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o Do not drink on an empty stomach.o Wait at least 48 hours between food binges and heavy drinking to avoid diarrhea and digestive system back up. o Chew your food, eat slowly for better digestion. o Be aware that the mixing of diverse kinds of foods, and the ingestion of the fatty foods that …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the Ministry of Armed Forces has plans to equip frontier military posts with four-wheel vehicles and special motorcycles to enable military to patrol the border with Haiti starting early next year. The plans are part of the program to modernize the armed forces. There are also plans to improve the living …

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President Leonel Fernández will celebrate his birthday on Sunday, 26 December. He will be 46 years old.

The Police announced that it will keep the vehicles of drunk drivers for 48 hours. The Police does not have apparatus to measure the level of drunkenness, so the determination of whether a driver is apt to drive will depend on the perception of the policeman. The measure seeks to reduce deaths during the Christmas …

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The DR’s chief trade agreement negotiator, Frederic Emam- Zade announced that the Caribbean has agreed to reduce its list of products excluded from free trade treatment to 48 down from 112. The treaty was signed 22 August 1998, pending the submission of the list of excluded products. Talks to this end, nevertheless, stagnated when the …

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The few that didn’t get a chance to see "Nueba Yol", the DR’s record-breaking film, can view it Sunday, 26 December at 9 pm on cable TV, Channel 42 (Cinecanal) of Telecable Nacional. "Nueba Yol" tells the bittersweet story of a Dominican who migrates to New York City.

"Navidad 99" is the celebration of Christmas organized by the Ayuntamiento de Santo Domingo (city municipality), Secretaría de Turismo (ministry of tourism), Comisión de Monumentos (historic monuments commission), Oficina de Patrimonio Cultural (office of cultural heritage), and the Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial (board of the colonial city). Activities start today, Wednesday, 1 December and …

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Five Dominicans judo athletes classified to participate in the Sydney, Australia 2000 Olympic Games. The Dominicans accumulated points with their participation in the World Judo Championship (Paris), Panamerican Judo Championship (Guadalajara, Mexico), Central American and Caribbean Games (Maracaibo, Venezuela), Panamerican Judo Championship (Santo Domingo), World Judo Championship Campeonato (Birmingham, England), Pan Am Games (Winnipeg, Canada) …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed the contract for the management of four international airports in Santo Domingo, including the two largest. The 20-year concession had been signed between the Dominican state and Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom). The contract establishes that Aerodom will be responsible for the administration, operation, maintenance, modernization, commercial exploitation, renewal and …

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A 3.0 Richtner scale earthquake was felt in the Cibao and Southwestern region of the DR yesterday at 6:52 pm. It lasted seven seconds. The earthquake did not cause material or human losses. Seismologist Nelson Ramírez said the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Cordillera Septentrional, in the north of the DR, and …

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