2013 – Page 275

Call it mangu or plantain power, whatever, yesterday, Tuesday 19 March the Dominican Republic celebrated its first ever win of the World Baseball Classic. The best team won. The DR had failed to make it to the finals in the 2006 and 2009 championships, but was undefeated in its eight matches in 2013. The Dominican …

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President Danilo Medina has congratulated the Dominican team for its victory in the World Baseball Championships, using his own election campaign slogan. “Dominican Republic, doing what has never been done before; winning the World Championships” he said via the Twitter social network. He went on to congratulate the players and Tony Pena and Moises Rojas …

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President Danilo Medina, accompanied by high-ranking military and police officials, was in Azua yesterday, Tuesday 19 March to preside over the commemorative celebrations of the 169th anniversary of the Battle of the 19 March. The Battle of 19 March 1844 took place in Azua between the Dominican troops led by General Pedro Santana and Haitian …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez says that her comments about the commission that represented the country at the investiture of Pope Francis were misinterpreted. Cedeno de Fernandez said that she was proud that the First Lady, Candida Montilla de Medina, was representing the Dominican government. She said that the whole situation had been poorly …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved the proposed new Civil Code and the bill now moves to the Senate for final passing. The new code includes new grounds for divorce, dispositions relating to gender and domestic violence, parental authority and inheritance issues. Justice Commission chairman Demostenes Martinez said that the new Civil Code reflected the …

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The Vice Minister of Interior and Police, Brigade General Ricardo Rosa Chupani, speaking at a United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York, has called on the international community to find ways to regulate the sales of firearms, and advocated the eradication of the misuse of …

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The Ministry of the Environment has formally begun work to set up a mini-generating system for clean energy in Mano Juan on Saona Island. The generator, financed by the government of Taiwan, will supply electricity to more than 100 families. The project will cost around RD$12 million and will also include a First Aid center, …

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The Seismology Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo announced that an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, some 22 kilometers north of Samana, was recorded at 11 o’clock yesterday morning, Tuesday 19 March. Seismic analyst Andres Moreta said that it was 38 kilometers deep and was felt not only in the immediate …

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Antonio Cabrera, 42, died yesterday, Tuesday 19 March from burns received when his car exploded due to a fault in the propane gas system, in the Nuevo Horizonte area of Santo Domingo West. Preliminary reports say there was a fire in the gas system and then the vehicle exploded. His body has been taken to …

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Nearly one year after a Taiwanese diplomat in the Dominican Republic was found stabbed to death, the incident remains under investigation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan has been in contact with police in the Dominican Republic and expressed hope that the case will be solved as soon as possible. Police in the Dominican …

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