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Known as going fishing for “squared seabass”, it is an activity long undertaken by fishermen who have found it to be more profitable than normal fishing in the waters off Pedernales in the southwest. The fishermen head out to sea to ‘capture’ packages of cocaine dumped by drug traffickers when fearing to be captured. The …

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Legendary Dominican baseball player Sammy Sosa was admitted to the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, 20 October. The sixth best producer of homeruns of all times (609 to his credit) is also the only one with three seasons batting at least 60 home runs. Other Dominican sports stars honored on Sunday were Major …

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The Pan American Badminton Championships are taking place in Santo Domingo starting today, Monday 21 and continuing through Sunday 27 October. The event encompasses the 18th Pan American Badminton Championships Team Event (21-23 Oct) and the 18th Pan American Badminton Championships Individual Event (24-27 October). In men’s singles, the best player is William Cabrera (ranked …

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The leading Dominican fashion week opens this evening, Monday 21 October with a runway show by Leonel Lirio, the designer best known for his Miss Universe and Miss World designs. The event takes place at the Hotel Embajador in Santo Domingo. Later in the evening, Sully Bonnelly will present the pret-a-porter collection he has designed …

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In Panama for the 23rd Ibero-American Summit for the Heads of State and Government, President Danilo Medina held a 45-minute meeting with President Ricardo Martinelli of Panama at the Palacio de las Garzas. The Presidency reports that they discussed the economy, industry, communications and bilateral issues. Medina traveled to Panama yesterday, Thursday 17 October with …

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President Danilo Medina, speaking at the IX Ibero-American Business Meeting, organized by the Business Forum for Latin America (CEAL) yesterday, Thursday 17 October prior to the sessions of the 23rd Ibero-American Summit for the Heads of State and Government that is taking place in Panama, advocated for a regional alliance to create wealth and jobs …

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According to Dionis Sanchez, president of the joint committee of deputies and senators that is studying the National Budget for 2014, the government needs to find another RD$1.2 billion to pay for funding the Judicial Branch, Sabana Yegua and Monte Grande dams and the agreed pay rise for public hospital doctors. He said that Monte …

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Presidential Legal Advisor Cesar Pina Toribio says that a demonstration by a group holding signs proclaiming “We Are All Haiti” and that boycotted the speech of President Danilo Medina on Tuesday, 15 October, at the XII Regional Conference for Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, was unacceptable given the legitimate decision made by the …

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International human rights organization Amnesty International says that the Dominican Republic should not implement a Constitutional Court ruling that it says could leave hundreds of thousands of people stateless. The Constitutional Court rejected applying the place of birth principle (jus solis) to everyone born in the Dominican Republic, and instead offered a fast-track residency process. …

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The Caribbean Community issued a statement on Thursday, 17 October expressing concern over the recent citizenship ruling (168-13) in the Dominican Republic that it says could leave hundreds of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent without a nationality, as reported in Caribbean Journal. It was the first major pronouncement from CARICOM since last month’s ruling. …

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