2017 – Page 225

The Japanese baseball league began play on 31 March 2017, with the participation of seven Dominican players, including Boston Red Sox’s former slugger, Manny Ramírez. Ramírez made headlines for negotiating a contract that included all the sushi he wanted. The season ends in October. As reported in Diario Libre, the Dominican players on NPB rosters …

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The 17th Ordinary Assembly of the American Sport Council (CADE) and the 22nd Ibero-American Sports Council (CID) will bring together approximately 60 sports ministers and other senior government officials from across South, Central and North American countries for meetings in Santo Domingo this week. The events will take place in Santo Domingo at the InterContinental …

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The four-masted topsail, the Royal Spanish Navy’s, Juan Sebastián de Elcano will be docking in Santo Domingo on Easter Saturday, 15 April 2017 at 9am. At 113 meters (371 ft) long, the training ship is the third-largest tall ship in the world. The ship departed on 12 March from Cádiz, Spain. It will dock at …

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The Dominican government reported that an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale occurred around 10:45pm on Sunday, 2 April 2017. The epicenter of the quake was 92.8 km below the surface in El Valle, Hato Mayor province. The US government reported the earthquake had measured 4.7 on the Richter Scale. The tremor was felt …

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Two young men lost their lives on the night of Sunday, 2 April 2017. One of the victims, 16-year old Vicente Alejandro King Acosta, was a rising baseball star. The accident happened in Samaná at around 10pm. The victims were Erinaldo Castro, aged 25 who was driving a motorcycle. Preliminary reports say he crashed into …

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The director of El Caribe newspaper, Rafael Osvaldo Santana, has been selected as the winner of the National Journalist Prize 2017 by the Ministry of Education and the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP). His selection was announced by the president of the CDP, Olivo de Leon, who said that Santana was chosen by a jury …

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During the new operations between the National Police and the Ministry of Defense, over the last 24 hours there have been 1,582 people arrested. Those with records will previous criminal records will be required to appear in court. Other detainees will be released within the legal time limit stipulated if no charges are brought against …

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Yesterday, 3 March 2017, a National District judge ruled that the four people accused of belonging to the band run by the deceased John Percival Matos should remain in jail on remand. Judge Rigoberto Sena announced the decision during the mandatory revision of coercive measures, stating that the reasons for applying them had not changed. …

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National District judge Rigoberto Sena ordered the start of the trial against who at the time was the powerful truckers union (Fenatrado) president Blas Peralta, accused of the murder of former rector of the state university (UASD) Mateo Aquino Febrillet. The trial opening had been delayed on more than 15 occasions by the defense lawyers. …

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According to data from the Aviation Accident Investigation Commission (CIAA) and the Civil Aviation Board (JAC), since 2015 to date there have been 24 air accidents in the country that have led to 11 deaths and five disappearances. According to the reports, on 4 March 2017, ex Air Force officer, Jose Ernesto Rosario Alvares died …

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