2024 – Page 153

Everyone has either been sick or knows someone who has been sick with the flu in the past two months. There is also a new version of Covid going around. And of course, this is dengue season. Making matters worse, the DR is in the volleyball game of intense rains alternating with intense heat. And …

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The corpses of two sisters, 13-year old Arianny Rodrigeuz and 11-year old Chadal Rodriguez and the body of their 9-year old brother were buried in the cemetery of Baitoa in Santiago. The corpses of the children had been flown in from the United States. The Ministry of Foreign Relations covered the return costs. NBC in …

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After a week of sunny hot days, the Weather Office (Onamet) is now reporting that as of next Tuesday, 21 May 2024, people can expect rain. Gloria Ceballos, director of Onamet, had forecast a very wet May. Onamet says that a trough will bring now bring more of the intense rains that had fallen in …

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Dominican champion runner Marileidy Paulino won the 400m race in the Los Angeles Grand Prix. The race took place on 18 May 2024 during the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix at Drake Stadium. The top 8 in the race were:Marileidy Paulino (DR) 50.27Mary Moraa (Kenya) 50.56Alexis Holmes (USA) 50.73Shamier Little (USA)51.27Stacey Ann William (JAM) 51.38Sada …

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The Dominican national volleyball team, Reinas del Caribe, won games against Serbia and South Korea, and lost to Canada and the USA in the first round of the 16-team Nations League Volleyball Tournament. The tournament is the most important annual tournament held globally. The DR took the reigning world champion Serbia 3-1 (25-18, 25-17, 21-25 …

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37-year old Al Horford established himself as a basketball legend in Boston. The Boston Celtics made the finals on 15 May 2024 in the game led by the former Dominican national team player. Boston Herald reported on Horford’s performance: “He became the first player in NBA postseason history to rack up 20 points, 15 boards, …

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Despite the odds against them, the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated reigning NBA champions Denver Nuggets 98 to 90 in the Minneapolis Target court to advance to the Western Conference finals in the National Basketball Association playoffs game on Sunday, 19 May 2024. The Wolves will now face the Dallas Mavericks. CBS Sports reports that Dominican national …

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Nine Dominicans, including two women and seven men, are running for President of the Dominican Republic in the Sunday, 16 May presidential election. In the 2020 presidential election, Luís Abinader Corona (PRM) won in the first round with 52.53% of the vote, defeating four other candidates. Voter turnout was 54.78%. His predecessor Danilo Medina had …

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Probably the most followed electoral race on 19 May 2024 is that of one-term deputy Omar Fernandez running for the Rescate RD coalition (Fuerza del Pueblo, PLD and PRD) and several-times former Alianza Pais presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno for the capital city Senate seat. Guillermo Moreno has a strong track record as a spokesman against …

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The Sunday, 19 May 2024 presidential and congressional election is costing RD$5 billion, the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Román Jáquez Liranzo says on telling the nation all is ready for the people to go exercise their democratic right and duty. 1,706 candidates seek 264 positions, representing 34 political parties. The Dominican people …

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