2019 – Page 105

The Attorney General announced on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 a crackdown on Cesar Emilio Peralta’s empire in the Dominican Republic. The Attorney General Office, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and other authorities raided several apartments, homes and businesses in Greater Santo Domingo, Santiago and La Romana on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 tied to Cesar …

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The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) overruled provisions in the ruling for the Political Parties Law 33-18 that had banned political party pre-candidates from advertising on radio and TV during the primary campaign. The same law had allowed digital advertising and the Dominican Association of Radio Stations (Adora) submitted a motion to the court on 9 …

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Dominican Republic participation in the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) costs the country around RD$140 million a year. The benefits of participation are not known. El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala and the Dominican Republic are members. Costa Rica opted out from the start. The Parlacen is based in Guatemala. The 20 Parlacen deputies representing …

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Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal has called on public school teachers, who have called for a protest march to put teaching their students above any particular or sectoral interests. Peña Mirabal insisted students have the right to a timely and quality education, but that depends in no small extent on their families and their teachers. …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeño urged engaging in a broader discussion on how technology, especially robotics and artificial intelligence, can be used to offer clients or visitors a better quality experience, without putting at risk the needed employment. She highlighted the Dominican Republic is an open service-based economy and that already robotics is being used in …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is forecasting rains and thunderstorms will continue. A passing trough combining with remnants of a tropical wave has created the conditions for heavy rains. Onamet declared a green alert for the provinces of Monte Plata, Sánchez Ramírez, Duarte, María Trinidad Sánchez, Samaná and Hato Mayor. Residents in high-risk areas need …

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Actor and producer Noel Ventura is producing the First Comic Theater Festival at the Teatro Guloya. Teatro Guloya is an Off-Broadway style small theater located on Arzobispo Portes Street in the Colonial City. Ventura says the first year of the festival is dedicated to promoting more women entering the field of comedy. He said men …

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Francisco Adolfo Prats Ceara, died at 64 at Plaza de la Salud in Santo Domingo. He was not able to survive the complications of colon cancer. He was a member of the legendary national team that won gold in Centrobasket 1977 in Panama. After retiring from the sport, he continued on as a sports newscaster …

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Dozens of young Dominican baseball hopefuls have signed for very large sums of money, but as the years passed, most have never made it to the Big Leagues. The large bonus is no guarantee of success. Josephang Bernhart received a US$1.1 million bonus in January 1997 from the Toronto Blue Jays, and Ricardo Arambolas also …

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Dominican volleyball team member, 27-year old Brenda Castillo was operated on Monday, 19 August in her left shoulder related to a fracture in her left arm. Orthopedist Cesar Roque says the operation was carried out to accelerate the athlete’s recovery from the car accident on Sunday, 18 August 2019 in Samaná. He estimated a recovery …

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