2024 – Page 163

24-year old professional model Celinee Santos won the right to represent the Dominican Republic in the Miss Universe contest during the contest held on 5 May 2024. She was chosen from 18 participants during the event televised from the Sambil Convention Center in Santo Domingo. Santos will represent the Dominican Republic in the Miss Universe …

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The Dominican national basketball team is ranked 19th in the world and is one of six teams that will seek to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games during the summer of 2024. The DR got a last chance when the team finished in 14th place at the World Cup. That qualified the team for the …

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40 global track stars were in The Bahamas for the Paris Olympic relays qualifier during the World Athletics Relays at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau on Saturday, 4 May and Sunday 5 May 2024. The DR qualified to participate in the 4 x 400m mixed relay, the same competition in which the country …

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The presidential candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Abel Martinez extensively presented his views and proposals during the televised interview for the Corripio Media Group. Leading polls say Martinez has around 10% of the intention to vote. The PLD was the ruling party from 1996-2000, and then from 2004-2020. During the PLD presidencies of …

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 Listin Diario has shared the proposals made by those running for congressional positions in northern Puerto Plata province and Dajabon province on the border with Haiti in the 19 May 2024 election. The views and proposals are a snapshot of much of what needs to be done in the province. Read more in Spanish:Listin Diario …

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Minister of Industry & Commerce Victor (Ito) Bisono was in Washington, D.C. for meetings with US Department of State and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officials to continue to foster US investments in nearshoring and the semiconductor industry. Bisonó led a mission with Johannes Kelner, Deputy Minister for Free Trade Zones and Special …

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Traffic management has not been a strong point of governments in the Dominican Republic. Significant relief was garnered with the construction of the metro and skylift in Santo Domingo. The Abinader government has continued mass transport investments and Santiago has its skylift and a monorail is under construction. But traffic jams continue as vehicles and …

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Frequently it is observed that the Dominican Republic has all the laws to make it run well, and that what is needed is to comply with the laws. But sometimes, the country just has laws that don’t make sense. Diario Libre looks into the major mishap of the legislature that passed several laws that does …

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The Constitutional Court is reviewing claims that the National Intelligence Law violates the Constitution in the attributions granted to the new National Intelligency Agency (DNI). The presiding judge of the Constitutional Court (TC) Napoleón R. Estévez Lavandier confirmed the high court has received seven files with complaints regarding the recently enacted National Intelligence Agency Law …

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Despite the advances in the installation of a “government” in Haiti, all is not well. It is now kown that a consensus was not reached for the appointment of the acting president and prime minister by the political groups named to the Transitional Presidential Council. Reports are that instead of uniting the council so it …

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