DR1 - The Weather Office (Onamet) reports that rain accompanied by wind gusts and thunder and lightning will continue over much of the national territory. As reported, a stationary front located over the country is interacting with a low-pressure trough over Haiti that is moving slowly westward. Onamet says the rains will continue gradually improving by Saturday, in time for the long weekend. Meanwhile, Onamet has issued a small craft warning for the entire coastline.
The rains that have fallen in the region over the last day have partially cut off several communities, affected 2,943 houses and caused 11,150 people to be displaced to safer places. Meanwhile, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) declared a yellow alert for seven provinces and put another 16 provinces on green alert due to the continuation of the rains accompanied by thunder and lightning over a large part of the country.
The areas most affected include the province of Puerto Plata, the areas of Licey al Medio, Tamboril, San Pedro de Macoris and Montecristi, where 2,770 houses were flooded according to the COE report. Some of those affected were transported by agencies to houses of relatives and friends until the waters recede to their normal levels.
The provinces on yellow alert are: Montecristi, Puerto Plata, Santiago, Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua), La Vega, Monsenor Noel (Bonao) and San Jose de Ocoa. On green alert are the provinces of Valverde (Mao), Samana, Santiago Rodriguez, Espaillat (Moca), Dajabon, Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo), Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris, especially the Lower Yuna area), Monte Plata, Hato Mayor, San Pedro de Macoris, El Seibo, Azua, Peravia (Bani), San Cristobal, Santo Domingo and Barahona. Read original at DR1.
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Santo Domingo. – A Central Electoral Board (JCE) committee, led by its president Roberto Rosario Marquez, met yesterday with President Danilo Medina to talk about the financial and budgetary situation of the entity.
After the meeting, Rosario Marquez said the encounter was requested by the JCE last week, and “answered promptly by President Medina, who received him and talked a lot. “
In addition to the JCE president, the committee was composed of Cesar Francisco Feliz, coordinator of the electoral body Budget Committee; financial director Diomedes Ogando; Secretary General Hilario Espiñeira, and Communications director, Felix Reyna.
Santiago, DR. – Luis Felipe Baba Suarez, 15, who was missing since Wednesday, was found by police in a hotel room in La Rotonda hotel in Santiago.
The teen was located at 5 pm by officers from the Criminal Investigation Police, after receiving a call from the hotel staff.
According to the employees, the teen had checked in Thursday afternoon and fed only with chips, juice and soda.
Police commander Neivis Perez said Baba Suarez was checked by the doctor on duty at police headquarters, who certified the young man is in good health. However, when questioned, the young expressed some inconsistencies.
La Romana, DR. – Casa de Campo, the 7,000-acre luxury resort on the southeastern
coast of the Dominican Republic, invites guests to enjoy the best of
Dominican culture at Casa de Campo’s first annual Spring
Festival from May 23-26 at Altos de Chavon.
The artist village was modeled after a 16th-century Mediterranean village, complete
with an art gallery, an archeological museum with one of the largest
collections of Taino Indians artifacts in the country, arts and crafts
workshops, restaurants, bars and shops, as well as Altos de
Chavon School of Design, affiliated with New York’s Parson’s School of
Design.
The Festival program includes a wide variety of enriching events:
Dominican Folkloric dances workshop and folkloric dance exhibitions,
street theater plays demonstrating the pirate-infused history of Santo
Domingo.
Available every evening during the festival, craft-lovers
have the chance to enjoy the best of the Dominican’s artisans crafts and
sit side-by-side on the pottery wheel with local artisans while molding
their own masterpieces to take home as keepsakes.
The Dominican Sun - Across the Dominican Republic in the last 24 hours the highest observed temperature by DRSol was 90 at Barahona. The coolest reading came from Las Americas with an overnight low of 72. A few spotty light to moderate rain showers were reported, the last in Santiago at 6PM last night. Skies were generally partly cloudy. Winds are averaging 9 mph from the SE, with a peak gust to 23 mph seen at 5PM yesterday afternoon at Santiago. By the Numbers DR cities reported rain 9% of the time, and thunderstorms 0%. Average reported rainfall intensity on a scale of 0 to 100 was 48. Cloud cover totaled 45%. Click above to view summaries for the last week or last month. Last updated at 7:28AM. Read original at The Dominican Sun.
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Listin Diario - Tabernáculo Prensa de Dios, en una visión de apoyo de crecimiento y desarrollo espiritual que fortalezca la fe en el cuerpo del Señor, busca que reflexionemos el ánimo de los pensamientos falsos de inseguridad, que disminuyen la vida de plenitud, en la gracia del amor, la fe y esperanza, sustento del alma para los corazones de hombres y mujeres, quienes han confiado sus vidas en las manos de Dios y aspiran ver su nombre escrito en gloria. Bien es cierto, por la palabra de Dios en la Biblia, que somos objeto de un constante batallar en el proceso de crecimiento a la estatura de un varón perfecto, para una dimensión de gloria en gloria. En el retrato de la esperanza, vemos que la imagen del espíritu de la paz de Dios y la concordia que debe reinar entre los hombres y mujeres casados, solteros, viudos, separados y abandonados, permite ver el deterioro de este retrato, como en el tiempo de la naturaleza de espíritus de viudez, que envilecen el alma con estados emocionales de sentimient. . . Read original at Listin Diario.
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Listin Diario - Durante 10 años, se ha sumergido en la historia de los fundadores del movimiento independentista. El trayecto de los trinitarios, le mueve, le emociona. “Me inquieta mucho la parte del desconocimiento de los patriotas nuestros”, externa el ingeniero Antonio José Guerra Sánchez, quien no deja de repetir lo importante y necesario que es el rescate de los valores patrios, pero sobre todo de las figuras de esos líderes que nos regalaron la identidad. “Nos hemos circunscrito a hablar de los últimos 80 años”, dice el estudioso. “De Trujillo usted encuentra una gran cantidad de libros, como si fuera lo único de nuestra historia, pero nuestros verdaderos héroes, que fueron los que nos dieron nuestra nacionalidad, esos no se mencionan”. Se refiere a Juan Isidro Pérez, Juan Nepomuceno Ravelo, Félix María Ruiz, Pedro Alejandrino Pina, Tomás de la Concha, Benito González, José María Serra, Felipe Alfau, además de los tres Padres de la Patria, quienes con sus ideales y esfuerzos desde La Trinitar. . . Read original at Listin Diario.
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Listin Diario - En República Dominicana el verano dura todo el año. Ello permite lucir cómodas prendas veraniegas que van desde pantalones cortos hasta frescos vestidos que, al tiempo que reportan frescura, contribuyen con la elegancia. Los tonos, los cortes y estilos también importan. La temporada impone siluetas claras y impias y así lo acatan las nuevas propuestas de Springfield, con las cuales la marca celebra sus 25 años de existencia. A través de un comunicado de prensa, ejecutivos de la marca aseguran que la nueva colección dispone de opciones en las que destacan estampados, toques étnicos, texturas y mucho color. Esto permite que los amantes de la moda puedan elegir entre colores pasteles, los azules y verdes brillantes y sus combinaciones en negro, blanco y rojo. Resalta la nota que en la línea Pretty Military, el estampado militar de un modo femenino, es el protagonista. Está mezlado con el camuflaje y con tonos caqui. Además tienen aplicaciones de lentejuelas. Read original at Listin Diario.
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