2017 – Page 21

The trending Piso 21 music group from Colombia will be performing on 15 December 2017 at the Hard Rock Live at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo. With them will be Domincian urban singer, El Nene la Amenazzy. Among Piso 21 best hits are: Dejala que vuelva, Me llamas and Bestandote. 5 December 2017

Ten-time All Star and three-time World Series champion David Ortiz’s Golf Classic reaped US$1.3 million for lifesaving heart surgeries for children at the Cedimat of Plaza de la Salud and hospitals in New England. To date, the David Ortiz Golf Classic has gathered over US$4 million for surgeries that have saved the lives of over …

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A person was reported dead on Monday, 4 December 2017 at Av. 27 de Febrero almost corner Av. Abraham Lincoln. In the accident, two vehicles, an Audi and a Range Rover were totaled. The Metropolitan Transport Authority (Amet) has yet to issue a report on the tragedy. Read more in Spanish: 7 Dias 5 December …

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Migration lawyer Anibel González Ureña, who was slashed and stabbed by her former spouse, Yasmil Oscar Fernández (Ray) in San Pedro de Macorís is in stable condition and recovering at the Plaza de la Salud Hospital in Santo Domingo where she was taken after first care in San Pedro. Dashira Martínez, spokesperson for the hospital, …

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Simón Bolivar Ureña alias “El Boli”, accused of having been contracted to move the corpse of pregnant teenager Emely Peguero, has been given another eight months of preventive custody by Judge Isolina Peralta. This follows the imposing of another three months behind bars for Marlon Martinez and then his mother Marlin as well. These two …

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A standoff between members of the National Police and a supposed gang of assailants left five people dead and at least three injured in an event that occurred on the night of 3 December, 2017 in Sanchez Ramirez province. Twenty-year old Ana Deisy Batista, who was four months pregnant, and her husband, barber Estarlin Mejia …

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Rápido & Festivo, fast and festive, is the name of the new promotion by mega store La Sirena. 50 shoppers will win the right to run through the store and fill up their cart in 10 minutes. The shoppers can keep up to RD$50,000 in goods. The tickets to participate in the right to run …

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The ruling PLD party candidate, Miguel Surun Hernandez was re-elected as president of the Dominican Lawyers Association (CARD). Surun received 9,703 votes, or 50.98% of the votes. He will preside the organization from 2018 to 2020. He defeated Enrique Garcia (7,868 votes) with 41.34% who ran for the opposition party, PRM. Read more in Spanish: …

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  The president-elect of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Wilson Roa lamented that the Dominican health system is controlled by bankers who he said make the rules of the game, and reap high profits through their health care providers. Dr. Roa said the situation cannot continue as a “Persian market, where health is a …

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The Migration Agency (DGM) announced the arrest of 555 undocumented Haitians during operations carried out on Saturday and Sunday, 2 and 3 December 2017 in Puerto Plata city, Sosua, Imbert and Montellano as well as other parts of the northern region. The Migration Agency says that they had received information of large numbers of undocumented …

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