2017 – Page 100

The Dominican Republic won the 4 x 400 athletics race clocking in at 3:04.34 with the relay made up by brothers Luguelin (silver in the 2012 Olympic Games) and Juander Santos, and Luis Charles and Andito Charles. The USA team was second with 3:06.68 and Czech Republic men were third with 3:08.14. Previously, Luguelin Santos …

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Three of the four quadruplets who were born in the Reynaldo Almanzar Hospital in Santo Domingo province have died while the fourth baby is critical condition. Hospital director, Rafael Draper, explained that the babies’ mother, Eloida Santos, was already in labor when she arrived at the hospital, but the babies were only 25 to 26 …

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Four supposed attackers who were being sought by members of the National Police were all shot to death by the police in Higuey on Sunday, 27 August 2017. The victims were Jairon Mieses, alias Lairon, as well as the so called Maiki and El Tro, and one other who is so far unnamed. They were …

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On Friday, 25 August 2017, the Coast Guard said the crew of a Coast Guard maritime patrol aircraft detected a suspicious vessel traveling towards Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic, about 38 nautical miles west of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Juan diverted the Joseph Napier to interdict the suspect …

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The National District Prosecution Service presented a complaint against Odebrecht commercial representative in the Dominican Republic Ángel Rondón and Francisco Rodríguez, the former director of the National Water Institute (INDRHI) for supposed extortion and fraud. Lawyers Plutarco Jáquez and Benita de la Rosa filed the complaint representing Félix Radhamés Batista Matos, who alleges he has …

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Guillermo Moreno, the president of the Alianza País political party, says what Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez has done is but a farce of an investigation into the Odebrecht bribes scandal, in which the company admitted to paying US$192 million in bribes to secure contract work in the Dominican Republic. On Wednesday, 23 August 2017, …

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Four agents of the Specialized Tourist Security Corps (CESTUR) have allegedly dished out a harsh beating to a community leader and social movement activist of the Green March movement in Sosua followed by imprisoning her for three days. The victim was Yulendy Burgos, who is the president of the organization Quisqueyanas Valientes de Sosúa and …

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Following a commemorative march on Saturday, 26 August 2017 in Parque Colon in the Colonial City, social organizations are calling for a governmental truth commission to compile a list of the supposed 20,000 Dominicans who are reported as victims of state disappearances. The Memorial Museum of the Dominican Resistance organized the march to honor the …

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Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ramón Peralta said the government has plans to start charging foreigners that visit public hospitals to give birth. The announcement comes at a time when the number of Haitians coming to give birth at Dominican hospitals is on the rise. Public hospitals on the border reportedly serve more women …

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Next, Sunix and Nativa brands have paid full page advertisements in the free dailies to campaign against competing business groups that want the government to allow single fuel stations to sell mixes of diesel, gasoline and propane. In the Dominican Republic propane is sold separately. Next, Sunix and Native argue that the selling of propane …

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