2019 – Page 258

President Danilo Medina met on Wednesday, 13 February 2019 with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Palazzo del Quirinale, the historic building in Rome that serves as current official residence of the President of Italy. At the palace, the Italian statesman hosted a luncheon in honor of President Medina and his committee. President Medina’s official …

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The Barceló Santo Domingo’s Salón La Mancha is staging the presentation of singers Jacqueline Estevez and Vickiana and the Orquesta de los Clásicos with Henry García, Fenix Ortiz and Raphy Matías on Saturday, 16 February 2019. Tickets for the show are for sale online at Uepa Tickets and Ticket Express or at the ticket offices …

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A Washington Heights street intersection in Manhattan now Mirabal Sisters Way commemorates the Mirabal sisters (Las Mariposas). The corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 168th Street is now named after Dominican sisters Minerva, María Teresa and Patria Mirabal, the three activists who were assassinated in 1960 during Dictator Trujillo’s regime. Their death detonated widespread indignation …

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The US Coast Guard repatriated 20 of 24 Dominican migrants interdicted from a makeshift boat on Saturday, 9 February 2019, approximately five nautical miles west of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. They were transported back to the DR on board a Dominican navy vessel on Monday, 11 February 2019, the US Coast Guard reported. Four other …

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The National Police announced it arrested a man who confessed to the murder of nine-year-old boy in the El Hoyo de María in Isabelita district in eastern Santo Domingo on Monday, 11 February 2019. 28-year old Miguel Ángel Reynoso Jiménez (a) El Negro, when questioned by the investigators, admitted to stabbing, sexually violating and then …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) announced it arrested the lead suspects of a gang that attempted to smuggle in 707 kilos of cocaine last weekend that were seized in a operation in Bayahibe, La Altagracia province. Arrested are Eliezer Antonio Nivar Ruiz and Pascual Morales de Jesus, who were arrested in a search at …

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A creditable source revealed to El Nacional newspaper that the United States government has cancelled the tourist visa to San Cristóbal judge Willy de Jesus Núñez, who was suspended by the Judicial Branch Council for investigations into the escape of drug trafficker Alejandro Castillo Paniagua (Quirinito). The man’s nickname is because he is a nephew …

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Former National Police sergeant Julio Angel Díaz Guzmán was sentenced to three months pre-trial custody at Najayo Jail by National District judge José Alejandro Vargas on Tuesday, 12 February 2019. He is accused of the murder of 32-year old Paola Gisselle Rojas Santana who died after receiving a fist blow from Díaz Guzmán on Saturday, …

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The team working to rescue two missing Italian divers in Laguna Dudú in Cabrera, in northeastern province María Trinidad Sánchez said they have located a corpse deep inside the cave. The corpse was located in a high-risk area where a large amount of sediment makes visibility very scarce. Two Italians divers, 57-year old Carlos Barbieri …

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The political initiative Bien Común called for the resignation of Education Minister Andrés Navarro for spending millions on a media campaign to back his own aspirations to be the PLD presidential candidate for the 2020 general election. Bien Común, in a press conference, complained the Ministry of Education spends millions on propaganda when public schools …

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