2019 – Page 101

Almost a month has gone by since Gonzalo Castillo resigned as Minister of Public Works and Communications. So far, President Danilo Medina has not named his replacement. Castillo resigned on 31 July when he announced he wanted to run for President for the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). He says he is the best man …

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The Ministry of Sports (Miderec) announced the National University Sports Games will be held 19 to 29 September 2019. 30 universities have entered their athletes in 13 sports. The competitions will be in chess, track and field, basketball, basketball 3×3, futsal, judo, karate, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, volleyball and beach volleyball. The announcement was made …

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President Danilo Medina met at the Presidential Palace with members of the National Emergency Commission (COE) on Monday, 26 August 2019 to kick start disaster mitigation preparations. We are in the midst of the peak hurricane season for the Caribbean, and Dorian now threatens to hit the country. The director of the National Meteorological Office …

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Tropical Storm Dorian is moving west onto Caribbean waters. The National Hurricane Center does not has it with hurricane status when it crosses by Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by its eastern coast. Stormy weather is expected as of Thursday, 29 August 2019 on the island. The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is calling for …

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Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York’s fourth-year fashion student Yelayny Placencia is the designer of the contemporary look for Anna, the iconic female character of “Frozen.” The design is intended for use in the Disney Broadway show. Placencia is from the Dominican Republic and was one of ten students from the FIT that …

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Colonel José Luis Frometa of the Santo Domingo Firemen says there are only material damages after a fire affected Torre Atiemar on Av. Pedro Henríquez Ureña. The fire at the high rise began around 7am in the first floor where the gym is located. There are only three apartments occupied in the luxury building, according …

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An investigation in the Boston Globe newspaper reveals that the spokesman for the National Police in the Dominican Republic, Colonel Frank Felix Duran Mejia has been on the payroll of Major League Baseball for over a decade. Indeed he is one of three high-ranking Dominican law enforcement officials employed as MLB resident security agents. The …

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In 2003, a little more than a year before leaving office, former President Hipólito Mejía pardoned 43-year old Boanerges Sánchez Nolasco who at the time was in jail for trafficking in cocaine. Then, President Mejía signed Decree 176-03 with the pardon of the seven-year term Sánchez was serving at the Monte Plata jail. Mejía had …

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The Specialized Anti Assets Laundering Prosecutors Office and the National District prosecutor office issued an order of arrest against Marisol Mercedes Franco, wife of César Emilio Peralta (El Abusador) charged by the US as the leading drug capo in the Caribbean region. Marisol Franco is half-sister to Berlinesa Franco, widow of former Santo Domingo East …

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The wife of Sergio Gómez Díaz, Steisy de Gómez requested in extradition by the US in the case of Cesar Emilio Peralta (Cesar el Abusador), said there is no justice in the Dominican Republic. “To close cases and make the news and hide other things where the small fry get arrested while the big guys …

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