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The National Police reported that the Central Anti Narcotics Agency (DICAN) has confiscated more than 215,000 grams of different types of drugs and eliminated 1,285 drug sales points during the month of July. The DICAN spokesperson reports that 958 alleged drug dealers have been arrested and the agency has confiscated 135 motorcycles, eight vehicles, 155 …

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Purchasing of text books for the new school year is once again proving to be a headache for parents, especially those with children at private schools. Parents complain that they must supply a staggering array of provisions for their children to attend class beginning this month. One parent was told that she must supply the …

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Cattle in the Dominican Republic will now be traced through a national database that will track breeding and health records. The traceability program, launched by the Ministry of Agriculture last week, hopes to bring Dominican cattle health and monitoring protocols up to international standards. Agriculture Minister Angel Estevez said that the country wants to become …

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Spanish chemist, Pilar Mateo, met with the spokesman of the PLD deputies (majority party in the chamber of Deputies) to offer her solution for the eradication of the chikungunya virus in the country. She has formulated a paint that while not toxic to humans slowly releases insecticides to combat parasite-spreading insects. Bayer Cropscience has been …

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The head of the Police, Major General Manuel Castro Castillo met yesterday, 5 August 2014, with the 12 regional directors and 62 Department Commanders to quantify the number of serious crimes committed during July. Castro Castillo reported that there had been a 31% reduction in homicides nation-wide, compared to July 2013. He explained that from …

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The Dominican Republic men’s basketball team defeated Cuba 76-72 in a hard-fought game yesterday in Centrobasket 2014. The DR team attributed the win to offense outbursts in the second and fourth quarters of the game. The DR team is the defending champion in the event. The championship was a qualifier for the 2015 FIBA Americas …

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President Danilo Medina was at the Ministry of Defense yesterday, 4 August 2014, to open a Primary Care Health Center that will provide medical assistance to members of the military and their families. The facility is approximately 560 square meters of floor space and has an emergency room, laboratory, sonography, x rays, emergency surgery, pharmacy, …

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Yesterday, 4 August 2014, President Danilo Medina inaugurated 64 new classrooms In Hato Mayor that will serve 2,415 students for the extended school day. The schools were elementary schools in Los Hatillos and Juan Pablo Duarte and high schools Cesar Caceres Castillo and Morquecho. The total cost of the public work was RD$190, 208,000. The …

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President Danilo Medina attended yesterday, 4 August 2014, the lunch held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Educa Foundation (Business Action for Education), whose president is Elena Viyella. At the lunch, Viyella thanked the President for all he had done for education in the country, making it a priority for his government and being …

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