2018 – Page 5

The secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League, Johnny Jones proposes a public-private effort to relocate large industries outside of areas with dense residential populations to take advantage of the new Circunvalacion de Santo Domingo. He proposes relocating industries to land that has good access to the Santo Domingo bypass road that was built to …

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The United Nations General Assembly voted nearly unanimously Monday, 17 December 2018, to adopt the Global Compact on Refugees that the UN describes as a framework to strengthen the international response to the global refugee crisis. Of 181 countries, two countries voted against, the United States and Hungary. The Dominican Republic, Eritrea and Libya abstained. …

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The Center for Diagnostics, Advanced Medicine and Telemedicine (Cedimat) in the Plaza de la Salud area has increased the difference patients that are affiliated to health plans need to pay to see an attending from RD$600 to RD$1,100, Diario Libre reports. The new fees began on 1 December 2018. Only affiliates to the governmental Senasa …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) announced its Safe Christmas Operation 2018-2019 that calls for the participation of 39,233 persons, including physicians, paramedics, military, police, search and rescue specialists and volunteers. The effort includes prevention awareness actions to reduce food and alcohol intoxication and traffic accidents. On roads around the country, some 1,831 aid stations …

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Culture Minister Eduardo Selman announced that the 2019 Santo Domingo Book Fair would take place in 2019 inside the historic center of the capital city. The event is held annually for two weeks to a month in April-May. Previously, the book fair has been held at the National Music Conservatory-Parque Iberoamericano or at the Plaza …

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President Danilo Medina was in San Juan de la Maguana on Monday, 17 December 2018, for the inauguration of the Hospital Dr. Alejandro Cabral, the city’s main public hospital. The hospital has areas for emergency, vaccination, maternity and pediatrics, dentistry, general medicine, and diagnostics lab, morgue, and cholera, TB and HIV units. The renovation of …

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Spartan team members representing MSU baseball played their first game on Sunday, 16 December 2018, taking on the Dominican Republic Air Force at Pimentel Academy Field in Boca Chica. The game ended with a 5-5 tie because of time constraints. MSU team head coach Jake Boss Jr. said: “One of the main reasons that we …

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The South Zone is celebrating having been chosen by the government to host the 15th National Sports Games scheduled for 2020. The tournament that gathers the best in Dominican athletes under 23 years old will next take place in venues in the provinces of Azua, San Jose de Ocoa and Baní (Peravia) in the southcentral …

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Swimming made all the difference and the National District kept the pendant as champion of the National Sports Games. The swimming events took place at the La Vega Olympic pool. The better swimmers enabled the National District and Province of Santo Domingo to defeat the East Region that had been leading the competitions. The Metropolitan …

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The Dominican Winter Professional Baseball League announced that the round robin to narrow the field to the two teams that will compete for the 2018-2019 championship will start on Thursday, 20 December 2018. Games will continue on Friday, 21 December and Saturday, 22 December. The league then goes on break from Sunday, 23 December, through …

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