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00:00Good afternoon, greetings reiterated from the Dominican Culture Convention Center, UTESA, here in Santiago, in one of our beautiful areas of the Cibao, with the Monument to the Heroes of Restoration behind us.
00:14And from this terrace, from this convention center, we begin the newscast, greeting those who follow us from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, here in the Dominican Republic, our followers on social media, and our faithful TV viewers of Channel 11.
00:28The news of today is that the national and foreign authorities continue the search for air, sea and land of the young Indian disappeared in Punta Cana.
00:38We have a contact from Punta Cana with Ana Mañon, who is in the place to offer us other details.
00:46Good afternoon Ana, go ahead.
00:49Greetings Evelyn, a pleasure to greet you from Punta Cana, giving follow-up to the search for this young woman of about 20 years of Indian-American nationality,
01:02who disappeared last March 7 on a beach in Punta Cana, right where we are in the hotel that was hosted, it was the Republic Ryut, here located in the locality.
01:14We can see how some units of the 9-1-1 and the Civil Defense are posted on this beach.
01:22Also authorities of the Dominican Army, the Navy, the Air Force.
01:29And it has been added to this search since 6 in the morning today, also the firefighters of the town of Santo Domingo Este,
01:38as a form of support to the authorities of the Civil Defense and others who participate in the search and rescue work of the young Sudisca Coninca,
01:50of about 20 years, who arrived in the country on March 3 to vacation with some friends,
01:57and unfortunately, we do not know the circumstances, he still disappeared on the beach around the hotel.
02:07I tell you that a moment ago we spoke with the director of the Civil Defense,
02:13and he told us a little about what has been done today in these search and rescue efforts of the young Sudisca Coninca of 20 years.
02:27Let's hear also some considerations of the tourists here on the beach who regret this fact.
02:37This search, with all the institutions, all the tools, all the necessary equipment,
02:44have been here since the first day to monitor this quite difficult situation that we have in our province.
02:54I understand. Do you think you can give good news in several days or there is still nothing?
03:04So far we do not have any positive news.
03:10I hope that the militants and all the police can do something and find the girl and find the answers to the questions.
03:21We do not have the right here until 9 in the morning to come and it ends at 6, so we do not know anything.
03:28The only thing we know is what we hear.
03:31It is a beautiful place. It is a tragedy. We hope they find her.
03:49Well, as you have already heard, they are part of the considerations of both the Civil Defense and some tourists here on the beach,
03:58which is still normal. They are having fun and having a good time.
04:02Meanwhile, we see how the authorities have not stopped their search.
04:07This will end around 6 in the afternoon, but they say they will not rest until they have favorable answers
04:16on this case of the tourist Sudisca Coninca of about 20 years missing on March 7.
04:26The case still involves a mystery of knowing what happened to her.
04:32The authorities continue to investigate. The FBI has joined this investigation.
04:40Extra-officially, we have been informed that probably today the young American
04:49who accompanied her on March 7 when she disappeared, who is called Joshua Steven,
04:57about 22 years old, is being interrogated by the FBI.
05:03This is the information we have gathered so far.
05:07That's all we have. I return to you, Santiago, from Punta Cana.
05:12Thank you very much, Ana. Indeed, it is information in process and in the news.
05:18We follow it very closely.
05:20Let's change the subject.
05:21Indigenous people and garbage under the elevation of Máximo Gómez with Nicolás de Ovando
05:25produce a bad smell that many transgenders describe as unbearable.
05:30Guillermo García crossed over there and prepared this report for us.
05:34It is sleeping and garbage is the daily panorama under the elevation of La Gómez with Ovando.
05:40People who work in these surroundings suffer the bad smell of this environment.
05:46Hey, strong bad smell. They shit there and pee and do this there.
05:51They do all their needs there.
05:53Most of these indigenous people are addicted to some kind of drugs
05:58and despite the effort of Hogares Crea, they resist to leave the place.
06:03They come and bring food to some Christians because they have nowhere to go.
06:09Drugs, addictions. People from Hogares Crea have come.
06:13They have wanted to pick it up, but they don't want to pick it up.
06:16I have seen it. Yes, they have given food, clothes and everything.
06:19And as they want, they are there. I understand.
06:22The smell not only emanates from below the elevation,
06:25because in broad daylight, without any shame,
06:28there are those who carry out physiological needs on the sidewalk.
06:33Find a way to control that.
06:35Because the bad smell gets into the same store.
06:38Even the same store. And people carry the smell of urine on their feet.
06:43I even have a little business. They shit there.
06:45Now that they put a camera, they don't go.
06:47They do everything there in front.
06:49This situation has been years without effective response from the authorities.
06:55For Telenoticias, Guillermo Garcia.
07:01We continue with other information on Telenoticias.
07:03Residents in different sectors of Santiago complained today
07:07about the high number of criminal acts that are registered in this city.
07:12According to the report, robberies and armed robberies are on the agenda
07:16and impregnate the fear in the population,
07:18which resorts to different measures to avoid being victims of the misdemeanors.
07:24How is the panorama today?
07:26Well, precisely from here, from Santiago, Fabiola Núñez tells us more.
07:33Santiago, the second most important city in the Dominican Republic,
07:37is an economic and cultural engine of the country.
07:40But despite the beauty of its streets and the dynamism of its people,
07:45there is a concern that does not disappear.
07:48The crime.
07:56Official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Police indicate a reduction in crime.
08:02In 2024, Santiago recorded the lowest homicide rate in its recent history,
08:087.21 per 100,000 inhabitants.
08:12At the national level, there were 126 homicides and 19,994 thefts less than in 2023.
08:21Authorities have intensified operations and launched programs such as
08:26Back to the Neighborhood, an initiative to prevent crime and promote positive values among young people.
08:33Although the figures show a decrease in violent crimes, insecurity persists.
08:43Neighborhoods such as La Joya, Baracoa and Pueblo Nuevo are some of the most affected.
08:48Residents say that insecurity is noticeable at any time of day.
08:53It happens all the time, all the time.
08:56What happens here is bad.
08:59They take away your apartment from above.
09:01They rob you.
09:02There are a lot of robbers here.
09:04If you see what you have, and they don't rob you, they send someone else to rob you.
09:09They come in at 5 in the morning, on a Sunday, robberies, robberies.
09:13They have taken measures to prevent the victims from being apprehended.
09:24They take away your apartment.
09:26I go to bed at 6 in the afternoon because I'm scared.
09:30We can't go out because it's locked.
09:34The precaution is to go to bed early.
09:37Or if you are in a place where there are mosquitos all the time,
09:40look around to see if there is a motorcycle with two people,
09:44if there is a car with very dark windows.
09:47The criminals resort to different tactics to commit their crimes.
09:51There are times when you have to return to the road
09:54because of the places and the people you are dealing with.
09:57The situation with one is not very easy.
10:00It's a risk.
10:01After you get in a person and they bring a motorcycle,
10:03you don't know where you're going.
10:05Because look, I do Uber, and they put me in a neighborhood,
10:07and the client told me, turn off the light, turn off the light.
10:09If I don't turn it off, they'll shoot me.
10:11Thank God they didn't shoot me and I survived.
10:13After these complaints,
10:15the Minister of Interior and Police, Farideh Rafoul,
10:17assures that the authorities are alert.
10:21Santiago is presenting very important statistics
10:25in terms of the homicide rate, its reduction,
10:28and in terms of the level of theft incidents that are reported.
10:33It is always good to listen to the community.
10:36For us, through this heat map,
10:38that's why I'm talking about the complaints,
10:40because in these complaints there is a heat map that alerts the authorities.
10:44The Santiago consultants expect more surveillance,
10:48better lighting, and opportunities for young people.
10:51They dream of a city where they can live, work, and walk without fear.
10:56For Telenoticias, Fabiola Núñez.
11:00In special edition, from the Center for Dominican Culture Conventions,
11:04UTESA, in Santiago.
11:07And deputies assure that the Dominican Republic will have a new criminal code,
11:10because with the administration of Donald Trump,
11:12there is no longer any foreign pressure that prevents him.
11:15And as Eliana Cuevas tells us,
11:17the legislators affirmed that there is also a political will
11:20to approve the long-awaited piece.
11:25With the US government headed by Republican Donald Trump,
11:29Dominican legislators understand that they will not have external pressures
11:34for the criminal code to become a reality.
11:37Paradoxically, Dominican congressmen say they will be able to legislate freely.
11:42Faced with the very powerful pressures that existed,
11:46I was sure that this code would not be approved
11:49while the Democratic Party ruled in the United States.
11:52Things have changed, and no one hides that.
11:55We have a positive atmosphere,
11:57since in the United States there was a change of government,
12:00and many of those financed NGOs that attacked and pressured the Congress
12:04to go to the camps, and they no longer have the budgeted support
12:09to attack the Congress,
12:11and will let the Congress decide on its own.
12:15The deputies indicated that they have the commitment
12:18to give Dominican society a criminal code according to the new times.
12:24It's good to talk outside, but when the time comes
12:27to issue the responsible vote to approve a piece like this,
12:31they hide their tail like a cat.
12:34We call for us to think well,
12:38that we, taking out this code,
12:41all the parties that are part of this Congress,
12:44we are going to look good in front of society.
12:46It's a matter of pressure, and that pressure to our environment,
12:50that pressure has already given way.
12:52This Monday, civil society organizations
12:55handed over to a group of deputies
12:58a bill with more than 70 new types of penalties,
13:02but without the three causes for the decriminalization of abortion.
13:06There is a commitment of the political class of its approval,
13:09and we understand that there is no obstacle
13:13so that this, in the shortest time, can be made a reality.
13:17But a criminal code of the 21st century,
13:20but a Dominican criminal code,
13:23and it doesn't matter that it respects our Constitution
13:26and that it's not just about copying articles
13:29that impose us, that bring us in a foreign way.
13:34In the Senate, the spirits are also positive
13:37to work on the approval of the piece,
13:40which was sent to the commission to be studied.
13:44We are going to approve the code in the Senate,
13:46because we already studied it,
13:49and it's there, you can socialize it.
13:54It has been consensual.
13:56With blue flags provided in their curules,
13:59and with a small fetus,
14:01legislators showed their willingness
14:04to give way to the piece without the causes.
14:08In the last legislature,
14:10the criminal code was approved in the Senate without the causes,
14:14but it was sent to the Chamber of Deputies, where it was approved.
14:18For Telenoticias, Eliana Cuevas.
14:23A heavy rain begins to fall here in Santiago,
14:27and from the terrace of the Center of Conventions
14:29of the Dominican Culture, Utesa,
14:31we continue to broadcast Telenoticias.
14:34A woman who suffers from a rare disease
14:36that causes blisters on her skin,
14:38asked for help today to buy the medicines
14:41and thus alleviate the pain that this condition produces
14:44for more than five years.
14:46Fabiola Núñez moved to Jacagua,
14:48here in the northern part of Santiago,
14:50to tell us about this human drama that this family is going through.
14:53My life changed.
14:55I was a happy woman,
14:57and not anymore.
15:01Because the pain is killing me.
15:03This disease is already in my body.
15:07The life of Juana Bautista Paulino, 47 years old,
15:21took a 180-degree turn
15:23when she was diagnosed with ampullated penfigure,
15:27a rare and autoimmune disease
15:30that appears when the nervous system attacks the skin
15:33and causes blisters.
15:35It is not very common,
15:36that's why there are no medicines for this disease.
15:38And the medicines that are given to her
15:40are to maintain the disease,
15:42but it produces something else.
15:44And they are high-cost medicines,
15:47but very high cost,
15:49that I get because God puts in the heart of the person
15:55that sees that this is not a formed theater or anything like that.
16:00Juana was a productive woman,
16:02but due to the advanced state of her disease,
16:04she is already in bed.
16:06And not anymore.
16:08With COVID-19, I sold my ice cream too.
16:11With COVID-19.
16:13There, when,
16:15in COVID-19, I got a few balls,
16:18and I thought it was because of that.
16:21And there I got paralyzed.
16:23She lives in a humble house
16:25with her husband, Angel Luis Acosta,
16:27who no longer works,
16:29since he is dedicated to taking care of her.
16:31The few resources he gets
16:33are not even enough
16:35to take his wife to the hospital
16:37to receive the necessary medical assistance.
16:44I used to drive a motorcycle,
16:46and I lived quietly on the motorcycle.
16:48But in a year here,
16:50I have not been able to,
16:52because I can't take my wife anywhere,
16:54except with a vehicle,
16:56and I don't have a vehicle.
16:58But God always takes care of me.
17:00The saddest thing for Angel Luis
17:02is to see his wife in that condition
17:04and complain about the pain.
17:06But he is hopeful that God
17:08will give him his healing hand.
17:10Both ask for the help of the government
17:12and the authorities
17:14to improve their quality of life.
17:16I ask for help,
17:18and I have to have the heart
17:20to help me,
17:22because the remedies they give me
17:24are very expensive.
17:26The only thing I feel
17:28from her,
17:30that's the only thing I feel,
17:32is that I wash her feet,
17:34as I said in other media.
17:36I don't care about that.
17:38What I care about is her.
17:40To see her suffer so much.
17:42If you wish to collaborate with Juana,
17:44you can send your contributions
17:46to the bank account number
17:48Bank Reservas 960-7028-250
17:50in the name of Angel Luis Acosta
17:52or contact him
17:54at 860-7028-250
17:56or contact him
17:58at 809-878-1832
18:02For Telenoticias,
18:04Fabiola Núñez
18:26Uteza
18:28Melanie Rodríguez González
18:30Ingrid González
18:32Asesora Cultural
18:34Centro de Convenciones
18:36de Cultura Dominicana Uteza
18:38We will talk about
18:40the center that has me in love
18:42because it is a center
18:44where culture is breathed
18:46and about very important exhibitions
18:48like the Virgin of the Altagracia
18:50and the Santiago
18:52that has filled
18:54the entire province of Santiago
18:56and the country.
18:58Mrs. Clara Ledesma.
19:00Good afternoon.
19:02Welcome Mrs. Ingrid.
19:04Thank you very much.
19:06It is a pleasure to have you here.
19:08Welcome to Santiago.
19:10Thank you very much.
19:12Good afternoon.
19:14It is a pleasure and I am very happy
19:16that you are doing these broadcasts
19:18in Santiago.
19:20I hope you feel at home
19:22Impressive center.
19:24Tell me, what can we expect
19:26in this culturally
19:28exaggeratedly beautiful center
19:30and full of so much
19:32culture and so many exhibitions?
19:34Well, thank you very much.
19:36And yes, really
19:38we have a cultural program
19:40quite extensive and diverse
19:42that consists
19:44in what are the exhibition rooms.
19:46Here we have
19:48several temporary exhibition rooms
19:50and what is the program of contemporary cinema
19:52where we support
19:54especially the Dominican cinema
19:56but also the universal.
19:58As for the exhibitions,
20:00we are almost going for our exhibition number 40
20:02since we opened the center
20:04almost 7 years ago.
20:06In April we are on our anniversary
20:08and currently we have
20:10what is the permanent room
20:12of Dominican culture.
20:14It is a cultural tour
20:16through the different provinces of the country
20:18focusing on the architecture
20:20of each province.
20:22In the temporary
20:24we currently have open
20:26the exhibition of the Virgin of Altagracia
20:28that we opened
20:30some 4 months ago
20:32and will be open
20:34until April 26.
20:36So there are many chances to continue enjoying.
20:38And this exhibition
20:40we did in coordination
20:42with the Center of Altagracian Studies
20:44and with the support of the Dominican Episcopate
20:46and the Archdiocese of Santiago
20:48and shows
20:50a tour
20:52of 32
20:54Dominican visual artists.
20:56This exhibition was exhibited
20:58for the first time in the Vatican
21:00on the occasion of the jubilee year
21:02that was celebrated between 2021 and 2022
21:04on the occasion of the centenary
21:06of the canonization of the
21:08Virgin of Altagracia.
21:10It is an exhibition where you can see
21:12different styles, different techniques
21:14of the Virgin of Altagracia
21:16and the different advocacies of America
21:18represented by these artists.
21:20So there is also
21:22the exhibition of Clara Ledesma
21:24100 years after her birth in Santiago
21:26that I would love for Mrs. Ingrid
21:28to tell us a little about this
21:30because she was part of the
21:32criticism and this curatorial part
21:34of this exhibition
21:36which is from the Baez Tavares collection.
21:38Mrs. Ingrid
21:40we are proud to talk to you
21:42knowing the trajectory
21:44in the cultural field as a cultural manager
21:46here in Santiago
21:48and for the entire Dominican Republic.
21:50Tell us about this exhibition.
21:52Well, Clara Ledesma
21:54The Perennial Dream
21:56100 years after her birth
21:58is an exhibition
22:00that has been very visited
22:02by many
22:04Santiagueros and people
22:06foreigners, tourists.
22:08The Perennial Dream of Clara Ledesma
22:10celebrates the 100 years
22:12of her birth.
22:14These works of the collection
22:16of the Baez Tavares family
22:18are a great treasure
22:20that we hold here.
22:22Clara Ledesma was born
22:24in 1924
22:26and died in 1999.
22:30She builds
22:32a visual plastic language
22:34totally original
22:36and unique
22:38in the expressionism
22:40and symbolism
22:42of her Caribbean roots.
22:44Who was her first teacher?
22:46That great teacher of Dominican plastic
22:48who is Giorgi Morelli.
22:50Then she goes to the capital
22:52where she receives classes
22:54with Celeste Bosigil
22:56and José Bosage and from there she goes to Spain
22:58later to New York
23:00in contact with the avant-garde.
23:02Clara Ledesma
23:04of naturalist realism
23:06embraces the newest languages
23:08and the avant-garde
23:10of the world
23:12at that time.
23:14Mrs. Ingrid, we are going to share
23:16with all the Dominican Republic
23:18through Telenoticias
23:20an invitation for them to come
23:22to visit the Cultural Center of Utesa.
23:24Well,
23:26we invite
23:28so many people
23:30who love culture.
23:32In the Dominican Republic,
23:34you have an extraordinary
23:36cultural managers
23:38and cultural centers
23:40that make the big difference,
23:42inspire the youth,
23:44the new generations.
23:46Culture makes us human
23:48and takes us
23:50to spiritual territories
23:52of great value and meaning.
23:54Culture is
23:56a universal anthropological feature
23:58that makes us human.
24:00It is an immense privilege
24:02to share in Telenoticias
24:04this cultural center
24:06to which we invite you to visit.
24:08Melanie, the truth is
24:10that I am pleasantly impressed
24:12and I thank you very much
24:14for sharing with us this interview
24:16that for reasons of time is brief
24:18but it is the invitation
24:20to come here to the Cultural Center.
24:22Of course, thank you very much
24:24and we invite you to Santiago,
24:26to the Center of Dominican Conventions
24:28and Culture of Utesa
24:30as well as other temporary exhibitions
24:32including the exhibition
24:34of carnival masks
24:36and the new area
24:38of the work of Sacha Tebo.
24:40So you can come and access
24:42these exhibitions
24:44and our cultural cinema program
24:46for free.
24:48Thank you very much
24:50Mrs. Ingrid and Melanie
24:52for sharing with us.
24:54The truth is that culture
24:56unites the peoples
24:58throughout the country.
25:00This beautiful center
25:02in which we are sharing
25:04Telenoticias.
25:06We are going to take a break
25:08and we will be back shortly.
25:28But since I don't know what it is
25:30and what comes is art and the media,
25:32let the gang have a good time.
25:34Good afternoon, bye bye.
25:36Oh, but come here.
25:38But my dear Eve,
25:40it doesn't matter if you throw hard,
25:42that ball came from Santiago.
25:44Let's see what this ball is about.
25:46I'm going to have a conversation
25:48with the team as we present
25:50all the content of art and the media for you.
25:52Here are the headlines.