2017 – Page 29

The Dominican Republic (ranked 17th) matches Canada (ranked 25th) on Monday, 27 November 2017 at 8pm at the Arena del Cibao in Santiago de los Caballeros as it battles to qualify for a slot in the First Round Qualifiers Americas – 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Canada has defeated the Dominican Republic in 12 of …

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The capital city team, Tigres del Licey defeated the championship leading Gigantes del Cibao, to win their third straight game. With the win, the team grabs the fourth place in the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship, leaving the other capital city team, the Leones del Escogido in fifth place. The teams standings as of 26 …

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José (Bebo) Hernández is leading the emerging talents of the Dominican Republic in men’s tennis at the F1 Futures Tennis Tournament that starts on Monday, 27 November 2017, at the courts of the Centro Nacional de Tenis at the Parque del Este in eastern Santo Domingo, as reported in El Nuevo Diario. The event is …

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The Dominican Republic finished in 7th place in the Bolivarian Games that closed in Santa Marta, Colombia on Saturday, 25 November 2017. The 181-athlete strong Dominican delegation came home with 68 medals, including 18 gold, 16 silver and 34 bronze. The Dominican Republic won gold in Track & Field (Luguelin Santos and Ana Lucia Jose), …

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On Friday, 24 November 2017, Martin Batista Ogando, the man the authorities suspect murdered 28-year old Geraldine Ivette Sanchez Baldera, turned himself in to the police at around 9:30pm. Hours earlier, the authorities had identified Batista as a “person of interest” and possible gunman involved in the death of Sanchez. In the afternoon, the Police …

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A fire reduced to ashes a Victorian house on Sunday, 26 November 2017, in the historic center of Puerto Plata. The house was located on Padre Castellanos and Profesor Juan Bosch. The wood and zinc house is property of Andrés Brugal Martínez. Wascar García, provincial director of the Civil Defense, said the cause of the …

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For those following the saga of Baby Astrid Montero, the baby that crowdfunding (GoFundMe) helped to receive sophisticated medical care to save her life, is now bottle-feeding. She underwent heart surgery for congenital malformations on 13 November 2017, at the Boston Children’s Hospital. Read more in Spanish: Listin Diario 27 November 2017

The executive director of the National Council for HIV and AIDS (Conavihsida) Victor Terrero said that Haitian immigrants are 47.8% of new HIV cases. He said the statistic is a major challenge to public policies and the country. He said men that have sex with men and trans people contribute 29.9% of the new cases, …

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Thousands of people congregated at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Center for an opportunity to find healing with Nigerian evangelist TB Joshua. From 8am, the believers came from all parts of the country seeking to be healed through their devotion to the African prophet said to do miracles. However, the Listin Diario reported that hundreds of …

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Diario Libre political analysts have been speculating former President Leonel Fernandez could split from the PLD and separately form his own political party. Fernandez is the president of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, but analysts indicate the extreme measure is a possibility if President Danilo Medina and followers continue to present obstacles to Fernandez running …

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