{"id":497508,"date":"2026-01-12T23:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/defense-minister-swears-in-organizing-committee-for-the-55th-sports-games-of-the-armed-forces-and-the-national-police\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:13:42","slug":"defense-minister-swears-in-organizing-committee-for-the-55th-sports-games-of-the-armed-forces-and-the-national-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/defense-minister-swears-in-organizing-committee-for-the-55th-sports-games-of-the-armed-forces-and-the-national-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Minister swears in Organizing Committee for the 55th Sports Games of the Armed Forces and the National Police"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo<\/strong>.\u2013 The Minister of Defense<\/a>, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Onofre, ERD, swore in the members of the Organizing Committee for the 55th edition of the Sports Games of the Armed Forces and the National Police, in an act held on the front esplanade of the Ministry of Defense.\n\nDuring the ceremony, the high military command also received the torch with the sports flame, which will mark the beginning of the symbolic journey through the different military institutions that will participate in the traditional sporting event.\n\nThe torch was handed to the minister by Brigadier General Ra\u00fal Esteban Mora Hern\u00e1ndez, ERD, president of the Board of Directors of the Sports Confederation of the Armed Forces and the National Police, who highlighted the importance of the event as a space for fellowship, discipline, and strengthening of the sporting spirit among the armed forces.\n\nThe protocol activities were carried out prior to the raising of the national flag, accompanied by the flags of the military institutions, in a solemn atmosphere that highlighted the patriotic and sporting values of the day.\n\n\n
You can also read: Defense Minister tours Army units in the border area and delivers a message of recognition | De \u00daltimo Minuto<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nIn the act, Minister Fern\u00e1ndez Onofre swore in Brigadier General Euler E. Sierra P\u00e9rez, FARD, as president of the Organizing Committee, who will be accompanied by a team made up of officers from the Armed Forces and the National Police.\n\nThe following were designated as members of the Organizing Committee: corvette captain \u00c1ngel Antonio Quezada Rojas; Major Erwin Hern\u00e1n Disla Alemany, ERD; frigate captain Jos\u00e9 A. Mercedes Tena, ARD; paratrooper lieutenant colonel Jonathan Almonte Feliz, FARD; and lieutenant colonel Sergio La Hoz V\u00e1squez, PN.\n\nAlso, the paratrooper captain Sim\u00f3n Lizardo Roa, FARD, was appointed technical director of the games. The committee is completed by First Lieutenant Doctor Silvano Gonell Alc\u00e1ntara, ERD, as medical director; First Lieutenant Mar\u00eda Altagracia Garc\u00eda C\u00e1ceres, ERD, as head of protocol; and the journalist Julio Valdez, FARD, military assimilated, as press officer.\n\nThe 55 Sports Games of the Armed Forces and the National Police will bring together athletes from the different military and police branches, with the aim of promoting integration, camaraderie, and the development of institutional sports.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Onofre, ERD, swore in the members of the Organizing Committee for the 55th edition of the Sports Games of the Armed Forces and the National Police, in an act held on the front esplanade of the Ministry of Defense. During the ceremony, the high […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[41231,43063],"class_list":{"0":"post-497508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports","7":"tag-minister-of-defense","8":"tag-sports-games"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina Alvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.57-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Sports"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497510,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497508\/revisions\/497510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}