Dolores Vicioso – Page 161

Students from the Loyola Polytechnical Institute in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, have embarked on the first phase of a unique training program in collaboration with the prestigious Spallanzani Institute (IIS-spallanzani) in Castelfranco, Italy. The initiative, known as the “Wine and Vineyard” project is designed to integrate the school, campus, and business sectors of the Dominican …

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Six 11th-grade students from the Abraham Lincoln School in La Romana, part of the Central Romana Corporation, have achieved a remarkable second-place victory in the prestigious “Future Leaders” competition organized by Hult International Business School and the renowned fashion house Dolce & Gabbana. The contest challenged participants to develop an innovative product for the Italian …

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“The game’s not over until it’s over,” applied to the game between Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayaguez and the Dominican Republic’s Leones del Escogido on Tuesday, 4 February 2025 in the Caribbean Series. The DR started off with a 5-1 lead over Puerto Rico in the first inning of the game, the Indios caught up …

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Crime continues to decline in the Dominican Republic, says the Ministry of Interior & Police. Interior and Police Minister Faride Raful has announced that January 2025 saw the lowest homicide rate in the country’s history, with a cumulative rate of 8.42 per 100 inhabitants. Raful attributed this success to the effective security strategies implemented in …

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President Luis Abinader said during the weekly La Semanal press conference on Monday, 3 February 2025 that on his agenda for his upcoming meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Santo Domingo is the advances in the organization of the 10th Summit of the Americas in November 2025 in Punta Cana. The event …

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Boston-based investment banker Mark Hall is calling attention of the US administration to retake the issues tackled in 2019 by a Center for Strategic and International Study (CSIS) report that looked into ways to stop the profiteering by military and government in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic that he writes has delayed real solutions …

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Smith Augustin of the Haiti Presidential Transition Council, was in Miami, Florida to participate in the 16th Annual Leadership Summit of the National Haitian American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON) from 24 to 26 January 2025, under the theme Hope to Action: Amplifying Haitian American Voices. Augustin is a former Haitian ambassador to the Dominican Republic. …

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The government of President Luis Abinader now has named three ministers without portfolio, following the recent appointment of Deligne Alberto Ascensión Burgo, as part of a reshuffle announced on Sunday, 2 February 2025, N Digital reports. Ascención would be leaving his post at the Ministry of Public Works as of 26 February. N Digital explains …

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An eight year old resolution of the city government of the capital city bans freight trucks from circulating on the Malecon. But given the present state of affairs with motorcyclists regularly violating the city resolution 2-2017, and parking is allowed even right under No Parking signs, and Digesett looks the other way. So, the truck …

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Mexico (Charros de Jalisco) is undefeated in the Caribbean Series taking place in Mexicali, Mexico and earned a slot in the playoffs of the regional winter baseball leagues. The DR (Leones del Escogido) has won two games and lost one against Mexico. The semi-finals are on 5 and 6 February, the final is set for …

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