Dolores Vicioso – Page 193

The Estrellas Orientales rallied for three runs in the top of the 11th inning to defeat the Toros del Este 6-4 at Estadio Francisco Micheli in La Romana and become the first team to qualify in the 2024-25 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship, the Dominican League (Lidom) reports in a press release. The game was …

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Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé has appointed Colombian-Haitian national Wooldy Edson Louidor as the new ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Louidor is a renowned researcher and professor at Colombia’s Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. As reported, he is well-respected within the Haitian diaspora. He is an expert on migration issues, with published research carried …

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For years, Dominican military and Migration agents have been instructed to not respond to aggression from Haitian migrants. There is even a famous case of cardiologist Dr. Pedro Ureña on the border in 2018 who was kidnapped while Dominican military looked on and did nothing. Now, after Haitian migrants injured a Migration agent in the …

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An analysis on Haiti in N Digital by Raul German Bautista lists the recent commentaries by key personalities in Haiti while remarking how the elite has failed to comment on the escalating violence in that country and instead the focus continues to be on the deportations from the Dominican Republic. German Bautista writes about how …

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The construction works still ongoing at Km 9 of the Duarte and the heavy equipment at the site are creating worse bottlenecks than in the past. Those headed north or coming from the north are recommended to detour using the bypasses to enter and exit Santo Domingo. While the distance is greater, the traffic will …

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For decades, the transit authorities have looked the other way allowing motorcyclists to flagrantly break the transit laws. The politicians have seen these more than three million drivers as voters and have been lax in applying the law. As a result, those driving cars and those on foot, need to fend for their lives. If …

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The Magna Group (importers of Hyundai) donated RD$35 million to remodel the small park located adjacent to their headquarters at the intersection of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy avenues. The now Los Proceres Environmental Park was previously as the Zooberto, the city attraction filled with giant animal-shaped structures covered with climbing green vines. “This …

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A blackout affected operations of the south terminal at Las Américas International Airport on Wednesday as of noon. Noticias SIN reported the blackout lasted about 1 hour and 40 minutes. According to Luis José López, Communications Director for Aerodom (Dominican Airports), the outage was caused by a short circuit. López explained that a sump pump, …

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A three-student team of INTEC in Santo Domingo won the first place during the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Caribbean Finals 2024 held at the Universidad de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This is the most prestigious contest for university students focused on solution of algorithmic problems..The winning team was made up of …

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A Nigerian man was apprehended at Punta Cana International Airport with his stomach full of cocaine following a routine inspection conducted by agents from the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and members of the Specialized Airport Security Corps (CESAC). He was detained in the departure area of the airport, moments before boarding a flight to …

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