2024 – Page 243

Fernando Tatis Sr, who still holds the MLB record of two grand slams in one inning set in 1999, and who ended his career playing for the New York Mets, is now the general manager of the Estrellas Orientales. He says he will be requesting that the San Diego Padres extend the permission granted to …

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The Tigres del Licey didn’t have it easy, but they managed to beat the Gigantes del Cibao on Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at the Quisqueya Ballpark in Santo Domingo. The Gigantes had started the game with a home run by Marcell Ozuna, the Atlanta Braves star slugger. The game would end, nevertheless, with a 7-4 …

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Minister of the Presidency Joel Santos announced the Abinader administration expects 4.75% increase in Gross Domestic Product by the end of 2024. Santos said that public investment will be key to economic growth. He made the remark during the first Council of Ministers held at the Presidential Palace with the presence of President Luis Abinader. …

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On 5 January 2024, the Executive Branch returned the bill that amends the five-member Chamber of Accounts operating rules to the National Congress via the Chamber of Deputies. Work in the Chamber of Accounts (CCRD) is very much at a standstill. The present ruling calls for a majority vote and has impeded actions taken by …

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Since 12 June 2023, Tom Perez is serving as senior advisor to the president and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He was in the Dominican Republic on 9 January 2024 and met with President Luis Abinader. The US Embassy said the talks focused on the climate crisis, security and development issues. …

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The Ministry of Agriculture reports the detection of Mediterranean fly in the traps in the Punta Cana area. The Punta Cana International Airport is a major entry point, with thousands of airlines arriving. It is likely the fly arrived on one of these flights. The Med fly is an insect of the Ceratitis capitata species …

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The president of the Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC), Iván García explains that goods prices are increasing partly due to higher freight costs. Freight costs for ships from Asia are impacted by the drought in Panama that affects the passage through the Panama Canal and actions as of November 2023 taken by Yemen’s Houthi rebels …

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Spain-based EcoAcero will build a rebar mill in Santo Domingo to serve the growing construction industry in the Caribbean and Central America. Dominican Republic-based conglomerate the Estrella Group has signed a contract to take delivery of equipment for an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel rebar mill it plans to build. The mill will use German …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Luis Henry Molina Peña, appointed Supreme Court of Justice judge Justiniano Montero as the special investigative judge in the probe against four deputies linked to money laundering operations resulting from drug trafficking. Judge Montero will replace Judge Napoleón Ricardo Estévez Lavandier, who was recently named president of …

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After months of speculations, the naming of former presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno as senator for the National District for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is official. Incumbent senator Faride Raful of the PRM had aspired to repeat in the position. Moreno is the president of the Alianza Pais political party. He has aspired to the …

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