DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader announced the Easter Week “Awareness for Life 2024” domestic travel safety operation during the weekly Monday press conference on 25 March 2024 from the Presidential Palace. The operation calls for a trained staff of 49,723 people (military, police, doctors, paramedics, search and rescue specialists) on the road and in vacation destinations and more than 3,323 aid stations located in critical points.

The Civil Defense, the country’s largest volunteer movement, has readied 8,000 volunteers for patrols nationwide, announced Juan Chalas, director of the organization.

The volunteers and government staff have been readied to provide assistance to those on vacation at beaches, rivers and roads from 2pm on Easter Thursday, 28 March 2024 to the mass return of vacationers on roads that takes place mainly on Sunday, 31 March 2024. The operation officially ends on...