The Dominican Republic remains in deep mourning after the devastating tragedy at the iconic Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, where a ceiling collapse claimed the lives of 211 people. Among the victims was beloved merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was performing on stage when the fatal incident occurred. Funeral services began Thursday, April 10,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Dominicans in New York City are mourning the deaths of over 200 people in Tuesday’s roof collapse at a Santo Domingo nightclub. The city is home to the largest Dominican diaspora community, with over 700,000 residents claiming roots in the island nation as of 2020. On Thursday, Teresa Tapia was among…
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, April 8, some attendees at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, started to feel uneasy. A few noticed sprinkles of dust falling into their drinks, while others wondered whether the rumbling they heard over the sound of merengue musician Rubby Pérez‘s band was an incoming earthquake. Before…
Popular merengue singer Rubby Pérez was thrilled to be traveling to the Dominican Republic to escape the New York chill during his final performance in the city, just days before dying when the roof of the nightclub he was playing at collapsed. Pérez, 69, was at New York’s La Nueva España restaurant on Friday when…
At least 13 people were killed and dozens were injured when the roof of a nightclub collapsed early Tuesday in the Dominican Republic, according to the police. In a series of social media posts, the national police said that 93 people had been taken to hospitals after the roof collapsed at the Jet Set nightclub…
A video that circulated widely on the internet recently showed a Haitian gang leader, Joseph Wilson, shirtless, happily showing off belts of .50 caliber ammunition, mockingly saying he used the armor-piercing bullets to groom his hair. “We have enough combs for our hair to last a year,” he joked. So how did he get them?…
Konanki family requests death declaration Family of missing Pitt student requests authorities declare her dead 01:26 A judge in the Dominican Republic ruled on Tuesday a Minnesota college student, who is presumed to be the last person to see missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki alive, should be freed from police surveillance. However, 22-year-old Joshua Riibe’s return to…
By Paul Mathiasen SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – The parents of an Indian-born student from a U.S. university who went missing earlier this month from a popular tourist resort in the Dominican Republic have asked police to declare their daughter legally deceased, according to a letter released by a police source on Monday. The investigation into…
The family of missing college student Sudiksha Konanki has asked authorities that she be declared deceased, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia told CBS News, almost two weeks after she disappeared while visiting Punta Cana for spring break. The family provided the request in writing to the sheriff’s office, according to spokesperson Thomas Julia. Julia said…
Search efforts pressed on into their second week for Sudiksha Konanki, a college student at the University of Pittsburgh who went missing earlier this month during a trip to the Dominican Republic resort town Punta Cana. Details surrounding Konanki’s disappearance have begun to emerge as the international investigation continues. Here’s what we know so far…