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The Ministry of Public Works has announced that Duarte Bridge is closed for repairs. The Ministry says it will spend US$400 million on repairing the Duarte and Sanchez bridges over the Ozama River that link Santo Domingo east and west.

The Chamber of Deputies energy commission met with the Superintendent of Electricity Eduardo Quincoces yesterday, Monday 20 May to intercede on behalf of the business community in Samana that is complaining of the high cost of power in the area. Fuerza y Luz is the private company providing the service in Las Terrenas, Las Galeras …

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The Catholic Church says it will go to the Constitutional Court to appeal the decision taken yesterday, Monday 20 May by Judge Eunice Minaya Perez who rejected a legal protection writ submitted by the church against a sex education campaign by Profamilia. The judge said the campaign does not violate fundamental rights. The full ruling …

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The Cabarete Development Association (ADECA) is asking the Puerto Plata courts to expedite the hearing of the case presented by Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito against the Municipal Director of Cabarete, Gabriel Antonio Mora Ramirez (Canoa) and former municipal director Eddy Ramon Morfe de la Cruz, accused of misuse of public funds from 2004-2010. The …

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Drug agents at the Punta Cana International Airport arrested a Dominican woman yesterday, Monday 20 May. Angela Yveris German Genao was planning to board a flight to Moscow with 600 grams of cocaine hidden in her brassiere, reported National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) spokesman Roberto Lebron. The 39-year old woman was arrested for investigations by …

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According to reports, a 13-year old girl stabbed her 17-year old brother Jimmy Ramos to death on Sunday, 19 May after he criticized her for drinking alcohol. The crime, which occurred at Calle El Brisal in Barrio Azul in Andres, Boca Chica, is said to have shaken the community. The girl’s uncle handed her over …

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Dominican middleweight boxer Yenebier Guillen defeated Team USA diva in a bout for the finals in the Women’s Boxing Continental Championship held on Sunday 19 May in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. She won the gold defeating Crews 15-7 points in the continental event in which 15 countries competed. Listin Diario reports that it is the …

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The Iberostar Costa Dorada in Puerto Plata is hosting the Dominican Republic Fashion Week, organized by fashion designer Jorge Diep. The event, which takes place from 21 to 25 May is a benefit for the Integracion Juvenil youth center and orphanage. Designers Jenny Polanco, Arcadio Diaz, Marisol Henriquez and Alberino from the Dominican Republic are …

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President Danilo Medina visited Pedernales and Neiba in the southwest and Monsenor Nouel in the central area of the country over the weekend of Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May and offered help with financing crops for about RD$80 million. He met with members of a coffee cooperative in Pedernales. The President promised to consider …

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President Danilo Medina issued three decrees 119-13, 120-13 and 121-13 over the weekend of Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May. According to Listin Diario, the decrees created three entities: The National Public Safety Council, the Public Safety Observatory’s Technical Operational Unit, and the National Roundtable on Safety, Citizenship and Gender. At the same time the …

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