2017 – Page 12

The Sportline Flash Night Run, at the distances of 5K and 10K, will take place this coming 16 December at 7pm along the Malecon of Santo Domingo. Tickets to this fun event can be purchased online at sdctickets.do 14 December 2017

Dominican emerging singer, Techy Fatule is performing this Friday, 15 December 2017 at the Coliseo Teo Cruz in Santo Domingo. Showtime is 7:30pm. Tickets are for sale online at Uepa Tickets and at Supermercados Nacional and Jumbo stores. Jumbo is promoting 50% off on ticket prices for those purchasing RD$1,000 or more at the store. …

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The Sun, the British newspaper, has followed the saga of 46-year old Glyn Bailey, who became famous in the Dominican Republic after the woman he had come all the way from the UK called for help from the authorities, saying she couldn’t afford to support him. The media focused on the upside of this British …

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Lenin Ramirez has clarified that he is the manager of bachata singer Anthony Santos and Raul Gil, under arrest in New York, is but an artistic promoter. He said that Gil worked on event organizations with numerous artists from many countries and musical genres and in that capacity worked with Santos. Ramirez distanced Santos from …

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The authorities are feverishly looking for an escaped inmate who had been sentenced to 10 years in jail in San Pedro de Macoris for robbery and who is part of the gang “The Ditch Assassins”. Tony Alberto Medrano was at the preventive jail in the court house when he escaped from the bathroom. He was …

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The Public Prosecution Office in La Vega has said that it will appeal the decision of a La Vega court to allow the priest Miguel Florenzán Ulloa, to go free, even though he has been accused of having sex with minors. Instead of coercive measures of jail time, the priest was allowed to make monthly …

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Public Defenders have announced a strike for today, Thursday 14 December 2017, across the whole country to demand wage increases. Spokespeople for the Movement for Salaries with Dignity and the National Association of Public Defenders say they have had no answer from the National Office of Public Defense (ONDP) on their requested salary increases. They …

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Patients from the Intensive Care Unit at the Marcelino Vélez Santana Hospital were evacuated on the morning of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 when a fan caught on fire in the hospital pharmacy and the smoke reached the ICU. The patients were moved the Cardio Neuro-Opthamology and Transplant Center (Cecanot) and the National Police Hospital. The …

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Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzmán Marcelino says a Ministry of Public Health commission is investigating the circumstances in which a newborn baby died when a fire burned its crib in the premature unit at the hospital. A doctor also suffered burns. The minister said the investigation is carried out by the Viceministerio de Garantía de …

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National Police Director, Major General Ney Aldrin Bautista, has announced that the National Federation of Dominican Transport (Fenatrado) has ordered its members to lift their forceful ban on merchandise transported to and from ports that had began last Monday, 11 December 2017. The latest conflict erupted when Malespin construction company, that is carrying out works …

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