2019 – Page 253

The Administrative Minister of the Presidency, José Ramón Peralta told journalists at the Presidential Palace yesterday that recent polls suggest that in the PLD, the only pre-candidate that could win enough votes to win in a first round is President Danilo Medina. Medina is banned from running for the Presidency in 2020 by the 2015 …

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President Danilo Medina was in eastern Santo Domingo on Tuesday, 19 February 2019 for the presentation of government-built homes in Palmeras del Este I and II housing projects located in the Juan Bosch City residential area. The total of homes built by the government in the residential area now totals 848. Also present at the …

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President Danilo Medina signed the Electoral Regime Bill on 18 February 2019. Law 15-19 was signed with enough time remaining to allow its enactment before the 2020 general elections. It has been debated in Congress for more than a decade. The law provides a legal framework for the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to organize transparent …

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In a first time runway fashion show outside of the United States, fashion designer Naeem Khan, 61, will be showing his bridal collection at the opening of the RD Bridal Week 2019. The event is scheduled for 15 March 2019 at the Garden Tent of the Hotel Embajador. Socrates McKinney, president of RD Bridal Week, …

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The famous Dominican bolero singer, Lucía Fior Daliza Vicioso Alsina (Luchy Vicioso), died yesterday, Monday 18 February 2019 one day before her 69th birthday. In 2015 it was announced that she was undergoing treatment for colon cancer. She was the daughter of Ernesto Federico Vicioso and Lucía Alsina. She began singing at the young age …

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On Thursday, 14 February 2019 a mother and her daughter from Winnipeg Canada travelled to Punta Cana for a week-long holiday. As reported by CBC News, Holly Twoheart and her 26-year-old daughter Danielle Twoheart arrived at their resort, but while Holly went to bed around 2am, her daughter Danielle did not join her. Hotel security …

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Rafael Antonio Díaz (Buche), accused of managing a drug sales point in Bani and currently on remand in jail awaiting trial, has been transferred to a different jail for reasons of security. Buche is accused of complicity in the death of Colonel Daniel Ramos Álvarez on 8 January 2019. He was sent to jail in …

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The commander and deputy commander of the San Cristóbal police have been suspended and are under investigation. A source confirmed to El Dia newspaper that the suspension of Colonel Oscar Tejada Báez and Lieutenant Colonel Nelson Odalis Soriano had taken place but did not give the reasons. The police are investigating the disappearance of an …

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Six years after they fled the Dominican Republic after being convicted for trafficking drugs on a private plane that was set to fly from Punta Cana to St. Tropez, in France. The trial for Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos began in France on 18 February 2019. The case has since been nicknamed by the media …

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The National Police is now reporting that the Richard Mille Rafael Nadal watch stolen from US citizen Maskim Vangeli in the La Dolcerie restaurant in Piantini was a reproduction. The media had reported the watch was valued at US$150,000. Venezuelan Lenin Amado Zambrano Lorenzo confessed to the robbery. He was arrested on Av. Mirador del …

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