2017 – Page 105

The Dominican Republic girls under 18 volleyball team defeated China in the continuing of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U18 World Championship played in Rosario, Argentina. The game score was 13-25, 11-25 and 21-25. In Dominican team is playing in Group D. During the first classificatory round, the DR lost to Japan and Turkey, but …

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The Dominican Republic, the Caribbean champions, representing the region in the 2017 Little League World Series, failed to defeat Venezuela to move on in the tournament that is taking place in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA from 17-27 August 2017. The DR lost 3-2 to the Venezuelan team that represents Latin America in the championship. 16 teams …

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Delicious avocados are abundant in the Dominican Republic. Now a recent study released at the 254th American Chemistry Society conference on 21 August 2017, reports findings that have uncovered more nutrition and medicinal benefits found in the least appreciated part of the avocado – the seed husks. New research shows that the seed husks, that …

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Two workers died in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales when they were buried under rocks while they were filling a truck on Monday night, 21 August 2017. One of the workers was Haitian and the other Dominican and they both died from suffocation. The workers made a living clandestinely loading construction material at night from the quarries …

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Former Minister of the Treasury, Vicente Bengoa, has been admitted to the Clinica Abel Gonzalez having suffered a stroke. According to information received, he is in intensive care, although thought to be out of danger. It has been said that he has appeared to be very agitated for several days, which could have provoked the …

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Miosotis Rivas Peña was chosen by the board of directors of the Centro para la Promoción de la Micro, Mediana y Pequeña Empresa en Centroamérica (Cenpromype), a leading small business organization. She replaces Ingrid Figueroa of El Salvador, who occupied the position for 11 years. The election took place in Panama City. The Ministry of …

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The Santo Domingo Water and Sewage Corporation (CAASD) announced on Tuesday, 22 August 2017, that it will begin supplying bottled watered to government offices and in the future to hospitals and schools in Greater Santo Domingo. “We are working to be able to supply the public offices of Greater Santo Domingo in the future,” said …

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Puerto Plata senator José Ignacio Paliza (PRM-Puerto Plata) announced the submitting of a bill to create and regulate the national statistics system. He highlighted the important role that reliable and accurate data play in organized countries. He said in the Dominican Republic the body that designs and executes public policies is the same agency that …

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A commission with members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate was named to debate the Penal Code during the opening sessions of Congress this week. The Penal Code has been debated for over 20 years in the legislature, but has not passed primarily because of the strong positions regarding abortion. José Luis Cosme …

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The director of the Francisco Moscoso Puello Hospital, Doctor Francisco Torres Lebrón, has admitted that irregularities have been found in the documentation procedures in the Luis Eduardo Aybar Hospital, but he says there is no evidence of a massive fraudulent documentation operation. His comments came following a complaint from former judge Juan Miguel Castillo Pantaleón …

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