2024 – Page 69

Dominican champion runner Marileidy Paulino won the 400m race in the Los Angeles Grand Prix. The race took place on 18 May 2024 during the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix at Drake Stadium. The top 8 in the race were:Marileidy Paulino (DR) 50.27Mary Moraa (Kenya) 50.56Alexis Holmes (USA) 50.73Shamier Little (USA)51.27Stacey Ann William (JAM) 51.38Sada …

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The Dominican national volleyball team, Reinas del Caribe, won games against Serbia and South Korea, and lost to Canada and the USA in the first round of the 16-team Nations League Volleyball Tournament. The tournament is the most important annual tournament held globally. The DR took the reigning world champion Serbia 3-1 (25-18, 25-17, 21-25 …

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37-year old Al Horford established himself as a basketball legend in Boston. The Boston Celtics made the finals on 15 May 2024 in the game led by the former Dominican national team player. Boston Herald reported on Horford’s performance: “He became the first player in NBA postseason history to rack up 20 points, 15 boards, …

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Despite the odds against them, the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated reigning NBA champions Denver Nuggets 98 to 90 in the Minneapolis Target court to advance to the Western Conference finals in the National Basketball Association playoffs game on Sunday, 19 May 2024. The Wolves will now face the Dallas Mavericks. CBS Sports reports that Dominican national …

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Nine Dominicans, including two women and seven men, are running for President of the Dominican Republic in the Sunday, 16 May presidential election. In the 2020 presidential election, Luís Abinader Corona (PRM) won in the first round with 52.53% of the vote, defeating four other candidates. Voter turnout was 54.78%. His predecessor Danilo Medina had …

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Probably the most followed electoral race on 19 May 2024 is that of one-term deputy Omar Fernandez running for the Rescate RD coalition (Fuerza del Pueblo, PLD and PRD) and several-times former Alianza Pais presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno for the capital city Senate seat. Guillermo Moreno has a strong track record as a spokesman against …

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The Sunday, 19 May 2024 presidential and congressional election is costing RD$5 billion, the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Román Jáquez Liranzo says on telling the nation all is ready for the people to go exercise their democratic right and duty. 1,706 candidates seek 264 positions, representing 34 political parties. The Dominican people …

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Campaigning for the 19 May 2024 presidential and congressional election ends at midnight on Thursday, 16 May. Dominicans get two full days to finalize their decision on who to vote for. This also means taking the time to check the number of the vote box of the Presidential, senate and deputy candidates of choice before …

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The Attorney General Office (PGR) is making available an online portal where people can report electoral crimes in real time. The online complaints then are filed to the corresponding jurisdiction so that the prosecutor can take appropriate action and initiate an investigation based on the provided information. The head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office against …

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The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is backing Sergio “Gory” Moya for deputy for the 3rd voting district of the National District. He is mentioned in the accusatory file of the Calamar case that looks into crimes such as association of criminals, embezzlement, coalition of government officials, and money laundering. The Listin Diario reports that …

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