2017 – Page 78

The national weight lifting team did well at the Central American and Caribbean Weightlifting Championship in Guatemala City. William Ozuna, president of the Dominican Weightlifting Federation, said the Dominican participation was one of the best ever by a Dominican team. The Dominican team won 27 medals. The best athletes were: Luis García and Beatriz Pirón, …

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A trough in the western Caribbean is interacting with a weak tropical wave making its way from Haiti causing rain showers nationwide. The National Weather Service (Onamet) says the rains will continue until they gradually let go on Wednesday, 27 September 2017. Then on Wednesday, the effects of the Sahara Dust cloud moving from Africa …

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American rap singer, Cardi B, became this week the first woman of Dominican descent to grab a Billboard Hot 100 list for her single “Bodak Yellow “(Money Moves). The New York Times called the song “the rap anthem of the summer.” Cardi B is Belcalis Almanzar, a New York City girl born from a Dominican …

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Three Haitians were arrested for assaulting a commuter bus in El Seibo. The Haitians are accused of injuring a passenger and attempted bus assault. The arrested are 23-year old Ramón Yoset; 23-year old Kenny Deimo Molsi; and 45-year old Remolo Pie. They are accused of attempted assault of Bus 18 of the Asociación de Transporte …

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According to data registered in the Administrative System of Public Servants (SASP), the average age of those working in Public Administration, in 200 institutions has risen to 44.34 years. Of the 331,603 government employees, 210,083, which is 63.35%, are aged over 40, according to a press release. 928 (0.28%) are less than 20 years old; …

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According to the Central Bank, remittances sent from overseas have increased by 11.8% in the first seven months of the year, compared with the same period last year, at US$3.43 billion. There were 13.42 million transactions, and the amount of remittances from the United States has grown from US$66.45 for each US$100 that arrived in …

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The National Health Service (SNS) reported receiving nine patients from the island of Dominica that was devastated by Category 5 Hurricane Maria. Executive director of the SNS, Dr. Nelson Rodríguez Monegro said that two were admitted to the Darío Contreras, three to the Ney Arias Lora and four to the Vinicio Calventi public hospitals, with …

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More than 914,000 people in the northwest and northeast of the country are affected by discontinued services in piped drinking water, due to the rising of the rivers caused by the increase in rains since hurricane Maria has affected 58 aqueducts, of which 52 are totally out of service. The information was given by General …

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Rafael Sosa, the president of the Dominican Association of Banana Producers (Adobanano), with a membership of 356 banana producers in Azua, Santiago, Valverde and Montecristi, says rains derived from Hurricane Maria have flooded 85,612 tareas (1 tarea = 629 sq. meters) in which 55,000 tareas resulted in damaged crops. Montecristi is the province that suffered …

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According to a study called “Financial Management and Risk Insurance for Disasters in the Dominican Republic,” the Dominican Republic could experience damages in natural disasters costing at least US$1.68 billion (2.7% of GDP) every 20 years. In the report, which is based on historical data, the average annual cost to the country, mainly due to …

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