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The government of Germany has donated technical equipment to the Police to strengthen forensic investigations at crime scene processing. They also donated a Toyota Prado vehicle for use by the Scientific Police. The equipment was delivered to Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo by German ambassador Victoria Zimmermann von Siefart. The donation is part …

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The Tax Department (DGII) and associations representing a series of commercial interests have signed a sort of truce as a step towards avoiding a general strike called for the first week of February. According to Diario Libre, the DGII and these associations agreed to a tax credit that will reimburse the businesses that install these …

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The Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) has announced it is applying for a patent on a new nanotechnological invention. According to the Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amado Melo and PUCMM rector Monsignor Agripino Nunez, the university has filed for patents in the United States, Taiwan, and in the PCT consortium of 148 …

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The first robot surgery in the Dominican Republic was performed by a team of surgeons from the Arizona Medical Dominican Friends Foundation, headed by Dr Severino Rodriguez at the Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago (HOMS) on 19 January. In an interview with Listin Diario, HOMS spokesman Dr Rafael Sanchez Espanol said that the ultra-modern Da Vinci …

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Anyone who has lived or visited the country knows just how important hair care is to Dominican women. As a result, Dominican-made hair products are making a significant contribution to the country’s exports to the United States and Europe. Products from Dominican cosmetic laboratories are rated very highly by Latin and Afro-American women and the …

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Many businesses suffered from a lack of customers and employees yesterday, Wednesday 29 January, as a large-scale strike by all the public transport unions was close to 100% effective in Santiago and the suburbs. At the same time, other drivers were able to drive safely, calmly and quickly around the city, on streets and avenues …

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Agents from the Specialized Tourist Safety Corps (Cestur) have captured a Frenchman, nationalized as an Italian, who is a fugitive wanted for money laundering and fraud in the United Kingdom. The fugitive, Jack Mayer, was arrested yesterday, Wednesday 29 January as he tried to leave his hotel on Av. 27 de Febrero in Santo Domingo …

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For the first time in most people’s memory, Cuba will take part in the Caribbean professional baseball championship on Margarita Island off the coast of Venezuela this week. The Dominican Republic will play Puerto Rico on the opening day, Friday 1 February. Major League Baseball has set a 7 February deadline for all winter league …

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The champion Tigres del Licey will celebrate their victory over the Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League Championships with a huge victory parade this afternoon, Thursday 30 January that is certain to tie up traffic in parts of Santo Domingo. According to El Caribe, the parade will start at 3pm and follow a …

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President Danilo Medina spent time explaining the official Dominican position on the path to citizenship and legalization for undocumented people in the Dominican Republic while attending the II Summit for the Community of Central American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Havana yesterday, Tuesday 28 January. As reported in Listin Diario, President Medina defended Dominican sovereignty …

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