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The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has sounded the alarm over the persistently low rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the Dominican Republic. According to the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), conducted jointly by the National Office of Statistics (ONE) and Unicef, only 16% of infants in the country are exclusively breastfed for the first …

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Staff of the Dominican embassy and consulate in Venezuela returned on a Sky High flight direct from Venezuela on Tuesday, 30 July 2024. The Maduro administration had ordered the Dominican mission to leave immediately, after the Dominican Republic called for transparency actions following the Sunday, 28 July 2024 election in Venezuela. Incumbent Foreign Minister Yvan …

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One of the best interior designers of all times, Patricia Reid Baquero passed away on Sunday, 28 July 2024 at the Centro de Diagnóstico Medicina Avanzada y Telemedicina (Cedimat) in Santo Domingo, after years of battling illness. She was the Altos de Chavon museum creator and in recent years had become a celebrated plastic artist. …

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The Dominican Meteorological Institute, former the Onamet (same church, different pew) has issued a note that says a tropical wave will bring rains starting on Thursday, 1 August 2024 for large areas of the country. There are rain alerts issued for the East Coast starting in Nagua in the Northeast all the way south to …

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There is no doubt that the Olympics are big news in the Dominican Republic. The DR U23 football (soccer) team (ranked 150th by FIFA), in its third match in the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, 30 July 2024, tied 1-1 with Uzbekistan (ranked 61st). The tie was not enough for the team to pass to the …

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In Major League Baseball, Jose Ramirez playing for the Cleveland Guardians (formerly the Indians) hit two home runs to move to second place on the team’s all time home run list. Starring in Cleveland’s 8-4 defeat of the Detroit Tigers, Ramirez had an excellent with two homers and a double in the game on 29 …

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DR1 News will not be updated on Wednesday, 31 August 2024. The news will be compiled for the Thursday, 1 August edition. Dolores Vicioso, editor of DR1 News, will be off for medical leave on Wednesday. She is undergoing cataract surgery for a second eye and believes it prudent to let the first successfully operated …

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President Luis Abinader was in Capotillo, a low-income barrio, to inaugurate the covered sports facility at Escuela Salomé Ureña on Saturday, 28 July 2024. The National Institute of Physical Education (Inefi) is responsible for the sports center, the first of its kind in the Ensanche Capotillo neighborhood. The courts will benefit students, athletes and also …

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Local health authorities have announced that the “Cuida tu Salud Mental” hotline will extend its hours of operation starting 1 September 2024. The hotline, which provides mental health support, will then be available from 8am to 12am, seven days a week. Minister of Public Health Victor Atallah made the announcement together with First Lady Raquel …

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The trending topic in the Dominican Republic, in the news and in friends gathering, is Venezuela. The Dominican Republic has strong historic ties with Venezuela and a long history of Dominican migration to Venezuela and migration of Venezuelans to the Dominican Republic. President Luis Abinader has established his position regarding Venezuela, one that he says …

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