Dolores Vicioso – Page 1102

96 Dominican players are on the rosters of the teams in the National and American leagues of Major League Baseball. Some, like the Twins, the Tigers and the Marlins, have a lot of Dominican players. The Twins have seven, including Nelson Cruz, a slugger with 1,777 hits and over 400 home runs to his credit. …

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Rafael Antonio Sánchez, better known as Jack Veneno, the legendary Dominican wrestler, is back home after being discharged from the National Cancer Institute (Incart) on Thursday, 1 April 2021 in the morning. He had been hospitalized for almost a week, after being transferred from the Doctor Cruz Jiminián clinic. The former professional wrestler was at …

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The Soda Stereo 2021 Tour Gracias Totales is booked for a live performance on 2 October 2021 at the La Romana Altos de Chavon amphitheater. There is optimism everyone will be vaccinated by then and the concert will get green light from the Ministry of Public Health. The announcement was made by band leaders Charly …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #381 reports 159 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 3 April 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 330. As per Bulletin #381 with the deadline of 3 April 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has registered …

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President Luis Abinader reassured reporters that the next batch of 1 million doses of vaccines from China are due to arrive “shortly.” President Abinader made the comment when visiting the Pedro Henriquez Ureña University (UNPHU) vaccination center on Saturday, 3 April 2021. The center, as others, is open for applying only the second dose. Abinader …

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The director of the National Police, Major General Edward Sanchez Gonzalez, expressed his solidarity with the relatives of the married couple that died in a confusing clash with the Police in Villa Altagracia on Tuesday, 30 March 2021 in the evening.  The Major General said that immediately after learning the incident, he ordered the Office …

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The US State Department has released its annual report on human rights around the world. In its report on the Dominican Republic, the researchers highlight in the executive summary: “Significant human rights issues included: reports of unlawful or arbitrary killings by government security forces; torture by police and other government agents; harsh and life-threatening prison …

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Contrary to what had initially been announced, now the Ministry of Interior and Police’s alcoholic beverages control agency says that businesses are authorized to sell alcoholic beverages as long as these are for takeout and are not consumed where they are purchased. Decree 171-21 states that the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is banned …

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UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili vacationed with his family in the Dominican Republic this year and praised the efforts by the country to recover its tourism industry. Now, it is known that the Ministry of Tourism is inviting to a meeting of tourism ministers of the Americas at the same time that the World Travel and …

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The National Children, Adolescents and Family Agency (Dinnaf) reported that on Wednesday, 31 March 2021, the non-profit organization, Jompéame had complied with a recent order by the Attorney General Office. Jompéame removed a video that violated what Dinnaf says is the right to integrity of a girl victim of incest and other videos and images …

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