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Codesharing for flights to Turkey from Santo Domingo; Air Transat to offer many flights to Samana

The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) announced more flight connections and frequencies of flights to Central America, Canada and Europe. Connections are improved on Air Europa on the Madrid/SantoDomingo/Madrid route, with code sharing with Turkish Airlines. This facilitates flights to Istanbul in Turkey for the winter season, from November to 25 March 2023. Etihad Airways will …

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President Abinader delivers works in San Cristobal for more than RD$697 million

President Luis Abinader was in San Cristóbal on Sunday, 6 November 2022 to mark the commemoration of the 178th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dominican Constitution. He delivered works in this province for more than RD$697 million, including the José Francisco Peña Gómez Children Reformatory, the 23-classroom Ivelisse Prats de Pérez Public School in …

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Monstrous rain bomb thrashes Santo Domingo; John Morales says it was a black swan event

On the evening of Thursday, 3 November 2022, a gushing rain hit the capital city of Santo Domingo for about one hour. The rainstorm inundated the city, leaving soils saturated, but drainages worked and while difficult, people got on with normal life activities. The next day, on Friday, 4 November 2022, unusually dark clouds forebode …

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People called to take measures to avoid diseases spread by flooding waters

The Ministry of Public Health has issued an epidemiological alert for the heavy rains and flooding. The heavy rains mostly affected Greater Santo Domingo, but the epidemiological alert is for the entire country. The Ministry of Public health urges the population to take actions to avoid the spread of diseases such as dengue, malaria, leptospirosis, …

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Political parties committed to comply with electoral laws

Will political parties abide with the electoral law and lower the intensity of the presidential campaign preparations or will Dominicans be subject to a very long presidential campaign? The Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the leading political parties on Thursday, 3 November 2022 signed an agreement where political parties agreed to comply with the law …

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UK Navy and US Coast Guard bust drugs off Dominican coasts; DNCD does not report on the interdiction

Will the UK Navy and the US Coast Guard become more active in combatting drug boats as they speed towards Dominican coasts to unload their cargo. The DR is a major transshipment post with recent evidence of drug networks set up to use ports and airports. The Dominican National Drug Control (DNCD) has not reported …

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Claro 21K Marathon

The Claro Santo Domingo Half Marathon is happening this 13 November, with the run starting from the Puerta de las Atarazanas, in the Colonial City. Registration is open for the 21K, 10K and 5K distances. The start times are: 21K: 5:30am; 10K: 6:20am; 5K: 7:30am. Registration costs are RD$2,000 (21K), RD$1,000 (10K) and RD$600 (5K). …

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