2016 – Page 127

Ericsson and Cisco have reached an agreement with Aster in Dominican Republic. Aster’s TV proposition and cable network in the Dominican Republic could be transformed through the deployment of the Ericsson and Cisco innovative technology, it was announced yesterday, Monday 22 February 2016. Aster is a challenger for a greater share of the Dominican Republic’s …

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According to the US Marshals Service, a man accused of murdering his baby son in 2011 was captured in his native Dominican Republic and returned to the United States to face charges. York City Police charged 31-year old Johann Ramirez Herrera with criminal homicide in October 2011, when his 11-month old son Yohandy Ramirez died …

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President Danilo Medina has expressed his sorrow at the news of the death of veteran journalist and diplomat Silvio Herasme Pena who died yesterday, Monday 22 February 2016 after suffering a heart attack. Herasme Pena was one of the first journalism graduates from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in 1966. He was a …

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A court in Puerto Plata has imposed one year in pre-trial custody on Darwin Felipe Peralta Mora (Daga or Yiyo), who is accused of murdering German tourist Ernst Gunter Haun, when trying to rob his wife’s gold chain. According to the evidence, Gunter Haun was killed after being shot in the chest on 11 February …

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Top Dominican tennis player Victor Estrella has decided to skip the Davis Cup in order to seek professional tournaments that can give him the points that he needs to return to the ATP ranking level needed to become the first Dominican tennis player in the Olympic Games. Estrella reached 56th place on 2 February 2016, …

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Sergio Vargas is booked for a concert at the Versus Disco at the Cap Cana Marina this Friday, 26 February 2016 at 9pm. He will be performing live with his band at the discotheque at the Cap Cana Fishing Lodge in Punta Cana. Tickets are RD$700 general admission, RD$1000 VIP. Tel 829 659-6801. Read more …

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On Easter Saturday, 26 March 2016, Puerto Rican salsa and pop singer Jerry Rivera will be performing at the Versus Disco at the Cap Cana Marina in Punta Cana. He is best known for his hits Cara de nino, Casi un hechizo and Amores como el nuestro and his recent bachata song Noche bohemia with …

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The Constitutional Tribunal, by means of Resolution TC012013-0009, has ruled to annul seven articles of the Expression and Diffusion of Thought Law dating back to 1961 (Ley Difusion Pensamiento 61-32) decriminalizing press defamation in the Dominican Republic. The Constitutional Tribunal ruled that Arts. 30, 31, 34, 37, 46, 47 and 48 of Law 6132 violated …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has announced it will be sitting down for talks with Minister of Public Health Altagracia Guzman today, Monday, 22 February 2016. Since Waldo Ariel Suero was elected as head of the CMD in November 2015, the association has staged a series of strikes affecting work at public hospitals, which mainly …

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Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo has announced the construction of seven new overpasses in Greater Santo Domingo as extensions of the Corredor Duarte roadworks. These will be an overpass on Av. Charles de Gaulle at the entrance to Invivienda and another at Sabana Perdida. Others will be built at Km. 17 and Km. 22 …

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