2017 – Page 7

Merengue stars Milly Quezada and Wilfrido Vargas will take the stage of the Teatro La Fiesta of the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel for the show “Fin de Año por Adelantado,” an evening of the best of merengue on Saturday, 23 December 2017 starting at 9pm. Comedian Juan Carlos Pichardo Jr. is also on the program. Tickets …

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After holding on to the first place position for the first two months of the season, the Estrellas Orientales on Tuesday, 19 December 2017, had slipped to fifth place, displaced by the two capital city teams, the Leones del Escogido and the Tigres del Licey. The team standing now has the Aguilas Cibaeñas tied with …

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A man was arrested in Mao, Valverde province, in the northwest, as he tried to trick a man who had just left a bank into buying a fake bar of gold. The police said that their agents arrested José Alberto Jimenez Ventura, 51, when he was caught in the act. According to the police, “the …

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Venezuelan prosecutor Tarek William Saab accuses Venezuelan Yoel Palmar, arrested on 11 December 2017 in Bogotá, Colombia, of being the head of the Cartel del Malecon that transported drugs from Colombia to the Dominican Republic connecting through Venezuela. As reported in El Dia, Saab said that Palmar is the alleged owner of the Casino Malecón …

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The South American drug cartels continue to search for weaknesses in the system of vigilance in the waters surrounding the Dominican Republic used to move cocaine into the European and United States markets. Since last Thursday, 14 December 2017, Dominican authorities have seized well over 4,000 kilograms of cocaine that seems to indicate that the …

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On occasion of the 44th anniversary of the founding of the Dominican Liberation Party, which was based on the rejection of the parties then in existence and belonging to the system, the party appears to be in a deplorable situation, where not even the political leadership of the party and its main leaders seem to …

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The government of Taiwan has delivered the second part of a donation to expand the 911 Emergency Service in the northern part of the country. The donation will be used to install surveillance equipment in urban areas for monitoring and assisting in fighting crime, enhancing safety for business and residents in cities. Taiwan Ambassador Valentino …

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Influenza Type A Viruses and Subtypes, Influenza B, Parainfluenza, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are making the rounds in the Dominican Republic this flu season. Influenza is an illness caused by a virus that comes on suddenly, and causes symptoms such as fever, body aches, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, a dry …

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The Dominican Republic has joined the European Union and 11 other nations in condemning Japan’s Antarctic whaling program. The countries reject the Japanese government’s argument that the annual slaughter is for scientific research and say that it is all about commercial whaling. In a letter signed by Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican …

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Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito is encouraging all Dominicans to care for the endemic tree known as Salcedoa Mirabaliarum. The plant is exclusive to the Dominican Republic and carries the name of the Mirabal sisters that were killed by Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in 1960 when fighting for democracy and equality. The species is unique …

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