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Largest single win in the history of lotteries and games of chance in the DR

Lawyer Raúl de Jesús Caraballo Rojas has secured a place in Dominican lottery history with a record-breaking win of RD$431,875,000. He told CDN he had gambled RD$1,500 every Wednesday and Saturday in the same play 15 times combining the bets with plays in the Lotomas and SuperMas. La Lotería Electrónica Internacional Dominicana (Leidsa) confirmed that …
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DR Olympics update: two bronze in boxing; Reinas del Caribe advance in volleyball; Marileidy Paulino in semi-final

Dominican boxers Yunior Alcantara and Cristian Pinales won the country’s first medals in the Paris Olympics. The boxing wins put the Dominican Republic on the medal list in 59th place. Yunior Alcantara defeated Billal Bennama from France in the 51 kilos bout to win the bronze. Another bronze medal went to Cristian Pinales in the …
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Infotep and Ministry of Education agree to coordinate education for good jobs

Television personality Mike Rowe, who campaigns for training kids to be employable in the trades, such as carpentry, air conditioning, electricity, plumbing and welding, would be really happy with this news. The National Institute for Technical and Professional Training (Infotep) and the Ministry of Education have signed an agreement whereby the Infotep will bring its …
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Chamber of Deputies pinpoints several articles that should be amended in the Penal Code received from the Senate

The Special Committee of the Chamber of Deputies assigned to review the 419-article Penal Code project has proposed amendments to articles 14, 20, 24, 73, 86, 87, 89, 109, 111, 113, 123, 127, 130, 132, 133, 135, 136, and 139, as well as articles 140, 161, 220, 288, 289, 290, 295, 302, and 328. Alexis …
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Unicef: Breastfeeding levels are too low in the Dominican Republic

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 …