2024 – Page 10

Dr. Jorge Marte, a renowned pulmonologist and former medical director of the Advanced Medicine and Telemedicine Diagnostic Center (Cedimat), has been appointed as the new ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Argentina, Altagracia Ortiz reports for Hoy. The appointment was announced in presidential decree number 658-24, which also included several other diplomatic nominations. Marte, a …

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A report in The Egypt Daily News follows up with archaeological investigations carried out by Dominican diplomat and archeologist Kathleen Martinez in Egypt. As reported, the Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission led by Martinez in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña in Santo Domingo, has unveiled significant finds at the Taposiris Magna Temple, located west …

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Baseball legend Robinson Canó has returned in time to do his best to get the Estrellas Orientales to be one of the playoff teams for the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship. The Estrellas are in first place and needs the least number of games (5) to qualify as one of the top four of six …

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The Office for the Reordering of Transportation (Opret) announced the installation of the first two girders at the intersection of the extended 27 de Febrero Avenue and the Duarte Highway. This significant milestone marks a key step in the construction of Metro Line 2C, which will connect Los Alcarrizos to the capital’s mass transit system. …

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An editorial in Diario Libre pinpoints the lack of maintenance to the highways that connect Santo Domingo with Punta Cana on the eastern coast. The same could be said for the Duarte Highway that connects Santo Domingo with the north. The reality is that the highways are full of holes. Commuters pay tolls and the …

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The Chamber of Deputies has begun the interviews to candidates for the Chamber of Accounts (CCR), the auditing arm of the Dominican government. The five lead auditors are being chosen after a new law was passed that seeks to strengthen the organization. Deputy Rogelio Genao Lanza, president of the Chamber of Deputies’ Committee on the …

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The Ministry of Interior and Police continues to combat noise pollution, and announces the shut down of three nightlife businesses in eastern Santo Domingo. Another 12 were given warnings. In a concerted effort to curb noise pollution and maintain public order, the Alcohol Control Unit (COBA) of the Ministry of Interior and Police conducted a …

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The Migration Agency (DGM) announced on Monday, 9 December 2024 that it has been meeting with representatives from various productive sectors of the country to explore potential solutions to foreign labor shortages, while adhering to current immigration regulations. The escalating of terrorism and violence in general in Haiti has enhanced local security concerns and the …

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The seizing of a 9.5 ton shipment of drugs in a freight cargo has coincided with the arrest in Colombia of a Dominican said to have laundered around US$166 million in drug transacted money. El Tiempo of Colombia reports Erick Mosquea Polanco was behind a network that since 2012 trafficked in around 2,500 kilos of …

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The National Botanical Garden family announces the passing of architect Benjamin Paiewonsky Batlle (1934-2024) who served as the first director of the National Botanical Garden from 1976 to 1996. The Botanical Garden notice highlights that Paiewonsky’s architectural legacy is extensive and varied, extending beyond his role as an architect to encompass landscape architecture, engineering, and …

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