2013 – Page 124

Journalist Juan Bolivar Diaz and his wife Ada Wiscovich were injured in an accident on the Duarte highway near Bonao yesterday, Thursday 22 August. Diaz was traveling to Santiago where he was due to give a lecture. The accident occurred at Km. 56 of the Duarte Highway, near Piedra Blanca. Diaz is the press director …

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An inventory presented to the Attorney General Office by the German Consulate indicates that in the raid carried out in La Mulata III residential community in Sosua on 12 October 2012 the missing assets are worth around RD$31 million, not the RD$60 million in two safe boxes as originally published in the press. Diario Libre …

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The Bani police have announced the arrest of nine members of a gang known as Cristian Matatan, described by the Police as the leading drug distributors in San Cristobal. In the arrest 59.1 grams of cocaine, 30.1 grams of marijuana, a Star gun, six mobile phones and three motorcycles were seized. Reportedly, the gang operated …

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The Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos came second in the Diamond League’s 400m event held yesterday, Thursday 22 August at the DN Galan Stadium in Stockholm. LaShawn Merritt from the US maintained a comfortable lead over his competitors to clock 44.69 seconds to win the race. Santos clocked 45.25 to Pavel Maslak of the Czech Republic’s …

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The Dominican men’s national basketball team lost to Brazil 78-77 in the warm up Tuto Marchand Continental basketball cup in Puerto Rico yesterday Thursday 22 August. The game was decided in the last second. The DR will now play Puerto Rico, Canada and Argentina during the 22-26 August series. The games are a warm up …

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Rihanna is booked for the Punta Cana Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on 26 October. Her concert is part of the Rihanna Budweiser Diamonds World Tour, with the coordination of Live Nation Global Touring and PAV Entertainment. Tickets are for sale at Uepa Tickets. General admission is RD$2,800, Diamond RD$4,000, Platinum RD$6,000 and Special Guest …

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The Seven Hot Bodies of Summer reality show will take place this Saturday, 24 August on the Noche de Luz TV show. www.nochedeluz.net

“A Guitarrazos limpios” is the name of the Victor Victor show at Lucia 203, at Calle Hostos in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. He will be accompanied by fellow musicians Pavel Nunez, Janio Lora, Manuel Jimenez, Marel Alemany and even Minister of Culture Jose Antonio Rodriguez.

Starring Dominican tenor Edgar Perez and Cuban-American singer Elizabeth Caballero, The Merry Widow will open at the National Theater in Santo Domingo on 23 August followed by a second performance the next day. The operetta by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar is based on the story of a rich widow and her countrymen’s attempt to keep …

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The events on the calendar for this weekend include the Go kart races at Mobil 1 Autodrome on Las Americas Expressway near Santo Domingo, the one million meter Body Shop swimathon in Naco, Santo Domingo, Festevivas live statues this weekend at Parque Colon and Guibia in Santo Domingo and in Samana, Roberto Olea jazz at …

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