2019 – Page 73

Major League Baseball Properties (MLB) is asking the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to confirm, recognize and enforce the International Centre for Dispute Resolution arbitrator’s ruling in its breach of contract claim against respondent Corporaciones de Televisión y Microonda Rafa S.A. (Telemicro). The petition states the case was required to …

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Journalist Marino Zapete revealed that his TV program, El Jarabe, was taken off the air due to pressure by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez after the claims of irregularities in government contracting he presented on 25 September 2019. When interviewed on the El Dia TV show by Huchi Lora and Javier Cabreja, Zapete said that …

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The Dominican (Navy helped a cargo ship that had run aground near Alto Velo island, to the southwest of La Beata. The grounding happened when the ship’s bow thruster broke down. The ship had been traveling from Florida to Haina Port in southern Santo Domingo. Naval spokesman Captain José Geraldo Fajardo said that the ship, …

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A new study carried out by Aldeas Infantiles SOS, “Children at Risk of Losing Parental Care in the Dominican Republic,” more than half of children in the country do not live with their parents. The organization carried out the study in commemoration of National Day of Children’s Rights on Sunday, 29 September 2019. The study …

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According to Jose Manuel Puello, director, Prevention of Illnesses Transmitted by Mosquitos, Ministry of Public Health, over the last four weeks, the number of dengue cases has stabilized. So far, there have been 11,332 affected, with 27 deaths. From 11 August to 7 September, there was a slight decline of 20 fewer cases from one …

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The Dominican women’s volleyball team won six games and lost five in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup played in Japan. China, USA and Russia finished first, second and third. 12 teams competed in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup held in five cities across Japan from 14-29 September 2019. The Dominican Republic lost to …

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21-year old Alba Blair from Jarabacoa won the right to represent the Dominican Republic in the Miss World contest on 14 December 2019 in London, England. The runner up was Carmen Muñoz from Santiago and Aida Saladín, who represented the Dominican diaspora. Likewise, Zaidy Bello, representing Barahona, won the right to represent the Dominican Republic …

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Most likely the Dominican Republic’s most successful tenor ever, Francisco Casanova died at 61 in Rhode Island, USA due to health issues. Born in the Dominican Republic, he studied music with his mother and then took lessons from Enrique Estevez Pacheco. In 1996 he jumped to international acclaim after he replaced Luciano Pavarotti in a …

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A bell marked the first launching of securities in the Dominican Republic, a milestone for the country. The equity investment instrument is comprised of up to 40% of the common shares of Pasteurizadora Rica, S. A., contributed to the trust by Pasteurizadora Rica and Consorcio Cítricos Dominicanos. The administrator of the Universal Trust and the …

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The Attorney General of the Republic has contracted the services of Brazilian lawyers to ensure it gets paid on the deal signed with Odebrecht after the company filed for bankruptcy. Odebrecht agreed to pay US$184 million to the Dominican government to escape immediate local prosecution of several of their people. In June 2019, Odebrecht should …

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