2019 – Page 242

Judge Miriam Germán Brito has described as “a dirty trick” her questioning by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez, during the interview for the evaluation of Supreme Court of Justice judges on Monday, 4 March 2019. She seeks five more years at the Supreme Court of Justice. Being interviewed by journalist Katherine Díaz, for Noticias SIN …

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The reduction in the commissions paid to the Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) proposed by the Executive Branch in a new bill sent to Congress on Tuesday, 5 March 2019 does not meet the expectations created when the project was mentioned by President Danilo Medina in his 27 February Independence Day state of the …

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Teams from 15 regional countries are in Santo Domingo for the Panamerican Taekwondo Qualifier that will take place at the Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center from 7-10 March 2019. The Dominican team members are Moisés Hernández, Bernardo Pié, Katehrine Rodríguez, Edward Espinosa, Fraylin Mora, Genesis Andújar and Madelín Rodríguez. The tournament …

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Tabare Blanchard and producer and script writer Ricardo Bardelino won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Lead Artist, and Best Secondary Artist at the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF). The biographical film, “Primera Caída, El Relámpago de Jack” about a Dominican wrestler had received seven nominations. Tabare Blanchard won the award as best …

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Italian architect Luca Molinari will be in the Dominican Republic for the Italian DesignDay2019, a project that seeks to strengthen the presence of Italian design around the world. Molinari is booked for a talk on restoration and reuse (“Restauracion y Reuso: la experiencia italiana en considerer la permanencia de los edificios y de los entornos …

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The Department of Investigations into Human Trafficking of the National Police has arrested a supposed witch doctor who was being sought for defrauding a man of RD$5 million promising to multiply his money. The arrested man is Haitian Manel Dorancy (alias “Manuel”), aged 31, who was arrested in Santo Domingo North. He was being sought …

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The National Police has announced that they have arrested the wife of a Dutchman who was found murdered last week in Puerto Plata along with two other men, who were in Los Alcarrizos. Two more are still being sought for the crime, Rafael Guzmán (Jordan) and Argenis Rojas (Chancletica). Those arrested are 22-year-old Jennifer Joaquín …

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On Sunday night, 3 March 2019, five Haitian soccer players died and 38 were injured in a traffic accident on the Jarabacoa-La Vega road, when a bus full of passengers fell off a bridge. News reports say that the driver of the bus and another person were the only Dominicans accompanying the team. The regional …

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The veteran bolero singer and composer, 68-year old Anthony Ríos (Froilán Antonio Jiménez) was pronounced dead on 4 March 2019. He had been in a delicate health situation and had been re-admitted to the Centro Cardio-Neuro Oftalmológico y Transplante (Cecanot) public hospital. He had been fitted with a pacemaker and discharged from the hospital on …

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Sunday, 24 March 2019 is the target date for TV host Milagros German to return to local TV. The TV station had announced the suspension of the Monday to Friday variety show in December 2018, after 15 years on the air. It was replaced by a soap opera. Chevere Nights will now air on Telesistema, …

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