2024 – Page 186

Toll booths in the Dominican Republic reported 1,668,608 vehicles crossed the stations during Easter Week, from Monday, 25 March to Sunday, 31 March 2024. Red Vial statistics breakdown of stats are:Monday, 25 March: 241,787 vehiclesTuesday, 26 March: 254,536 vehiclesWednesday, 27 March: 287,927 vehiclesThursday, 28 March: 307,062 vehiclesFriday, 29 March: 173,365 vehiclesSaturday, 30 March: 180,727 vehiclesSunday, …

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Dominican jail systems expert Roberto Santana continues to tour the media to pressure for political and citizen support to retake jail reform in the country. He is urging the participation of all, including legislators, so that the funds may be made available to resume prison reform in the country. In an interview with Listin Diario, …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) joined the calls of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic for major changes in the social security law. The Roman Catholic Church during the Seven Last Words proclamation on Good Friday, 26 March 2024, blasted the government for complicity in the denounced profiteering of the financial entities that …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) reports it confiscated a shipment of cocaine in boxes of fresh papaya that would have been exported to Madrid, Spain from the Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) seized 180 packages suspect to be cocaine during an inspection operation carried out at …

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The British Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic (BritchamDR) announced the winners of the Young Musician of the Caribbean Awards (YMoCA) during its annual gala held on Monday, 1 April 2024 at the National Theater. The winners are Dominican Hector Almanzar, in the Junior clarinet category; Dominican Enmanuel Galvez, in the senior piano category; …

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Mother of three boys, Dominican weightlifter Beatriz Pirón proved her class again in 49 kg category of the IWF World Cup qualifier held in Phuket, Thailand. She is now the only four-time Olympian in the Dominican Republic. She had competed in three other Olympic Games and was ninth in the London 2012 Olympics; fourth in …

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