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Six workers were injured on Wednesday 11 January 2017 when strong winds caused the collapse of a scaffold at a 22-floor building located on Av. Bólivar near Av. Jiménez Moya in Santo Domingo, according to a report in 7dias. The workers, who fell from the 14th floor, were taken to the Darío Contreras public hospital …

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Miss Dominican Republic, 24-year old Sal García will be attending the Miss Universe pageant to represent the Dominican Republic. The money had to be raised from supporters online via GiveForward after the Dominican government said it could not fund her participation. The Miss Universe contest in the Philippines begins on 24 January 2017 and will …

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If it is not the single favorite to win and repeat as champions of the World Baseball Classic, the Dominican team is certainly among the top teams with the best chances to win. Team manager Moisés Rojas Alou is lining up repeat players from the winning 2013 team and new stars for the fourth edition …

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The Dominican Professional Baseball Winter League Championship enters the final stages of the semi-final round this week. For baseball fans, this is an agonizing week, with three teams vying for just one spot in the finals. The Aguilas Cibaeñas are almost a slam-dunk to make the finals at 10-2, with just six games remaining. However, …

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On Thursday, 12 January 2017, enjoy a mix of Dominican folk music and popular rhythms with jazz played by Joshy & su 4 Jazz. Their concert is part of the Jazz Nights program that brings live entertainment to the steps leading up from Avenida del Puerto to Calle El Conde in the Colonial City. The …

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President Danilo Medina has decreed the formation of a committee to investigate the bidding and decision process for the Punta Catalina coal-fired power plant, which was won by Odebrecht as part of a consortium that bid for the work. The President picked Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, Reverend Jorge Alberto Reynoso Cabrera, National Business Council (CONEP) …

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Marcelo Hafke, general manager of the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht met with attorney general Jean-Alain Rodríguez and Laura Guerrero Pelletier of the Anti-Administrative Corruption Agency (Pepca) on Tuesday, 10 January 2017. The meeting lasted seven hours, as reported in Diario Libre. Hafke was accompanied by his lawyer Robert Valdez. After the meeting, the attorney general …

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While consumers would say that the inflation rate seems much higher, despite the rising fuel and food prices the Central Bank reported that from December 2015 to December 2016 the inflation rate was 1.7%. This would make it the second lowest in the past 33 years. Inflation posted is below the lower limit forecast for …

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Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo has announced that the government plans to meet over the next few days to push forward the Electricity Pact agenda. Montalvo said that it was very important to President Danilo Medina and that the meeting would be chaired by Monsignor Agripino Núñez Collado, former rector of the PUCMM University. During the …

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As part of preparations for the Fifth Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit of Heads of Government and State being held in Punta Cana on 25 January 2017, the CELAC international cooperation working group is meeting in Santo Domingo on 12-13 January. The deputy minister for international cooperation at the Ministry of …

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