2019 – Page 293

The Leones del Escogido, Estrellas Orientales and Toros del Este are tied for the first position in the 2018-2019 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. The teams have won seven games and lost 5 games in the 18-game round robin. Only the Tigres del Licey has lost nine games and only won three, making it difficult …

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In a press release sent to all the print and radio and television media outlets, the Dominican National Federation of Professional Baseball Players announced the resignation of former Cincinnati Reds star Mario Melvin Soto as president of the entity. The resignation comes after pressure from a group of players demanding that Soto step down. The …

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A corpse found floating in Higuamo River in San Pedro de Macoris was identified as that of missing 28-year old Keila Andrea Pernia Alvares. She lived at Calle 2 de Julio in Buena Vista, Boca Chica. Forensic coroner Mari Santana said she had been strangled by an electrical cord. As reported in El Nacional, a …

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The Justice Department has postponed until Wednesday of this week the hearing regarding coercive measures against several members of the National Police involved in the death of the fugitive Jorge Gabriel Baez Acosta that occurred last week in Villa Gonzalez, province of Santiago. Previously, the convicted criminal had escaped custody by feigning illness, and when …

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Members of the Specialized Corps of Frontier Security (Cesfront) detained 850 undocumented Haitians at the end of last week, as they tried to return illegally to Dominican territory after spending Christmas and New Years in Haiti. The men, women and children with illegal migratory status were detained in Manzanillo, Santa Maria, Loma de Cabrera and …

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The Dominican College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors (CODIA) took a serious look at what happened in the very active construction sector of the Dominican economy during 2018. According to the Central Bank, construction grew by 10.6%, the largest contributor to the nation’s sturdy improvement in GDP. In 2017, construction only grew by 3.75. The …

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Foreigners and Dominicans are warned to not risk invasive operations in makeshift esthetics clinics. But once again, a woman is reported dead after undergoing a procedure this time at the Clinica de Cirugia Estetica Dermostetic. The Ministry of Public Health and Attorney General acted and temporary shutdown the clinic, after the death of Julia Arias …

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The proliferation of homeless dogs in recent years is becoming a matter of major concern of the general public. The matter has made headline news after there have been four deaths of persons who were bitten by dogs infected with rabies and died for lack of adequate medical attention. While Padela, an association of veterinarians …

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Over the holidays, Environment Minister Angel Estevez and the Ministry of Environment statements had firmly rejected press reports in Diario Libre and Listin Diario on the significant presence of Haitian farm laborers in protected areas of Valle Nuevo, Constanza province. Now other official sources are disputing the position of the minister and the ministry. Estevez …

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Looks like two key bills will not make it through Congress and will have to be submitted again. The bills are the controversial Electoral Regime and the Penal Code. While the political parties reached a consensus to pass a Political Parties Law, the electoral regime bill has not garnered the same support of legislators. If …

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