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The director of the Center for Emergency Operations (COE), General Juan Manuel Méndez forecasts more than four million people will travel to different parts of the country during the Easter Week holiday. He says the number of vacation goers this year will be greater because of the good weather forecast. He observed that when there …

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On occasion of the Easter Week holiday, the national court system will be closed starting on Wednesday, 17 April 2019. Schools have been out since Friday, 12 April and classes don’t resume until 22 or 23 April. Many resorts and mountain destination lodgings report being fully booked. Meanwhile, thousands choose to remain in the cities …

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On Sunday, 14 April 2019, President Danilo toured the border zone in a military buggy used by the military to protect the border. He was accompanied by Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem. The Presidency reported that President Medina saw for himself the living and working conditions of the soldiers based in the …

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The recent rain showers have not been sufficient to put an end to the drought that is affecting large areas of the Dominican Republic, hurting cattle, farm and poultry production very hard. The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is forecasting few rains for Easter Week. The director of the National Institute for Water Resources (INDRHI), Olgo …

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Local swimmer Mariel Mencía was the best female competitor in the 5th Dominican International Swim Open and the National 2019 Championship at the remodeled Santo Domingo Olympic Aquatic Center at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. Mencía, competing for the National District, made 724 points, followed up by Krystal Lara with 704 and Dorian McMenemy, …

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The ingenuity and brevity of a native fisherman Alison de los Santos made possible that the wreckage of a small car sunken in the Caribbean Sea off Km 19 Las Americas Expressway be lifted to land by crane. The vehicle is suspected to be the rented Kia Rio that two US tourists from Mount Vernon, …

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Judge Irka Méndez Sosa of a Santiago court ordered three months preventive custody to famous Santiago clown Kelvin Francisco Núñez Morel (“Kanqui”). Four aged 22 to 27 years accuse the clown of sexual abuse against them when they were minors. The clown will serve the term at the Centro de Corrección y Rehabilitación Rafey Hombres …

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The recently imposed regulations on truckers using the nation’s highways have provided material for the Traffic and Transportation Safety Agency (Digesett) to issue some 22,000 tickets to truckers breaking these new rules. As any driver knows well, the “I did not know that” does not work well in traffic violations. General Ernesto Rafael Rodriguez Garcia, …

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The head of the Traffic and Transportation Safety Agency (Digesett) for the Punta Cana area, Colonel Minoru Matsunaga says that the intersections feeding the Bávaro-Punta Cana highway will be closed for Easter Week. Matsunaga says this measure has proven effective at reducing traffic accidents in the area. He said the accidents are primarily caused by …

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Late last week the Ministry of Public Works initiated its program for highway safety during the Easter Week vacations. More than 400 vehicles, and 4,500 men and women will take part in the long weekend operation from 18 to 21 April 2019 to help prevent accidents and assist motorists with problems or involved in accidents. …

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