Amelia Vega: “Without Al on the team I don’t know how far the Celtics would have come”
The former Miss Universe 2003, Amelia Vega, shared on Instagram her point of view about the loss of the team to which her husband belongs, “Boston Celtics”, making it clear that without Al Horford, her partner, the team would not have reached the NBA finals. The Dominican model took advantage of her social networks to […]
Cuco Valoy: “We put on our pants so that the Dominican Republic would have a legal regime”
Santo Domingo. DR Cuco Valoy shakes nostalgia. Her move to the United States, three decades ago, makes her gigantic. And she flutters more if he steps on her little piece of land again, Dominican Republic, where he was born 85 years ago. Tuesday night, when he received a tribute from the Ombudsman at the Jaragua […]
Dilia Leticia Jorge: “That man ripped a piece of my soul from me… may God forgive him”
Dilia Leticia Jorge Mera, sister of the late Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera, asked at the request hearing for a coercive measure against Fausto Miguel Cruzwho led his brother to death be forgiven by God and appealed for justice to be fair. With pain, Dilia Jorge expressed Saturday to Judge Rigoberto Sena Ferreras, of the […]
Spain promotes a declaration in memory of the Dominican Minister Orlando Jorge Mera
The Third Vice President and Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain, Teresa Ribera, promotes a declaration, which has been signed by 20 other Ibero-American environment ministers, in memory of the Dominican Minister Orlando Jorge Mera, recently killed. The document, which has also been supported by 42 former Spanish and Latin American ministers, shows “affection, […]
Up Close – Why was Orlando Jorge Mera killed? a terrifying answer
The death of Orlando Jorge Mera surprised me. It overwhelmed my desire for lunch and slammed me into a wall of questions. Upon hearing the sad news, like many Dominicans, my mind wandered among some assumptions of probable causes, not reasons, because there is no justification to support the action of taking a person’s life. […]
Covid continues to increase in the capital, Cibao and Baní
Yesterday, the country reported two new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the official records of deaths caused by the disease in the country to 4,382 during the course of the pandemic. Yesterday, 896 new positive cases reported in the last 24 hours also entered the epidemiological surveillance system, bringing the total number of active cases of […]
California judge rejects petition from former president Toledo
A Northern California judge denied former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo a request not to be extradited to his country while a higher court resolves one of his appeals seeking to remain in the United States. Judge Laurel Beeler ordered temporary relief: Toledo not be extradited for at least seven days so he has time to […]
They approve 600 million dollars to restore the electrical network of Puerto Rico
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved this Sunday an item of nearly 600 million dollars to promote the rebuilding Puerto Rico’s battered electrical grid. The multimillion-dollar federal contribution will allow an advance purchase of materials, so that the resources are available at the beginning of the reconstruction works, according to the FEMA statement. The […]
Voluntary blood donation is a pending task
The voluntary and timely donation of blood, which allows responding to the national demand and putting an end to the drama of patients who need a transfusion, continues to be a pending task in the Dominican Republic, whose annual deficit is estimated to reach 300,000 units. When commemorating today, June 14, World Blood Donor Day, […]
Orlando Jorge Mera, Miguel Cruz and 6 essential keys to understand the case
The surprising death of the Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Orlando Jorge Mera, was permeated by several days of hypotheses that tried to explain how and why on Monday, June 6 at noon, in his office, 13 bullets were fired to take his life. It was not until Wednesday afternoon when the doubts […]