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Operations at the Duquesa refuse dump returned to a sort of normality yesterday, Tuesday 23 July with the arrival of 70 trucks and 15 tractor-trailer dump trucks. The Duquesa site is being managed by the Santo Domingo North city government after a take-over last week. According to El Caribe, the general manager of the Brazilian …

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The Plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) decided yesterday, Tuesday 23 July to deliver a copy of the certified membership documents of the PRD National Executive Committee (CEN) to a group of 188 leading PRD members, followers of Hipolito Mejia, but with no certainty that they appear on the lists as party members. Regarding …

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The National Association of Private Clinics and Hospitals (Andeclip) has called off a stop to offering services to affiliates of the Family Health Insurance payroll deduction regime after Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo called for a meeting. The stoppage would have affected around 2.7 million holders of medical insurance coverage. The private hospitals are seeking to …

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According to the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), rainfall is forecast for today, Wednesday 24 July as a result of a tropical wave that is currently moving west out of Haiti. The predominant east-southeast winds will provide the humidity and thunderstorms of short duration are expected in the northeast, southeast and over the Central Mountains. Onamet …

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Starring Dominican tenor Edgar Perez and Cuban-American singer Elizabeth Caballero, The Merry Widow will open at the National Theater in Santo Domingo on 23 August, followed by a second performance the next day. The operetta by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar is based on the story of a rich widow and her countrymen’s attempt to keep …

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Enrique Iglesias is booked for the Hard Rock Cafe Hotel in Punta Cana on Saturday 27 July. Tickets from Uepa Tickets. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

Administrative Minister for the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta said yesterday, Monday 22 July, that the government had promised 10,000 new school classrooms this year, and that although they would not be ready for the start of the school year in August, they would be finished by the end of the calendar year. He made the …

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The Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) says that it has pre-qualified six companies to participate in the tender for contracting two coal power plants. The contract is controversial as many say that this is old technology for power generation. The companies chosen are: China Gezhouba Group Company Limited, Posco Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., Consorcio Norberto …

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Following a meeting with Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, the Haitian ambassador in the DR Fritz Cineas confirmed yesterday, Monday 22 July, that his government would ban the import of plastics manufactured in the Dominican Republic as of 1 August. The Haitian government says they are not biodegradable, as they take some 400 years to …

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The General Office of Migration has dismissed two officials who worked in the Haitian affairs department for serious offences. Angel Luis Santa Ledesma and Maximo Roman Andujar were dismissed for extortion from Haitians who were detained during raids. The moment of extortion was captured on video by Dominican Quico Jaquez Rodriguez who recorded the two …

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