The plan to use ex-military at the polling stations ignites the political debate

The statements of former President Leonel Fernández that the Force of the People party that nominates him as a presidential candidate will create “voting defense committees” with ex-military officers at each polling station yesterday raised various reactions, heating the political environment six weeks after the municipal elections . “We will be near the polls. The … Read more

Political outlook – The struggle for power puts Leonel in delusional trouble

The obsession he has for power, who ruled in three periods, could lead voters to believe that former president Fernandez is making proposals outside of reality and sanity, such as protecting polling stations with military veterans and police. Dr. Fernández has been radicalizing his position in the present electoral campaign since before the primary elections … Read more

ICE – United States suspends extradition of Dominicans for Christmas

Santo Domingo, RD. Repatriations of Dominicans who served sentences in the United States, for drug trafficking and other criminal offenses, were suspended by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE), for its acronym in English, until January when Christmas ends. According to a source from the General Directorate of Migration, the arrival of a … Read more

SCIENCE – Michelangelo’s David advanced to medicine

Michelangelo, the famous Renaissance artist, embodied in his David an anatomical characteristic of the neck a century before being discovered and documented by medical science. In the vast majority of sculptures, and in the daily physiology of people, the jugular vein that extends from the upper torso to the neck is not visible. But in … Read more

FEBRUARY 2020 – Cardiologists will buy salt shakers from patients to reduce the number of hypertensive patients

Santo Domingo, RD. The president of the National Foundation of Cardiology and Medical Assistance (FUNDACAM), Tirso Roa Castillo, announced that this entity plans to buy salt shakers for all patients who attend the preventive days they perform, so that they “stop using this instrument so harmful to cardiovascular health ”. He indicated that the initiative, … Read more

TECHNOLOGY – The Mars 2020 Rover, the vehicle with which NASA hopes to decipher Mars

NASA presented on Tuesday the Mars 2020 Rover, the exploratory vehicle that will be used in the next mission to Mars that will depart in July next year and with which it hopes to continue evaluating whether it can be habitable for the human species. Quadrangular, 3 meters (10 feet) long and 2.7 meters (9 … Read more

UNITED STATES – The hidden benefit that New York City megabytes are asking for now

Sean O’Connor drove his Jeep through the “porte cochère,” or car entrance, crossed the wide garage door at the other end and got out of the car. From there, the garage took care of the rest, but without an assistant at the wheel. The garage in the O’Connor luxury building in Lower Manhattan is automated. … Read more

VIDEO GAMES – How to play PS4 and Xbox One games on mobile, tablet or PC

Christmas dates make people have to move to different places to meet the family, not going home as usual or having it more crowded than usual, a fact that affects video game players who until now were forced to not being able to continue playing their PlayStation or Xbox games by not being able to … Read more

TRANSPORTATION – New York wants a high-speed train to boost its economy

The governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, wants to develop a high-speed train to connect the north of the region with the metropolis in order to boost the economy of the area, for which he intends to have international experts. “High-speed roads are transforming economies all over the world,” Cuomo explains in … Read more