Kelvin Espinal spent three days this week at the Santo Domingo morgue. His cousin, Yadhira Elaine Estévez Serrano, was among 221 people who died when the roof collapsed early Tuesday at the Jet Set nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic. His cousin, who was more like a sister, died the day before her…
Jet Set, an aging disco just a block from the sea in Santo Domingo, was the place to be on Monday nights. And this Monday was no exception. A collection of the country’s bold face names — from bankers to retired Major League Baseball players to politicians — were eager to kick up their heels…
Using heavy machinery, drones, technical equipment and dozens of rescuers, officials worked frantically Tuesday to find survivors of a deadly roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic, where at least 27 people died, the authorities said. A roof collapsed overnight during a concert at the popular nightclub, and people were still trapped inside,…
At least 27 people were killed, including a provincial governor, and 134 more injured in the early hours of Tuesday when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo collapsed, authorities said. Rescue crews were working to pull out people still believed to be trapped under the rubble, said Juan Manuel Mendez,…
The parents of Sudiksha Konanki, the 20-year-old college student who went missing during a spring break trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, said they had come to terms with the possibility she had drowned, and asked for privacy to mourn her, according to officials and a statement to the media on Tuesday. Their sorrowful statement…
The Dominican Republic’s attorney general, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, personally questioned 22-year-old Joshua Riibe from Iowa for hours on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of 20-year-old Indian-origin student Sudiksha Konanki. Riibe, labelled as a ‘person of interest’ in the case, stayed at the Riu Republica resort in Punta Cana with Konanki and friends for spring…
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Once inside Peligro Sports, one thing above all else is clear: if you ever need a baseball cap, jersey or a T-shirt for one of the six teams in La Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana, the Dominican winter baseball league (or LIDOM, as it is known), this is…