2016 – Page 171

A 68-year old tourist from the United States, Carlos Arturo Tello, was killed on Thursday, 31 December 2015 during a buggy excursion with his wife in Punta Cana. He suffered serious injuries in the accident and died at the Punta Cana Medical Center. He was riding the buggy with his wife Deyanira Tello, who also …

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Engineer Juan Jose Castilla is the first person to go public on the high risk factors of the relatively new Boulevard del Este in Punta Cana, in an interview in El Diario Libre. The busy boulevard posts speed signs of 100 kph when a more moderate 60 kph seems more appropriate. Engineer Castilla says that …

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A moderate earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale was registered in Montecristi province at 11.25am on Saturday, 2 January 2015. The quake was also felt in the provinces of Samana, Moca, San Juan de la Maguana, Santiago Rodriguez, Dajabon and Mao with people running into the streets in Castanuelas, Montecristi due to the intensity …

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Listin Diario recalls the duo of Bachata Rosa that the late Natalie Cole recorded with Dominican singing star Juan Luis Guerra after the news broke of her death of heart failure in Los Angeles, California on 31 December 2015. “Natalie Cole en Espanol” was the 23rd and final studio album she recorded. It was released …

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Dominican karate athlete, Maria Dimitrova won the title of Grand Champ of the New York Open Karate Championship on Sunday, 11 October 2015. Around 400 US and Canadian karate athletes participated in the event, a preparatory competition for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Dimitrova was first in Women’s Open category (Kata), defeating Canadian Hana Furumoto …

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