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Following the arrest of Lieutenant Colonel John Liriano Sanchez for alleged links to a drug hit man, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) announced several changes in the chain of command and their main departments on Tuesday 24 September. Although Major General Julio Cesar Souffront Vasquez described the changes as simply routine, they have affected …

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Colombian brothers Huber Oswaldo Buitrago Ruiz and Angel Maria Buitrago Vacca have been taken from their cell at the Palace of Justice in Santo Domingo and moved to the jail in Najayo under strict security measures. They had been arrested for ties to drug trafficking. The warrant for their arrest was made on the grounds …

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Assistant Attorney General Bolivar Sanchez, who is leading the investigation into the accusations of sexual misconduct against former papal nuncio Josef Wesolowski has announced that the Dominican authorities have sufficient proof of his misconduct and if he cannot be extradited to this country, he is ready to present the information to the Vatican. He said …

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An eight-year old boy died of rabies in the Robert Reid Cabral hospital on Monday 23 September after being bitten by a dog last December. The boy only had symptoms for eight days before he died and lived in Maguana Arriba, a rural area in the province of San Juan de la Maguana. Doctors confirmed …

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Rosa Nieves Paulino, the director of Robert Reid Cabral children’s hospital in Santo Domingo has warned that the Coxsackie virus, known as foot, hand and mouth virus is circulating in the country. It affects mainly children under five, and leads to blisters on the hands and feet and in the mouth. Together with the deputy …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 24 September, thousands of Dominicans flocked to the Catholic churches in the capital and across the country to celebrate the festival of the Virgin of Mercedes, the country’s patron saint since the colonization of the Americas. Most went to the national sanctuary at Santo Cerro, beginning to arrive late Monday 23 September and …

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Speaking on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the coup against the Juan Bosch government on 25 September 1963, former President Leonel Fernandez described the event as a stain and shame on contemporary Dominican history. Fernandez said that after more than 30 years of tyranny and oppression under Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican people had …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that high temperatures will continue to affect most parts of the country, even though there is a weather front over the west of the country moving slowly to the east/southeast. Once that disappears the late afternoon and early evening rainfall will decrease significantly. According to reports, over the weekend …

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The International Contemporary Dance Festival opens today, Wednesday 25 September with the performance by the Japanese group, Miyako Kato Dance Space at the Bellas Artes Theater in Santo Domingo. The Edanco Dance Festival will be held from 25 September to 7 October. After the inauguration, contemporary dance companies from Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Italy, Spain, …

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As is the DR1 tradition, the daily update of the DR1 daily news digest will not be published on the quasi-holiday, Monday, 23 September. Monday is a working day, but because Tuesday, 24 September is a religious holiday, Dia de las Mercedes many (including DR1) will take the day off converting it into a long …

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