2017 – Page 277

The Spanish romantic songs singer Braulio García joins Yohanna Almánzar of the Dominican Republic for a night of romantic boleros at the Barceló Santo Domingo (former Hotel Lina) in Santo Domingo. The show will be on Tuesday, 14 February at 9pm. Braulio is best known for his songs: “En la carcel de tu piel,” “Noche …

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With the DR playing without their best player, Víctor Estrella, Chilean tennis players won all the five matches and took home the Americas Zone I trophy. The teams were the 2017 Americas Zone Group I first round tie. The Chileans will now go on to take on Colombia from 7-9 April 2017. See the matches …

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Dominican Olympian Luisito Pie came away with the silver medal at the US Open Taekwondo Championships that took place in Las Vegas, Nevada from 31 January to 3 February 2017. Pie won the medal in the 63 kg category. The event took place at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino with the participation of …

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The representative of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series, the Tigres del Licey lost all their first four games to Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela in the Caribbean Series taking place in Culiacán, Mexico. They were the first team to be eliminated in the first round. The DR lost 4-0 to Cuba, 7-2 …

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The National Police announced the arrest of the named Giuseppe Sgarbi in Puerto Plata. He is accused of child pornography. During a raid on his dwelling, he was found to be engaged in the sexual exploitation of two minors (ages 16 and 17) and the making of pornographic videos with them. As reported, the minors were …

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Ricardo and Fernando Hazoury, president and vice president of the board at the Cap Cana real estate and tourism development in Punta Cana, expressed their pleasure in hosting Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump at the Punta Cana development last week. It was reported Trump visited for half a day. “It was excellent …

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The National Statistics Office (ONE) has a record of 2,978 fuel retail stations as of 2015). 51.2% sell diesel and gasoline, 24.9% sell propane gas and 1.3% sell natural gas. Most of the stations are located in Santo Domingo (18.1%), the National District (8.2%), Santiago (11%), Monte Plata (5.3%) and San Cristóbal (5%). Fuel stations …

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The ruling PLD political party announced a meeting has been called for the Political Committee of the PLD for Monday, 6 February 2017. The Political Committee is the highest-ranking body within the ruling political party. The meeting will take place at the Presidential Office of the PLD located in Zona Universitaria as of 7pm. Senator …

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Green March Against Impunity organizers say they are giving President Danilo Medina until the 27 of February 2017 (coinciding with Independence Day) to authorize and empower an independent commission of prosecutors to investigate the bribery scandal involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. The civic group is demanding the judiciary reveal and sanction those who have …

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The secretary general of the ruling PLD party, Reinaldo Pared Pérez said that he would back a proposal that would nominate a woman to replace Pablo Domingo del Rosario, who abruptly resigned from the Chamber of Accounts. The position of the PLD is key because that party is majority in the Senate and Chamber of …

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