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The Dominican national basketball team is scheduled to face team USA on 20 August at Madison Square Garden. The exhibition game is one of many training games leading up to the FIBA 2014 Basketball World Cup in Spain that will be held from 30 August-14 September. The USA team is the champion of the previous …

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On 8 April, President Danilo Medina inaugurated a solar power energy and air conditioning system that was installed in the Union Medica Clinic in Santiago. The Union Medica is one of the largest and most advanced private medical centers in the country. This private hospital and the also renowned Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago have helped …

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President Danilo Medina continued to highlight his government’s investment in education as he inaugurated yet another 11 schools (totaling 156 new classrooms), this time in Santiago. The schools are equipped to support the activities required for the full school day programs. The inauguration ceremony took place at Francisco Arias School in Santa Maria in La …

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Cesar Pina Toribio, Legal Advisor to the Executive Branch, announced yesterday that President Danilo Medina has reviewed the proposed new Penal Procedures Code and returned it to Congress with the request that both legislative chambers address major issues regarding the Penal Code that have arisen during these weeks of public discourse. Toribio said that the …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) has renewed the tender for new frequencies that will enable telecoms companies to make considerable improvements to cellular and Internet services throughout the country. The frequencies are in bands between 941 and 960 MHz; 1710 and 1755 MHz, as well as 2110 and 2155 MHz. Some of the access and …

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Altagracia Ramirez, wife of the missing UASD university professor Narciso Gonzalez (Narcisazo), provided the National District prosecutor, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, a list of ten people, civilians and military personnel, who may have been involved in or may have information about the disappearance of her husband. Ramirez, who was accompanied by her lawyer, Tomas Castro, said …

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According to the director of OMSA, Manual Rivas, as of today, 44 buses will become part of their fleet with another 46 going into service over the next few weeks. The buses had been parked for more than three years at the Dominican Naval Base. Rivas explained that the buses have been reconditioned and that …

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Dr. Jose Manuel Puello, the director of the National Center for Control of Tropical Diseases (CENCET), has turned to the media to help raise awareness of the recently introduced Chikungunya fever. Speaking on the program Chevere Nights on Channel 11, Dr. Puello explained that the Chikungunya fever is not transmitted person to person, but rather …

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According to the Dominican Navy, a ship under the Chinese flag ran aground off Cabo Rojo in Pedernales province on Monday 7 April, and the Navy, together with other organizations is taking measures to ensure the accident will not cause severe damage to the coast or near-shore ecologies. The ship called “Great Qin,” destined for …

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The National Police arrested two men accused of carrying a bomb that was due to explode at noon yesterday 8 April in Navarrete. The men were identified as Jose Luis Rodriguez, aged 26, and Jose Manuel Moran, 36. According to the Police the men were travelling on a motorcycle with the bomb that had an …

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