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Autodromo Mobil 1 is inviting racing aficionados to the Go Karting competitions taking place this Sunday, 9 June from 10am. The course is located at Las Americas Expressway Km 17. Tickets are RD$200. www.autodromomobil1.com For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://dr1.com/calendar

The First Lady’s Office has launched a new program called “For a Positive Start” with the aim of teaching pregnant women how to look after themselves during pregnancy. First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina led the inaugural event, which took place at the Our Lady of Altagracia Maternity Hospital. Public Health Minister Freddy Hidalgo and …

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The Ministry of the Environment has denied permission for mining operations in the Loma Miranda area as requested by Falcondo Xstrata Nickel, until the socio-economic and environmental conditions and mining technology can guarantee sustainable mining. The mining company has expressed it is open to modify its proposal to meet Ministry of Environment requirements. Environment Minister, …

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During a meeting with President Danilo Medina held yesterday, Monday 3 June, the telecommunications sector repeated its request to the government for a gradual reduction in the 10% tax that was introduced in 2004. For every RD$100, the companies in the sector have to pay RD$30 in tax, which the vice president of Orange Dominicana, …

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During an interview on the El Despertador program on Monday 3 June, economist Miguel Ceara Hatton said that poverty and social exclusion rates had increased during the first four months of this year. He described the way that the country’s resources have been concentrated as “a national embarrassment.” He said that in the first four …

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France and the Dominican Republic have agreed to cooperate to divide up responsibilities in the case of a businessman who was said tried to flee using a Dominican diplomatic passport. The case involves a French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine, who is linked to a case involving corruption in France but who holds a Dominican diplomatic passport, …

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The strike for improved conditions and a pay rise has moved to the hospitals in the five Eastern provinces, during Monday June 3, where only emergencies were being treated. The strike, which was called by the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) and the nursing unions, is a continuation of previous days last week in Santo Domingo …

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The assistant prosecutor for Children and Young People, Marisol Tobar, has announced that the legal authorities are checking to see if there is an extradition agreement with Poland in order to bring a priest accused of raping several minors in Santiago, Alberto Gil, back to the Dominican Republic. Following a raid on his home in …

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National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) agents arrested an Italian trying to leave the country from Las Americas International Airport on Sunday 2 June with drugs in his stomach. Bruno Fracasso, 34, was travelling to Madrid on an Air Europe flight. After his arrest, he was taken to the Armed Forces hospital where he expelled 163 …

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A fire broke out yesterday, Monday 3 June, at a tourist shopping center on Bavaro’s Avenida Espana. The fire started at 9am, apparently due to a short circuit in an air conditioning system in one of the shops. By the time the fire was put out, seven shops including a local restaurant had been burned …

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