2015 – Page 42

40-year old Dominican slugger David Ortiz has announced that the time has come for him to retire after a 19-year old career in Major League Baseball, including the past 13 seasons with the Boston Red Sox. Yesterday, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 he announced that his career would be over next season. Ortiz has won three …

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In the sixth week of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship, the Tigres del Licey are leading and the Aguilas Cibaenas are last, but all of the teams still have a chance at winning the tournament. In the game in Santiago yesterday evening, Wednesday 18 November 2015, starting pitcher Joey Rickard not only pitched well, …

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The Partai Weekend 2015 organized by Poto Entertainment and Delete Producciones brings electronic music concert to Juan Dolio Beach this weekend, 20-22 November 2015. DJs The Martinez Brothers (USA), Davide Squillace (Italy) and Hector (Germany), together with Morgana, Lou Flores, Gil Montiel (Live), Nova Duet, Diego Tera, Hanie, Tony Guerra, Leand, Abril Love, Felipe, Alemais, …

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President Danilo Medina is hosting his Panamanian counterpart Juan Carlos Varela and First Lady Lorena Castillo for a two-day official visit, reported the Presidency. Varela arrived on the evening of 17 November 2015 and was received at Las Americas International Airport by Foreign Minister Andres Navarro. Presidential press spokesman Roberto Rodriguez Marchena told the press …

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Minster of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo and Economic and Social Council (CES) chairman Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado have outlined the methodology for implementing the negotiation phase of the Electricity Pact. They said that the discussions that were held in September and October had ended with 82 areas of consensus and 28 of partial consensus. The …

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Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo, who chairs the Presidential Commission for Municipal Reform, has presented the results of the quarterly report on the System for the Monitoring Public Administration (SISMAP). The results shown that half of the country’s local authorities have made significant progress, 20% some progress and 30% little. At the top of …

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Licelotte Marte de Barrios, the president of the Chamber of Accounts of the Dominican Republic, the auditing arm of the Dominican government, says that 70% of Dominican government officials have not presented their personal wealth statements as required by Law 311-14. Of 3,139 government officials required to do so, Marte de Barrios says that only …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has not ruled out other judges being investigated for irregularities in the course of their duties. Dominguez Brito was talking to the press yesterday, Tuesday 17 November 2015, following the suspension of five judges who face accusations of belonging to a structure to manipulate judicial processes and release criminal suspects. …

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The Dominican Republic Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD), in partnership with Caribbean Export, sponsored a seven-company mission to the 33rd FIHAV 2015 trade show that was held in Havana from 2-7 November 2015. The Dominican business delegation joined 4,500 exhibitors from 60 countries interested in selling to the Cuban market. Participants included Industrial Keravit, …

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