2015 – Page 278

Miss Universe 2003 Amelia Vega and Atlanta Hawks basketball player Al Horford have released the first photo of their baby boy born in late February 2015. Baby Ean Horford is dressed as a basketball that just made the net. In the message accompanying the photo, mom says: “I still look at him and I can’t …

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Haiti’s Judicial Police director Remau Normil and Frederick Leconte who is in charge of Interpol in Haiti have arrived in the Dominican Republic to support local investigations into the murder of Haitian Claude Jean Harri, “Henry” also known as “Tulile” who was found hanging from a tree in the park in Santiago on February 11 …

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The Attorney General Office is investigating a case of asset laundering involving Carlos Villavizar Guzman, a former associate of convicted drug dealer Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo. Villavizar is in jail in La Vega in connection with cocaine found hidden amongst a consignment of pineapples for export to the Netherlands. The cocaine was seized in Cotui. …

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The National Drug Control Agency has arrested 58-year old Brigida Mercedes Sosa accused of trafficking in cocaine. She arrived on an Inselair flight from St. Maarten last week and was arrested upon arrival at Las Americas International Airport. She was taken to the Armed Forces Central Hospital in Santo Domingo where she later expelled the …

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Puerto Plata prosecutors are interrogating 23 people, including 17 US nationals (16 men and one women) accused of people trafficking for prostitution in the Agua Clara development in El Choco, Sosua. During the raid, 29 women were released from the center, including several minors. Puerto Plata prosecution office spokeswoman Mariel Vasquez said that they would …

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Playing for the Seton Hall Pirates team in New Jersey, 20-year old Angel Delgado has been recognized as the top freshman rebounder in the United States. Delgado who stands 6’9 was recruited from his hometown in Bajos de Haina and has had an outstanding first season from start to finish, averaging nearly a double-double with …

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In the first round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the BNP Paribas Open, taking place from 12-22 March 2015 in Indian Wells, California, USA, top Dominican tennis player 34-year old Victor Estrella (ranked 57th by ATP with a career high of 48 on 23 February 2015) plays 34-year old Michael Berrer (at present …

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First Lady Candida Montilla formally opened the Women’s Sports Festival at the Volleyball Pavilion in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center yesterday, Thursday 12 March 2015. Montilla was accompanied by Sports Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal and Senate president Cristina Lizardo, who also chairs the Games Organizing Committee. A total of 1,400 athletes from Cuba, …

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The National Farm and Livestock Fair starts this weekend at the Feria Ganadera installations on Santo Domingo’s Malecon seafront boulevard. The fair, which showcases a selection of the best of the country’s livestock and farm produce, opens tomorrow Saturday 14 March 2015 and continues through 22 March. The programme of events includes all day and …

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The Ministry of Public Works is pledging to solve the traffic distribution problem on the Haina-Duarte Highway as it crosses the Sanchez Highway within 45 days. Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo said that on Saturday 7 March 2015 he approved the adjustments required to fix the problems that have caused traffic jams on the …

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