2024 – Page 187

Most of the deaths that could have been prevented over Easter Week occurred in traffic accidents. The efforts of over 45,000 volunteers to reduce accidents and fatalities on the nation’s highways, rivers, and beaches appeared to be working at the start of Easter Week as the major trauma hospitals are reported less-than-usual flow of patients. …

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Almost six months after the tragic collapse of the inner walls of the 27 de Febrero Avenue underpass at the height of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center on 18 November 2023, the Ministry of Public Works reopened the east-west traffic on that point of the thoroughfare. Nine persons died on 18 November 2024 when …

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Late last week, Holy Week in the Dominican Republic, people were lining up at the main terminal of the brand-new Santiago Cable Car Integrated Transportation System to take a four-kilometer rid on the newest attraction in the city. For many, it was an opportunity to enjoy the views of Santiago from above, a free entertainment …

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The water pumps of La Vigia in Dajabon province in the northwest of the border with Haiti were put into operation. The water pumps were reinstalled once it became clear businesspeople in Haiti, with the support of the gangs, were going ahead to complete the Masacre River water canal in Haiti near Ouanaminthe. The canal …

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According to the Ministry of the Environment, there have been about 55 forest fires reported to the authorities this spring. These fires have been dealt with by units from the Ministry’s fire brigades. According to sources, these fires are the result of small farmers burning off plots for springtime planting of their subsistence crops, generally …

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From August 2020 when the Abinader administration began, until February of this 2024, the Customs Agency (DGA) reports the confiscation of over US$17 million in undeclared cash. The cash has been seized by the DGA agents precisely because it was not declared on any Customs forms and is presumed to be illegal in origin. During …

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A 15-year old survivor of burns during the Salcedo carnival on 10 March 2024 was flown to a hospital in Boston for a better chance at recovery. Staff at the Dr. Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital in Santo Domingo made the connections to take the child abroad. The 15-year old is one of 18 persons, …

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Somos Pueblo interviewed psychologist Eladio Hernandez who explained how the body language of the presidential candidates of the opposition, former President Danilo Medina (2012-2016 and 2016-2020) and former President Leonel Fernandez (1996-2000, 2004-2008, 2008-2012), reveal the announced political coalition is week. The Somos Pueblo interview focused on a recent encounter of presidential candidates Leonel Fernandez …

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After the fire at the La Victoria Jail on 18 March 2024 that inaugurated the naming of a Police woman for the first time to be in charge of the jail, the media has been following up on the setbacks to the advances made in jail reform in the Dominican Republic. The media reports agree …

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