2019 – Page 103

Puerto Rican singer Elvis Crespo said on Thursday, 22 August 2019 advocates teaching the original merengue with guira and drum in schools in the Dominican Republic. During a visit to El Nuevo Diario, Crespo said that efforts are needed to keep the genre alive. These are days when modern Latin Urban music (reggaeton, hip hop, …

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Hundreds of public school teachers took off Thursday, 22 August 2019 to march to the Ministry of Education and present demands. The president of the Dominican Public School Teachers Guild (ADP), Xiomara Guante said the teachers demand a recall of the Public School Teacher Assessment 2019. The teachers also want fewer teaching hours and a …

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Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal says the Ministry is under pressure to hire public school teachers even when they do not meet minimal standards. He characterized the request as “absurd.” He said this explains the work stoppages by public school teachers during the first week of school. He said that the Dominican Teachers Guild (ADP) …

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President Danilo Medina hosted outstanding Dominican students from United States high schools at the Presidential Palace on Friday, 15 August 2019. The students were from New Jersey, Colorado, Pennsylvania and New York. President Medina encouraged the students to continue with their studies to make the Dominican Republic big. Honored students were: Alice B. Banks, Esmeralda …

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TV host Jochy Santos is looking for a new station for his long-running TV show “Divertido con Jochy.” The program would have celebrated its 5th anniversary on the Telemicro Channel 5 this September, but differences in the scheduling of the station of the program have Santos shopping for another station. The Jochy Santos Sunday show …

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The National Police is investigating the case of two teenagers who died and six other youths that were hospitalized after being intoxicated in a cabaña in La Altagracia province. The eight had reportedly gathered to celebrate a birthday. The dead were identified as Oliberto Morel, 15, and Horaimy Ruíz Ceballos. Both died from intoxication with …

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The Public Ministry announced the capture of six of the 11 men who had escaped from the Mao Jail. The men fled the Mao Jail on 19 August. The arrested were identified as Michael García, Heriberto Reyes, Félix Rafael Reyes, Manuel Antonio Berigüete Gómez (El Gallo Negro), Dariel Rodríguez (Maconqui), Alberto García (Rabo Loco). The …

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An investigation carried out by the Attorney General Office (Public Ministry) in the Dominican Republic accuses former Major League Baseball player Octavio Dotel of being a front for drug trafficking money laundering operations by drug capo Cesar Emilio Peralta (a.ka. César El Abusador). Octavio Dotel has defended his innocence in the case. The Attorney General …

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The president of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Jose Ignacio Paliza has had some hard explaining to do regarding Boanerges Sánchez Nolasco (a.k.a. Warnel Sánchez, W La Letra, Doble W), a party member who aspired to be senator for the largest opposition party in eastern Hato Mayor. Sánchez had campaigned for pre-candidate to senator for …

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A cover story in El Día on 22 August 2019 reveals that the United States had requested cooperation on 16 July 2019 from the Dominican Attorney General for an investigation into the criminal activities of drug capo César Emilio Peralta (a.k.a. César El Abusador). The request came after rumors circulated that Peralta was in some …

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