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The Central Bank (BCRD) has reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.48% in June 2024, following two months of negative inflation in April and May. The Central Bank explains that this brings the year-on-year inflation rate, measured from June 2023 to June 2024, to 3.46%, marking the seventh consecutive month that inflation …

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Data from the Central Bank reveals an exceptionally low loan delinquency rate nationwide of just 1.3% across the country’s financial system, Diario Libre reports, citing a Central Bank report. The findings are that out of every 200 loans approved by registered financial entities, only two remained unpaid. Diario Libre shares the Central Bank findings that …

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The Dominican Republic is the 27th country of 39 registered by the UN statistics with the lowest life expectancy in the Americas. Martinique (14th) and Canada (19th) have the highest life expectancy in the Americas with 83 years average for both sexes, according to United Nations data posted on Worldometer and World Population Review. Countries …

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The recently released statistics from the 10th National Population and Housing Census 2022 gives data to help understand the phenomenon of La Altagracia, the easternmost province that is growing in leaps and bounds. It is that La Altagracia is where Punta Cana, the boom tourism town, is located. Balbiery Rosario for Diario Libre reports that …

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Haiti Defense Minister Jean Marc Berthier Antoine held a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Taiwan in Haiti, Wen-Ji-ann Ku, to discuss bolstering the Haitian armed forces. The meeting has raised concern of the potential backlash from the People’s Republic of China, a member of the United Nations Security Council. The UN Security …

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Eleonore Caroit is a French politician from Renaissance who will repeat in the French parliament after winning the second constituency representing French residents in the Americas in the National Assembly since 2022. She won the fast-tracked recent election with 6969 votes to Sergio Coronado’s 5562 votes. Daughter of a Dominican mother and French father, Caroit …

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51-year old hiker Trinidad de la Cruz was sighted by searchers riding on a helicopter above the mountains. She is described as from the mountain town of Constanza and is an experienced hiker. She had become estranged from her group that was on a hike on Saturday, 6 July 2024 in the Central Mountain Range …

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At least seven people, including tourists, were injured this Monday morning in a crash of a car and bus at kilometer 26 of the Samana toll road, the Juan Pablo II highway, in the Chirino section, near Monte Plata. The incident occurred when a black Honda CRV collided head-on with a tourist transport bus coming …

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53-year old Raul Mondesi sentenced to six years in jail; he has already served the sentence under house arrest As a Dodgers outfielder, Mondesi won the NL Rookie of the Year award in 1994 and played in the All-Star Game one year later. He was a regular in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons and …

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A combination of a trough and a tropical wave will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Dominican Republic, primarily Tuesday, 9 July 2024 in the afternoon. Currently, a trough is producing cloudy skies with occasional moderate to heavy showers, isolated thunderstorms, and occasional gusts of wind across several provinces in the eastern and northeastern …

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