2009 – Page 133

The director of the Francisco Moscoso Puello hospital, Roberto LaFontaine said that he doubts that it was a doctor who attacked him as he was consulting patients at the hospital during a work stoppage of public hospital doctors called by the Dominican Medical College (CMD). The director was punched on his bottom lip. LaFontaine says …

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The Police announced the arrest of seven in the murder of a young bank executive in the middle-class El Millon sector of Santo Domingo. Kaisha Patricia Requena Grullon, personnel director at the Asociacion Popular de Ahorros y Prestamos, had arrived at her home at 9pm at night when two men demanded she hand over her …

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Tensions between Haitians and Dominicans are once again on the rise after the death of a Dominican national at the hands of a Haitian man. Reports indicate that tensions began when youth Jesus Rivas Polanco was stabbed to death by a Haitian man, during an attempted robbery. As a result the homes of 15 persons, …

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Concerns are growing in Azua over the continuous flow of drugs and the lack of prosecution of accused drug traffickers. The latest is the case of Feliz Antonio Rosado who will only get one month preventive custody after having been caught with 12 packets of cocaine. Hoy reports that of the 12 packets seized eight …

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Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra is stretching his fame just a bit further and and is in Japan on tour. Guerra, who is traveling as part of the “Travesia Tour,” was in Fukuoka, Japan, yesterday, where he performed also as part of a promotional campaign by the Ministry of Tourism. Guerra took the stage with …

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Red Sox slugger David Ortiz says he yet does not know for what drug he tested positive and was included 104 players for substance steroid abuse in 2003. During a press conference before the Red Sox/Yankee matchup at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, Ortiz claimed that he ingested over the counter supplements that could have triggered …

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The DR’s mid amateur golf team was crowned tournament champions in its class during the Caribbean Golf Championships held in Turks and Caicos. The team had round scores of 70, 68, 72 and 73 and shot 5 under par for the tournament. The team dedicated the victory to the Dominican Republic and to the attending …

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The ten of the best national men’s teams of the continent are in San Juan, Puerto Rico competing to qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The Dominican team is one of these that will play in the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum from 26 August to 6 September 2009. The …

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World-ranked Dominican master swimmer Danilo Vicioso won gold, silver and bronze medals in the US Swimming Master Championship that ended on Monday, 10 August in Indianapolis. This is the most important event organized by the US Master Swimming. More than 1,000 swimmers participated, representing several countries. He is the only Dominican ranked in three events …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated a campus of the state university UASD yesterday in central Bonao, Monsignor Nouel province, an hour and a half from Santo Domingo. The campus was built by Ozoria & Asociados at a reported cost of RD$1.4 billion. It has 72 classrooms, 18 labs, several sports courts, and a multi-use facility with …

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