2017 – Page 40

Sponsored by the Academy of History, the 12th Dominican History Congress, “The Caribbean in the 17th Century. Economy, Politics and Society,” is taking place from 15-17 November 2017, at the Catholic University, PUCMM. The congress is dedicated to Vilma Benzo de Ferrer, former director of the National History & Geography Museum. The event is organized …

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Wrestler Juan Ramírez Beltré will be bringing home a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the Bolivarian Games taking place in Santa Marta, Colombia. Ramírez had won the gold medal in the Panamerican Games in Guadalajara 2011 but then had retired. At the Bolivarian Games he made his comeback. Overall, the Dominican wrestling team, the …

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Jennifer Estefani Domínguez Hernández, wife of justice fugitive Pedro Alejandro Castillo Paniagua “Quirinito”, was arrested on Tuesday, 14 November 2017, at the Las Americas International Airport. Media reports say she attempted to leave the country. It was reported she would have traveled to Guatemala. Domínguez Hernández was arrested by Migration agents at the airport prior …

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Seven crashed vehicles, two freighter trucks with major damage and several injuries were the result of a major traffic crash at 7am on the 6 de Noviembre Highway in the direction of San Cristobal to Santo Domingo. Traffic was backed up for hours up through the 30 de Mayo and Santo Domingo Bypass roadways. Only …

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Dominican consul in New York Carlos Castillo disputed comments by James Hunt, the special agent in charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, in an El Pais news story that Dominicans and Colombians have taken over the drug trafficking market in New York City. In a breakfast at the Listin Diario …

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On occasion of celebrating 100 years of doing business in the country, the Corripio Family Group Foundation donated RD$1 million each to 100 Dominican non-profits during an event called “A Shared Century 1917-2017”. Vice President Margarita Cedeño was present. The president of the entity, José Luis Corripio Estrada (Pepín), a Spanish immigrant, in his keynote …

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Santo Domingo is participating from 14-19 November in the Global Entrepreneurship Week that is simultaneously celebrated in 170 countries around the world. The event is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to meet mentors and investors. The event includes workshops, talks and seminars. The event is taking place in Santo Domingo, Santiago, La Romana, La Vega and …

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The Ministry of Environment is announcing on Wednesday, 15 November 2017, a complete ban on commercial fishing and sale and trade of all shark and ray species within the country’s 269,489 km2 (104,050 mi2) exclusive economic zone. The Dominican Republic is the 16th nation to declare its national waters closed to commercial shark fishing, and …

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48 kilos wrestler Yessica Oviedo delivered the Dominican Republic’s second gold medal in the Bolivarian Games when she defeated Eva González of Colombia in the regional sports games taking place 11-25 November in Santa Marta, Colombia. Oviedo had won bronze in 55 kilos in the 17th Bolivarian Games held in Peru in 2013. Oviedo had …

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The National Metereological Agency (Onamet) says that a passing trough associated with a frontal system will bring more rains nationwide as of Tuesday, 14 November 2017. The rains are expected to be more intense in the north, northeast, southeast, southwest, central mountain area and the border with Haiti. Flood alerts have been issued for the …

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