His brother Carlos had conquered the world Lightweight title by beating Carlos Ortiz in 1969, and was on his way to a rematch with Ortiz at San Juan, when his Dominicana De Aviación DC-9 jet crashed shortly after take-off, killing everyone on board.

Compañía Dominicana de Aviación, usually shortened to Dominicana, was an airline from the Dominican Republic, serving as flag carrier of the country.

During Christmas of 1994, many Dominicana VFR passengers got stranded when the airline was not able to provide the necessary funding for operating the aircraft the passengers had already been booked on.

On February 15, he was flying back to San Juan alongside his family for a fight against Roger Zami, when their Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 plane crashed into the waters of the Caribbean shortly after take-off, killing Cruz, his wife and 18-month child, and the rest of the passengers, among which also were a large part of Puerto Rico's national volleyball team.

The aircraft used for the Dominicana flight to San Juan was almost brand new, having been delivered to the airline from the McDonnell Douglas factory in 1969.

Air Europa was the parent company for Air Dominicana, the new flag carrier of the Dominican Republic, until bankruptcy was declared on 21 September 2009.

On February 15, 1970, a Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 that was flying to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, crashed, killing all 102 persons on board ( see: Dominicana DC-9 air disaster ).

Las Américas was the hub for Dominicana de Aviación, APA Dominicana International, Air Santo Domingo, and a number of other, smaller airlines.

Fernández became the first elected president of the Dominican Republic under his political party, the Dominican Liberation Party (" Partido de la Liberación Dominicana " in Spanish, PLD ), although party founder Juan Bosch was also sworn in as president in 1963 after the first democratic elections held in roughly four decades in the country.

Ramfis was the primary sponsor of the Dominican Air Force Baseball Team ( Aviación Dominicana ), against which Marichal pitched a 2 – 1 victory game in his native Monte Cristi.

From the very moment the game ended, Marichal was a member of Aviación Dominicana team, enlisted to the Air Force right on the spot by Ramfis ' orders.

La Voz Dominicana was the official radio and television station of the Dominican Republic during the regime of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.

As the station become the official radio station, its name was changed to La Voz Dominicana ( The Dominican Voice ) on August 1, 1952.

President Trujillo was moved by the idea as he found out that in Latin America only three countries ( Cuba and Mexico ) had TV stations, and in the early 1950s, what is called Radio Television Dominicana ( RTVD ) was founded.

The airline was established in 1998 to replace the defunct Dominicana de Aviación.

Aero Continente Dominicana was short-lived airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, operating out of Las Américas International Airport on behalf of Aero Continente from Peru, its parent company.

Thus, Aero Continente Dominicana was created and it received one Boeing 737-200 aircraft in May 2002.

In August 2003, the aircraft was returned to Aero Continente, which marked the end of the Dominicana subsidiary.

LAN Dominicana, formerly Líneas Aéreas Nacionales de Navegación Dominicana SA was an airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

* 1995: Popular established the ATH Dominicana ATM network in the Dominican Republic.

We might also quote the words of Bishop Thomas De Burgo, who, in his " Hibernia Dominicana ", does not hesitate to say that St. Patrick was a canon regular, and that, having preached the Christian faith in Ireland, he established there many monasteries of the canonical institute.

* IATA airline code for Dominicana de Aviación, an airline of the Dominican Republic in 1944 – 1995

The latter is currently Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic ( Ley No. 5220 sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana ), issued 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces and lower – level administrative units.

* Dominicana de Aviación used to be the country's national airline for a large period of time.

In order to be able to operate newer aircraft which required less maintenance expenses, and to cut crew costs, Dominicana leased Boeing 737-300s and a Boeing 757-200 ( including the flight crews ) from Mexican low-cost airline TAESA.

* José Manuel Calderón becomes the first Dominican musician to record bachata, at the Radiotelevisión Dominicana studios.

With that, Leo had to learn how to deal with life's hardships at a very young age ( see: Dominicana DC-9 air disaster ).

Salcedo-born, Juilliard-educated Rafael Petitón Guzmán formed the first Dominican-led band in the city with his Orquesta Lira Dominicana, which played in all the popular ballrooms in the 1930s and 1940s, while at the same time Angel Viloria played popular tunes on accordion with his " conjunto típico cibaeño " for Big Apple fans.

They were stranded at Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo when they failed to board the Dominicana Airlines DC-9 that crashed in the Caribbean.

The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana ) is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola.

The Military of the Dominican Republic or Fuerzas Armadas de la República Dominicana consists of approximately 44, 000 active duty personnel, about 60 percent of which are utilized for non-military operations, including security providers for government-owned non-military facilities, toll security, forestry workers and other state enterprises, and personal security for ministers, congressmen, etc.

* Partido de la Liberación Dominicana ( Dominican Liberation Party )

* Separación Dominicana, the first armed Dominican naval vessel

On June 2, 2008, Pan Am World Airways Dominicana restored service between the Airport and Santo Domingo-Las Americas as well as to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

* Dominican Republic: Centro Israelita de la República Dominicana

* Dominican Republic: Asociación Dominicana de Estudiantes Evangélicos

The Dominicana de Aviación Santo Domingo DC-9 air disaster occurred on February 15, 1970 when a Dominicana de Aviación ( Dominican Airlines ) McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 twin-engine jet airliner crashed on takeoff from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

* Trilogy Dominicana ( Viva ), a Dominican mobile network operator.

* February 5 – A Dominicana de Aviación McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, loses power in one engine two minutes after takeoff from Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

* Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana, Dominican Republic

With La Voz Dominicana Juan de Dios studied music, vocal techniques and expression. This made ventura one of the most famous singers in Latin America.

* 1952: TV station ( third in Latin America ) is added to La Voz del Yuna and its name is changed to La Voz Dominicana.