2019 – Page 21

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) extended the deadline for submitting municipal candidacies to Friday, 6 December 2019 at 6pm. The Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and nine other opposition parties had asked the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for a 48-hour extension of the 3 December 2019 deadline to submit their candidates for municipal positions. The parties …

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Russian Embassy officers in Punta Cana are preparing a special return flight to Russia for 24 of the 39 tourists who were injured a week ago in a bus accident on the Coral Highway in the east. According to Mikhail Evdokímov, head of the Russian Embassy delegation in Punta Cana, most of the patients are …

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This 2019, malaria and dengue have reached the highest number of cases in 10 years, with almost 18,000 new cases in November. This is 20% higher than the 13,700 cases reported in the same month in 2015. At the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital dengue is reaching the highest level of mortality in its history …

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Public and private school students in the Dominican Republic ranked last of nine Latin American countries participating in the 2018 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) ranking. The international school ranking is based on tests taken by 15-year olds in 79 countries and regions and tests reading, math …

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The National Police launched the Peaceful Christmas Operation 2019-2020 to enhance safety during the Christmas holidays. The operation seeks to protect lives, physical integrity and security of Dominicans and foreigners in the country over the holidays. Major General Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, director of the National Police, announced patrols with 23,458 agents nationwide. The operation …

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The Dominican Navy has informed that Navy divers have been able to control the fuel leak from a boat that sank off the coast of Bani. Navy spokesman, naval Captain Fajardo Martinez, said that on the instructions of Vice Admiral Emilio Recio Segura, a team of military divers, sealed the fuel tanks of the sunken …

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Several members of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) have been arrested along with at least four civilians, including two women. The arrests were carried out at dawn yesterday, Monday, 2 December in Nagua, in the northeastern province of María Trinidad Sánchez. The arrests were carried out presumably in connection with drug dealing, and those …

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The FBI has offered a reward of US$100,000 for information leading to the capture of Cesar Emilio Peralta, but he is not the only Dominican being sought by the FBI. Hours after the award was published in the Dominican Republic, Colombia reported the arrest of Peralta. Also on the list is Vladimir Natera Abreu, dual …

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Colombian police and US federal agencies arrested Cesar Emilio Peralta (El Abusador) days after he had arrived to Cartagena. The Colombian Police chief in Cartagena, Brigadier General Henry Sanabria remarked that Peralta was a big capo for whom the US had offered an award of US$100,000 for information leading to his capture. The arrest by …

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In the Dominican Republic, two out of every 10 people who have the HIV virus, do not know that they have the AIDS-carrying virus. According to the executive director of the National Council for HIV and AIDS (Conavihsida), Victor Terreno, this fact presented a challenge when it comes to prevention of the virus. Speaking on …

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