Hector Acosta at Hard Rock Live
Listen to the soft merengues and the boleros of Hector Acosta (El Torito) at the Hard Rock Live on Thursday, 30 November 2017. 10pm. Tickets for sale online at Ticket Express. 21 November 2017
Speed racing on Sunday, 26 November
The Autodromo Sunix presents the closing race for the annual auto racing championship, the Gran Premio Viva 2017 on Sunday, 26 November 2017 starting at 10am. See the best drivers battle in the finals of the Dominican Touring Series (DTS) at the Las Americas Expressway Km 17, Santo Domingo Este. Tickets RD$300, RD$800, RD$1,200, RD$3,000. …
David Ortiz celebrates his birthday on Av. Venezuela
Retired Boston Red Sox slugger, David Ortiz was in Santo Domingo to celebrate his 42nd birthday with his pals at the Dial Bar on Av. Venezuela corner Av. Presidente Vásquez. The Av. Venezuela is best known for its large bars-dance lounges. When a Listin Diario reporter noted Ortiz was at the bar, she asked him …
Ton of cocaine seized in drug bust near Dominican territorial waters
Florida media are reporting that an approximate ton of cocaine valued at an estimated US$23 million wholesale was seized from a go-fast boat on 11 November 2017 off Dominican territorial waters. The boat was detained “just south of Jaragua, Dominican Republic,” the US Coast Guard reported. The drugs, packaged in 30 bales, were brought to …
Arrest warrant issued for plastic surgeon
A National District judge Elías Santini has ordered the arrest of plastic surgeon, Edgar Contreras, who was sentenced, along with two of his brothers, to three years in jail, with two years suspended. Yesterday, Monday 20 November 2017, Judge Elías Santini notified the Department for Fugitives at the Public Prosecution Office along with the National …
Rains to continue
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has said that 21 provinces are still under alert for possible floods. The National Meteorological Agency (Onamet) forecasts rains will continue due to a low pressure weather front passing over the country. Onamet say most of the rains will be felt in the northeast, east, south east, south west and …
The high cost of keeping a pet
A report in Listin Diario on 20 November 2017 suggests that caring for a pet dog can cost RD$7,000 to RD$18,000 per month and that pet food alone may add RD$1,000 to RD$4,000 a month to the family budget. “To keep a pet health, fed well, looking good and comfortable is an investment, a luxury,” …
Estrella calls for review of Santo Domingo-Samana toll booth road
Former Minister of Public Works and president of the Partido Dominicano por el Cambio (DxC), Eduardo Estrella, is demanding that the government review the concession contract for the construction of the Santo Domingo-Samana toll highway. He called the terms of the contract fraud against the state. Estrella observed that in the 2018 National Budget, the …
Eddy Santana of Yuniol Ramirez murder case sent to domiciliary arrest
The Second Hall of the Appeals Court of the Province of Santo Domingo East authorized domiciliary arrest to businessman Eddy Santana Zorrilla. He is accused of bribery, criminal association and fraud to the government related to the murder of lawyer Yuniol Ramírez on 11 October 2017 who had been investigating corruption at the state bus …
Jails in the country are a disgrace
The president of the National Commission for Human Rights in the Dominican Republic (CNDH-RD), Manuel María Mercedes, has said that at present in the country there is no political will to help those in prison and to correct the serious situation in the jails, where the rate of overcrowding is 89.7%. Many inmates are sleeping …