2017 – Page 156

Team USA defeated Team DR 3-1 (25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23) for the Pan American Cup trophy during the finals of the 16th Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup by Movistar that took place in Lima, Peru on Sunday, 25 June 2017. The DR was the defending champion. Both teams had reached the finals with six wins …

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Law enforcement authorities arrested Venezuelan Julio César Medina Navas who is accused of stealing RD$2,600,000 (more than US$55,300) for fraudulent cash retrievals and purchases with cloned credit cards. The arrest was made at an apartment located on the Malecon in Santo Domingo in a raid by the Police and state prosecutors. The Police reported occupying …

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The Police is investigating the finding of two corpses now identified as Dutch men 33-year old Rachid Benbouker and 35-year old Cuma Ceviz. The two murder victims were found in El Seibo, in the east. Investigators say everything so far points to a settlement in the drug circuit. The two men are believed to have …

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Emelyn Baldera, the Listin Diario entertainment writer, is the newly elected president of the Dominican Show Business Association (Acroarte). She won the guild election having received 111 votes to 87 votes for fellow journalist Cristina Liriano. Baldera was elected for the 2017-2019 period. The vote counts were: in Santo Domingo (51 to 49), Santiago (22 …

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Diario Libre reports that the fidget spinner has caught on as a toy in the Dominican Republic to the point it is becoming a problem in schools. The device was originally developed to help people with hyperactive movements associated with ADHD to focus and learn better. But the mania for fidget spinners has taken off, …

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A Santo Domingo West court sent Pedro José Gutiérrez Nova, son of the Superintendent of Insurance Euclides Gutiérrez Félix, to jail for three months of pre-trial detention. He is accused of posing as a Police general and being the head of the Asociación de la Policía Comunitaria Municipal (Asopodomc), whose members are dedicated to train …

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Florinda Rojas, the executive director of the National Migration Institute, says that only 16% of those deported from abroad have relatives and roots in the Dominican Republic. This makes their re-insertion into their country of origin more difficult. The US government routinely deports Dominicans that have served jail time in the United States. Committing a …

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The green shirts of the Green March Movement paraded along the main street in the populous Los Tres Brazos as residents in that low-income barrio came out in force to create awareness and protest corruption in government and impunity. The walk began at 10am in front of the Club de los Billeteros. Protestors also complained …

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Hundreds marched to Parque Independencia in the Colonial City to pressure the Chamber of Deputies to vote in favor of eliminating restrictions on abortion in the cases of incest, rape or fetus abnormality inserted in the Senate to the Penal Code. The Chamber of Deputies house had originally passed the Penal Code prior to sending …

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Gabriela Bonetti is the new Dominican Representative to the World Trade Organization (OMC). She replaces Ambassador Luis Manuel Piantini Munnigh. The appointment is issued in Decree 211-17. Bonetti began her diplomatic career in 2003 as counselor at the Dominican Embassy in France. She advanced to minister counselor, in charge of political affairs at the Dominican …

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