2018 – Page 6

A 22-year old from the mountain town of Constanza, Nikol Morillo was chosen the first Dominican MasterChef. The reality show has been televised on Telesistema, Channel 11 for the past three months. She lived with her grandparents until she was nine when she traveled to Italy to live with her mom en Schio. She lived …

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Dominican Armada units continue to search for survivors of the capsizing of a makeshift boat near Las Galeras in which 11 persons attempted to reach Puerto Rico. The survivors reported the recovery of drowning victim Yafreisys Alexandra Mora Castillo, a 20-year old native of La Romana, where she was a promising singer. Five of the …

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Santo Domingo West prosecutors ordered three months preventive custody for three of four men accused of an attempt of illegal forfeiture against the construction material manufacturer, Tavares Industrial on Thursday, 13 December 2018. Those that will need to stand trial are Osvaldo De León García, Venezuelan José Rafael Riera Castellano and Luilli Yovani Reyes. A …

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ABC News has published reports that Trump is behind new property sales in Cap Cana, in southern Punta Cana. ABC recalls that when the Trump Organization left the Dominican Republic after the economy crashed ten years ago, their plans for dozens of luxury estates in a Trump-branded development appeared to leave with them. “Buyers who …

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Caribe Tours that offers commuter bus service around the country and to Haiti announced it has added 42 new buses to its fleet. The buses have capacity for 54 passengers. The company has more than 550 vehicles in service, according to company executive vice president Paul Guerrero Melo. The new buses are of the Marcopolo …

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Dominican cave specialist, Domingo Abreu Collado presented evidence that the Taino indians who inhabited the island when Christopher Columbus arrived, shared identity with Maya and Inca indians of South America. Abreu presented the evidence during the 17th Scientific Research Day held at the UASD. His presentation was on “Maya Connections to Taino Cave Art in …

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Fenatrado abruptly suspended dump truck services citing arrears in government payments. An estimated 12,000 dump truck operators announced they are on strike. The president of the National Federation of Dominican Transport (Fenatrado) said that the work stoppage started on Monday, 17 December 2018. Ricardo de los Santos said the work stoppage would be nationwide affecting …

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The Chamber of Deputies purchased RD$101.8 million in food and alcoholic beverages reportedly for distribution at the discretion of legislators during the Christmas holidays, as reported in Diario Libre. According to purchase order LPN-01-2018 of the Chamber of Deputies 3,800 boxes of rum for RD$21,971,600 were purchased to the Multiservicios Hermes. Read more in Spanish: …

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The Ministry of Public Health says the winter flu is especially bad. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already had announced that the flu that came with the cold weather in January and February 2018 was the worst since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Dozens of persons are seeking medical help in Dominican …

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Puerto Plata takes the challenge of becoming the first province to recycle. The effort has the support of Puerto Plata city Mayor Walter Musa. The project is lead by Rosa Maria Garcia, Kitty Heinsen and representatives of public and private entities, church, schools and civic societies, including Mision Joven. Garcia said the project seeks to …

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