Tag: dominican
Search Ends for Victims in Dominican Republic Roof Collapse That Killed 221
The collapse of the roof at Jet Set, one of Santo Domingo’s most popular nightclubs, killed many prominent Dominicans, including baseball players and politicians. By Hogla Enecia Pérez and Frances Robles Hogla Enecia Pérez reported from the site of the collapse and the Santo Domingo morgue. Kelvin Espinal spent three days this week at the…
World Series champion Octavio Dotel killed in Dominican Republic nightclub collapse
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel was among the dozens killed when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic collapsed during the early hours of Tuesday morning. At least 58 people died and 160 were injured at the nightclub in Santo Domingo where a crowd that included athletes and politicians were attending…
At least 18 people dead after roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub
Crews search for survivors after more than 120 injured at Jet Set in Santo Domingo At least 18 people have died and more than 120 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic early on Tuesday, authorities said. Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at…
Evangelina Rodríguez Led an Extraordinary Life as the Dominican Republic’s First Female Doctor
Evangelina Rodríguez Led an Extraordinary Life as the Dominican Republic’s First Female Doctor Born into poverty and abandoned by her parents, Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo rises from a life selling sweets in the street to become the first female Dominican doctor in 1911 By Laura Gómez, Lorena Galliot, Samia Bouzid & The Lost Women of…
What we know about the search for a U.S. student missing in the Dominican Republic
By Ayana Archie A person of interest has been named in the investigation of a missing 20-year-old U.S. college student who disappeared last week in the Dominican Republic while on spring break with friends. The missing woman, Sudiksha Konanki, traveled to Punta Cana with five other people last Monday, according to the Dominican Republic’s national…