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Metro Office (OPRET) deputy director Leonel Carrasco says that the Metro’s arrival in Santo Domingo East will transform that side of the capital. The plan is for it to connect with the intersection of San Vicente de Paul and Mella avenues near the Megacentro shopping complex. OPRET is in the process of relocating 800 families …

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After years of trying to turn 88 new buses into feeder routes for the two lines of the Santo Domingo Metro, the OPRET has announced that the buses would instead be integrated into OMSA routes. OMSA is the Dominican government bus line that operates alternative routes to the Metro. The buses, which have been parked …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario says that the Dominican Republic should not attend the next session of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) because, in his view, the court is biased against the country and has already issued its opinion after its recent visit. The IACHR opposes the Dominican government’s plan to …

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In a column in today’s Diario Libre, Friday 21 March, economist Pedro Silverio writes that environmental resources such as Loma Miranda should not be mined because preserving the environment is leaving reserves for the future generations. Silverio says that the government has overextended itself by taking on debt that will need to be repaid by …

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To facilitate travel and business with members of the Commonwealth countries, two honorary consuls have been appointed by the governments of Australia and India. Businessman Fernando Rainieri, a former Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, was named honorary consul for Australia. Rainieri has served as secretary of the board of directors of the Commonwealth …

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Montecristi caper farmers want to sell their product on the local market where some US$20 million a year is spent on importing capers, a key ingredient in several Dominican dishes. The Dominican-grown capers have been exported to Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. The governmental Specialized Fund for Agricultural Development (FEDA) recently granted a soft loan to …

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Yesterday, Thursday 20 March the US media reported the story of 101-year old Braulia Fabian who was sworn in as a US citizen. The Dominican immigrant took the oath of allegiance to the US at a ceremony at her home in New York City. She became a permanent US resident in 1990. As reported, she …

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Judges of the Penal Chamber of the Court of Appeals have ordered three months preventive custody for Police sergeant Eduardo Andres Massanet Martinez, who was found in possession of US$500,000 in a SUV in Santo Domingo last month. Judges Eduardo Sanchez, Doris Pujols and Antonio Sanchez revoked a previous ruling that ordered his release under …

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Dominican contemporary music great Juan Luis Guerra will join the likes of 12-time Grammy Award winner Paul Simon for the Diamond Anniversary of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown when it celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The concert is set for Saturday, 2 August 2014, six days after the annual …

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Carnival is a big celebration in the Dominican Republic and for several years now Dominican immigrants in Massachusetts have been having their own celebration. The Massachusetts Carnival Association has announced that its 2014 parade will start at 2pm on Saturday, 29 March at the Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology at Harvard University in Cambridge. …

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