of the electoral regime bill that would mark changes in the electoral system in time for the 2020 general election. Medina followers have revved up activities in order to position the President for a third term that is at present banned by the 2015 Constitution.

Medina has gone on record saying in March 2019 he would announce his decision whether or not to seek reelection. But political analyst Felipe Ciprián speculates in Listín Diario that the President will buy time until July 2019 to announce whether he will run in order to outlaw any efforts his main rival, former President Leonel Fernandez, may attempt to found a separate political organization and run under a separate entity. The PLD majority in Congress is technically enough to pass a constitutional amendment for the second time to enable Medina to be the PLD candidate in the 2020 general election.

http://eldia.com.do/varios-proyectos-de-ley-perimen-manana-en-el-congreso-nacional/
http://hoy.com.do/presidente-extiende-legislatura-por-ley-electoral/
http://hoy.com.do/soplan-fuertes-vientos-de-reeleccion-en-congreso-nacional/
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...nilo-ganaria-tiempo-para-lanzar-su-reeleccion


DR has yet to hear of exclusion from DR-CAFTA
Dominican authorities have not yet received any information from the United States regarding rumors that the Trump Administration would act to remove the DR and other countries participating in DR-CAFTA from the trade privileges. Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas said that the news reports are just rumors. During an interview on one of the morning talks shows, Vargas said the United States is one the main beneficiary of the DR-CAFTA. “The trade balance is favorable to the United States at this time, but I must reiterate that this is not an official declaration and it does not correspond to the official position of the United States…” El Dia reports the US has a US$2.6 billion trade surplus with the Dominican Republic.

A report in Diario Libre cites William Malamud, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce, said no official information has come from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), that deals with the DR-CAFTA treaty. Nevertheless, Malamud says it is likely the talks have taken place at the National Security Council, albeit unofficially, and the reason is concern among US authorities that China could seek to take advantage of Dominican trade privileges to sell more goods to the United States market. The National Security Council (NSC) is the US presidency body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security.

https://www.diariolibre.com/economi...acion-sobre-exclusion-del-dr-cafta-CJ11818831
https://www.diariolibre.com/economi...ida-rd-del-cafta-segun-la-amchamdr-LK11829882
http://hoy.com.do/canciller-atribuy...r-cafta-dice-que-el-mas-beneficiado-es-ee-uu/
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/latin-america/article223255390.html
https://elnacional.com.do/dudan-eu-inicie-guerra-comercial-contra-la-rd/
https://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/tradeagreements/tg_ian_001984.asp
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0017.html
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/press-release/index.html
https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/f...fta-dr-dominican-republic-central-america-fta
https://www.uschamber.com/issue-brief/cafta-dr-notches-10-year-record-success
http://eldia.com.do/deficit-comercial-con-ee-uu-subio-us1784-millones-tras-dr-cafta/


Taking action now to prevent another entry of med fly
To ensure that there not be a repeat of the entry of pests such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, the ministries of Agriculture and Defense and the General Customs Agency (DGA) signed an agreement to work together to guarantee the safety of food grown in the Dominican Republic.

The outbreak of the Mediterranean fruit fly in the Dominican Republic was first reported in March 2015 near the popular tourist city of Punta Cana, and rapidly spread to a 2,000 square km area in the east of the country. Although 200 km away from producing areas, an immediate import ban was placed on several agricultural products, including avocado, citrus fruits, papaya and peppers, by major trading partners, such as the United States, Haiti and Japan. The ban resulted in an estimated loss of more than US$42 million in fruit and vegetable exports in 2015 alone, putting thousands of jobs at risk. It took the country two years to eradicate the pest.

The agreement was signed by Defense Minister Ruben Darío Paulino Sem, Agriculture Minister Osmar Benítez and Customs director Enrique Ramírez at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense. It establishes that the Ministry of Agriculture will assume the custody of the agricultural goods resulting from seizures or confiscations of agricultural products, without prejudice to the penalties and fines provided by Plant Health Law No. 49-90.

With the signing of the agreement, the Ministry of Agriculture takes on the responsibility to monitor the animal and vegetable quarantine operations in the country. The Ministry of Defense will provide national security, in ports of entry, including airports and seaports and land border crossings. The DGA agreed to be responsible for the legal procedures for the entry or exit of products to the country.

The Dominican Republic is a signatory to the Convention for the Constitution of the International Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA) and the International Plant Protection Convention.

https://elnuevodiario.com.do/mide-a...sistema-de-cuarentena-vegetal-y-animal-de-rd/


INTRANT has issued schedules and permit controls for freight
The National Transit and Transportation Institute (Intrant) has issued a resolution that regulates and establishes the basic safety measures for highway safety for freighters on the nation’s highways. By means of Resolution 0001-2019, the Intrant has installed controls for the times and permits for the transport of cargo by means of the double-trailers (road trains), in order to guarantee highway safety and protect the infrastructure, until the Intrant achieves the approval of the pending regulations for freight under Law 63-17.

The Highway Safety Agency (DIGESETT) will supervise the execution and audit of the regulation and establish the necessary controls. Intrant issued a 30-day notice for all freight vehicles to comply with some of the requirements of the resolution, but other aspects need to be implemented in the next seven days.
In the same resolution, the Intrant ordered heavy vehicles to stick to speed limits of 70 kph on expressways and 55 kph on secondary and tertiary roads and exclusively drive on the right, except when passing to another vehicle movng in the same direction or when it is ready to turn the left, at an intersection or to enter a private road.

Heavy vehicles traveling on highways and roads must also maintain a distance of no less than 150 meters from the vehicle ahead, in accordance with the provisions of article 224 of Law 63-17 on Mobility, Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety of the Dominican Republic.

The measures call for the cargo transporters to submit their units to periodic maintenance.

The same resolution orders truckers to cover loose cargo to avoid the latter spilling on the roadways, causing danger to people and the environment.
Truck drivers are also banned from being on the road for more than five hours at a time. "In no case should drivers drive twelve hours accumulated, in a period of 24 hours," adds the Intrant resolution.

On the loading and unloading of goods, the resolution specifies that it will be mandatory to do so on the side of the vehicle closest to the edge of the sidewalk or the back of the business, taking the precaution of parking the unit in a place where it does not obstruct the way, in the case that there is not a space destined for those purposes.

"In no case will the goods or objects being loaded or unloaded be stored on public roads," adds the provision, which also prohibits doing so at corners and intersections of roads and establishes a maximum time that does not exceed two hours to complete the process. It is forbidden for double-tail units and semi-trailers to distribute goods in the urban area and also to exceed the size of the cargo indicated in the registration or certificate, without the proper authorization of the Intrant. The load must not exceed one meter on the front of the vehicle and two meters on the rear end ". "Lateral dimensions of any kind will not be accepted," states the Intrant.

The full resolution can be read on the Intrant website/transparencia

https://elcaribe.com.do/2019/01/11/...o-para-la-circulacion-de-transporte-de-carga/
https://listindiario.com/economia/2...one-vehiculos-pesados-iran-por-carril-derecho


Director of Barahona hospital resigns; numbers do not improve
Dr. Cornelio Rodriguez resigned last week from his post as director of the Regional University Hospital Jaime Mota in Barahona in the face of widespread charges of inefficiency in the management of the hospital. Dr. Rodriguez argues that the lack of equipment and supplies were the main causes of much of the deficiencies, including the deaths of 43 newborn children in the first four months of 2018. The doctor was also accused of firing many persons in order to make way for some of his collaborators. The letter of resignation was sent to the Executive director of the National Health Service (SNS), Chanel Rosa Chupany.

Rodriguez had been appointed director of the hospital in Barahona last June by the former Minister of Public Health, Altagracia Guzman Marcelino and the former director of the SNS, Nelson Rodriguez Monegro.

Besides the 43 fatalities early last year, there were another 17 newborn fatalities between September and October at the Jaime Sanches Maternity Hospital that is part of the Regional University Hospital.

As reported the “massive” firings of personnel led to backlash from some leading PLD member.

Patients called the hospital “a slaughterhouse” because of the lack of equipment and basic supplies such as material for casts and sutures. Back in May the Dominican Medical College cited the serious lack of personnel as well as basic supplies such as oxygen.

In the light of the situation in Barahona, the recently released data on the mortality rates of infants and their birthmothers was hardly encouraging. The conclusion is that the death rates have not gone down. Barahona province serves thousands of Haitian women that cross the border to seek free services at Dominican public hospitals.

https://www.diariolibre.com/actuali...-barahona-renuncia-tras-escandalos-HJ11819349
https://www.elcaribe.com.do/2019/01/10/panorama/pais/renuncia-director-del-jaime-mota-de-barahona/


Maternal and pre-natal deaths still too high
In 2018 there were 197 deaths of women either when pregnant or when giving birth. Of these, 89 lived in Greater Santo Domingo and four were foreigners. The group at the highest risk is that of women in their teens to 30 years of age. Of the deaths, authorities say that 87% were avoidable.

The nationwide totals from 2014 until 2018 are: 179 (2014); 189 (2015); 169 (2016), 188 (2017) and 197 (2018). These numbers are more than double the figure that the nation’s health authorities are aiming for: 70 fatalities per 100,000 live births. Some blame the lack of expertise on the part of the medical personnel, and the doctors blame the authorities for a lack of basic supplies. Meanwhile babies and mothers continue to be at risk of dying while being treated.

https://www.metrord.do/do/destacado/2019/01/08/aumentan-fallecimiento-neonatos-relacion-2017.html
https://www.diariolibre.com/actuali...-de-la-mortalidad-materno-infantil-FJ11814427


Higher tolls on Samaná highway
The Dominican-Colombian company, Autopistas del Nordeste (the official name of the toll road between Las Americas Highway and Nagua) has increased tolls by RD$82 starting late last week. The cost of travelling the toll road that cuts a lot of time between the East and the area of the Samana Peninsula will now be RD$2,126 instead of the RD$3,044 paid before. The Atlantic Touristic Boulevard (the road between El Catey and Las Terrenas) will now cost RD$571.00 each way.

At the Marbella tollbooth, the first one between Las Americas Expressway and the road north to Samana, will now cost RD$66.00. At El Naranjal, at the Monte Plata crossroad, the toll bill will be RD$196, up RD$7.

Apparently, every year the consortium increases the tolls on this highway, in spite of the fact that the Dominican government heavily subsidizes the company.

https://elnacional.com.do/aumentan-tarifas-de-peajes-en-carretera-samana/


For the first time in three months gas prices are up
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced on Friday, 11 January 2019 that fuel prices would be increased. This is the first time in the past 12 weeks. The exception is propane and natural gas prices that did not increase.

Premium gasoline was up nearly RD$3 at RD$208.40; regular was up RD$1.60 to RD$192.60. Regular diesel climbed RD$3.60 a gallon to RD$165.80, and the better diesel was set at RD$176.80, an increase of RD$3.10.

Prices of Avtur, kerosene, fuel oil were all up a bit.

Since late September, the government had decreased the price of fuels on a weekly basis. Some observers were saying that the popular outcry over rising fuel prices that sparked a national work stoppage played some role in the steady decrease in prices.

https://elnacional.com.do/suben-rd3...-rd2-90-gasolina-premium-y-rd1-60-la-regular/


OAS declines to validate Maduro in Venezuela
The Organization of American States (OAS) voted to not recognize Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela. Maduro staged his re-inauguration on 10 January with representatives from 94 countries present (according to Venezuela government sources).

The Permanent Council of the OAS called an extraordinary session to vote on a motion introduced by Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the USA, Peru and Paraguay. The document was backed by 19 countries, 13 of the 14 countries in the Lima Group, the US, the DR, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and Haiti. On the other side, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam and Dominica voted against the measure. There were 7 abstentions, including Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, El Salvador and Belize.
This is the first time the Dominican government has not voted in favor of recognizing the incumbent Venezuelan government.

http://eldia.com.do/republica-domin...-oea-no-reconocen-el-nuevo-mandato-de-maduro/


Selective farming in Constanza protected areas
The director of the local Ministry of Environment officer in Valle Nuevo, Major Tito Montero Vicente, speculated that a recent forest fire first reported on Wednesday, 9 January 2019, in Constanza could have been originated by bonfires of Haitians that cross from Guayabal in Padre las Casas to illegal farming areas in the Juan Bautista Pérez Rancier National Park. The recent drought is creating conditions for these types of fires to spread rapidly. Residents in El Convento, adjacent to Valle Nuevo, have denounced the massive entry of undocumented Haitian farm hands for farm work in the area, despite a ban on farming issued under the offices of former Minister of Environment Francisco Dominguez Brito. The incumbent Environment Minister has been known to be accommodating of farming activities in protected areas, as evidenced by investigative journalism work by reporters from Listin Diario and Diario Libre, and environmentalists.

The president of the Asociación de Agricultores de Montellano in Valle Nuevo, Gabriel Duran Victoriano said that the ministry selectively authorizes farming in the area. He said while some farm operations have been banned as ordered by Resolution 14-2016 that authorizes the implementation of the Action Plan for the Rescue of Valle Nuevo, others have continued to farm in the area under the protection of the Ministry of Environment and there are large numbers of undocumented Haitian laborers in the area doing day work. Haitian farm hands interviewd by Listin Diario reporters say they are not leaving the area.

The observations by the Asociación de Agricultores de Montellano on the selective authorization of farming activities acknowledges the Dominican ownership of the farms. The daily press usually has only focused on the activities of the day laborers, who happen to reportedly be Haitian, ignoring the Dominican landowners who are undoubtedly directing and financing (and benefitting from) the farming activities.

https://listindiario.com/la-republi...al-afecta-zona-de-pinar-parejo-en-valle-nuevo
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...denuncian-favoritismo-para-cultivar-en-parque
https://listindiario.com/la-republica/2019/01/10/548834/estevez-el-convento-no-es-zona-protegida
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...itianos-no-estan-por-salir-de-areas-constanza


Quita Sueño demands access to Falcondo pipeline leakage report
The community of Quita Sueño has not been able to get from the Ministry of Environment the reports on the leakage of petroleum attributed to the pipeline feeding Falcondo. The leakage occurred on 23 August 2017.

The community members say that Constitutional Court ruling 0511-18 dated 3 December 2018 orders the Ministry to deliver the reports they have requested for over a year. The community members say they will continue through the judiciary to demand access to the report.

https://listindiario.com/la-republica/2019/01/10/548834/estevez-el-convento-no-es-zona-protegida


AES Andres to build waterworks projects for Boca Chica and Andres communities
The AES Andrés energy company has announced the signing of a waterworks deal with Coraabo, the Boca Chica municipality water and sewerage utility. The director of Coraabo, Fermín Brito said the deal comes with the cooperation agreement signed earlier whereby AES will be building the East Gasoduct, and at the same time contributing to the community with the expansion and rehabilitation of the Catalina waterworks project. This will benefit both Andres and Boca Chica populations. The projects also call for the rehabilitation of the La Joyita waterworks to benefit the population of La Caleta, where Las Americas International Airport and several free zones are located.


At the corner of Duarte and Paris, the vendors sell everything
A loudspeaker blares out the message that “boutique clothing for RD$20 and RD$30 is available all along Duarte Avenue and at the corner of Paris and Duarte Avenue. Kiosks and tables show pretty much the same merchandise and these tables are all over the sidewalks and even in the streets. But not only clothing, but also fruits, staples, spices, pots and pans, juices, the famous “mamajuana” jugs, beauty creams are there for the thousands of pedestrians who pass through daily.

Mayor David Collado announced recently a cleanup of the area would start “soon,” but no date has been set. This particular corner, Duarte and Paris, was left behind during efforts some ten years ago to reduce the overwhelming presence of street vendors on sidewalks of the city’s commercial district. People will recall the efforts that made a big difference on streets like Caracas, Barahona, Ravelo, Mexico as far as Mella and even Chinatown.

The mayor’s announcement was met with appreciation by some of the street vendors, including Pedro Diaz, who has worked the streets for some 40 years, and now has a little “kiosk” that serves as a cafeteria. Diaz began his career on the streets selling cassette tapes, CDs and popsicles. His sister Martha has a little hut next door and sells creams and spices as well as mamajuana. Both are right on the corner.

Another vendor is Luis Garcia who is located a few meters away on Paseo de Duarte, an area that was remodeled back in 2008 at a cost of RD$277 million. Pedro and Martha told reporters from the Diario Libre that nobody has bothered them since Roberto Salcedo was mayor, and that they don’t pay anything for occupying this public space. They say that they pay the National District city government some RD$600 each month, and nobody bothers them.

Luis Garcia told the reporters that a second Street Vendor’s Plaza is well under way over at the area by Jacinto de la Concha and Santiago Mota, but nothing has been said as to when the vendors at Duarte and Paris will be relocated.

https://www.diariolibre.com/actuali...te-con-paris-comercializan-de-todo-DK11822515


Judge releases FALPO group
The judge for Permanent Attention for the National District, Juan Francisco Rodriguez, ordered the release of the seven members of FALPO (the Broad Front for Popular Action) who demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General’s offices, throwing feces at the main Supreme Court of Justice, and clearly defining what they thought of the nation’s justice system.

The judge fully cleared of responsibility the two women participants and released them and ordered the other five persons to present themselves in court and periodically do community service in their respective towns. Community service is not contemplated on the list of actions the judge was authorized to order in the case, reported the press. The judge said, nevertheless, that what transpired was not so serious as to require remand to custody. The group was accused of creating a disturbance and insulting the National Flag. They were arrested by the police that were posted at the Supreme Court and the Attorney General’s office.

http://eldia.com.do/juez-deja-en-li...aron-heces-fecales-contra-edificio-de-la-scj/
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...acusado-de-lanzar-heces-al-edificio-de-la-scj


Murder of police colonel obliges Attorney General to expand investigation
The gruesome murder of a well-respected colonel in the National Police, Daniel Ramos Alvarez, in the town of Bani has been and remains on the front pages of all of the local newspapers and in social media as well. The video of the killing has been seen hundreds of thousands of times. The video does not show who committed the murder but clearly shows the irregular acting of the police men that accompanied the murdered colonel.

The senator from Baní, Wilton Guerrero, told reporters last week that “it was an ambush.” The lead suspect of the killing is supposedly an informant for the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and a deportee from the United States.

Two officers of the National Police, lieutenant colonel Matías Brazobán and captain Marcelino Arias, who accompanied Ramos Alvarez, are under arrest for abandoning the scene of the crime without providing aid to the fallen officer. A video shows the injured colonel attempting to bring himself to safety.

Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez has announced that he is expanding the team investigating the assassination of the officer. There are, apparently many lines to be investigated. Senator Guerrero said that the lieutenant colonel who was with Ramos Alvarez at the time of his death had been part of his own security detail but resigned in order to “collect tolls from drug distribution points.”

The Attorney General is also asking for 18 months of preventive custody for the persons involved in the shooting. Rodriguez added that the team of investigators is being assisted by prosecutors from several courts in Bani and the National District.

The murder has caused much outrage and evidenced the complicities and lack of action on behalf of the authorities with the drug trade in the region. On Friday, 11 January 2019, Diario Libre dedicated three of its editorials to the murder.

Meanwhile, Peravia senator, Wilton Guerrero said that the members of the commission entrusted with the investigations of the murder “do not qualify for that mission.” He said the named investigators are accomplices of the suspect murderer. He said all they will do is cover up the crime because they are at his service. He specifically mentioned sergeant Henry Gomez and sergeant McGiver, saying these are both on the payroll of the so-named Rafael Antonio Díaz (‘Buche’), the lead suspect in the case and alleged owner of the drug point where the murder occurred.

Senator Guerrero went on record in Congress saying that the late Colonel Daniel Ramos Álvarez had dedicated his life to fighting drug trafficking in Peravia while the agents of the National Drug Control Agency and the Central Counternarcotics Agency (Dican) demanded bribes for their complicity. "The report I have is that Colonel Ramos was a worthy man, a honest man who has no tail to step on. He was the only one who had dedicated himself to fighting organized crime in Baní because the DNCD was in charge of collecting the drug tolls and the Dican was not into fighting drug trafficking either,"said Guerrero.

The senator also added that Rafael Antonio Díaz (Buche), accused of the death of the colonel "is the darling kid" of the National Drug Control Agency in Peravia.

Guerrero says that in the city there are another 40 drug points for which bribes are paid for the drug vending operations to be undisturbed.

https://elnacional.com.do/pgr-ampli...amos-alvarez-conoceran-coercion-a-implicados/
https://www.diariolibre.com/opinion/de-buena-tinta/y-todavia-no-se-ha-actuado-en-bani-LK11823239
https://www.diariolibre.com/opinion/editorial/preguntas-BK11823345
https://www.diariolibre.com/opinion/de-buena-tinta/y-todavia-no-se-ha-actuado-en-bani-LK11823239
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...suspenden-a-2-oficiales-abandonaron-a-coronel
http://eldia.com.do/wilton-guerrero...ir-narcotrafico-porque-la-dncd-cobraba-peaje/
https://elnacional.com.do/video-coronel-fue-victima-de-una-encerrona-de-sus-companeros/
https://elnacional.com.do/suspenden...abandonado-a-ramos-alvarez-en-barrio-de-bani/
https://listindiario.com/la-republi...esinado-tenia-fama-de-ser-un-policia-correcto
http://hoy.com.do/al-coronel-lo-ven...el-narcotrafico-dice-senador-wilton-guerrero/


Criminals kill brother of Santiago bishop to steal his motorcycle
66-year old Domingo Bretón Martínez, brother of the bishop of Santiago, was buried on Sunday, 13 January 2019, after he was murdered on Saturday, 12 January, when two men stole his motorcycle he was driving on the Moca-Licey highway. Bretón died of the knife wound inflicted by the assailants. He was a warehouse employee in Santiago.

In the mass on occasion of the burial, Bishop Freddy Breton of Santiago urged the authorities to step up efforts to reduce crime. He called for society to increase efforts to educate in values.

The spokesman for the Police in Santiago said investigations are advancing to resolve the crime.

https://listindiario.com/la-republi...epultan-restos-hermano-monsenor-freddy-breton


Estrellas win slot in baseball playoffs
The Estrellas Orientales moved ahead in their quest to win the coveted 2018-2019 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. After defeating the Tigres del Licey on Sunday at the Quisqueya Ball Park, the Estrellas now lead the round robin series. The Estrellas now have 11 wins and six losses.

The Toros and the Escogido now need to play to determine who will match the Estrellas. The series continues today with the Licey matching the Escogido Lions in Santo Domingo at 7:15pm and the Estrellas matching the Toros del Este in La Romana at 7:30pm.

The standing now is Estrellas Orientales (11-6), Leones del Escogido (9-8), Toros del Este (9-8), Tigres del Licey (5-12).

http://www.lidom.com/home/estrellas-ganan-a-tigres-y-clasifican-a-la-serie-final/
http://estadisticas.lidom.com/Estadisticas/Inicio