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The good news is that the organizers of the Latin Grammy Awards are incorporating a Best Merengue/Bachata category, honoring the two Dominican music genres. This coincides with the launching of new albums by Juan Luis Guerra and Romeo Santos. The requirement is for at least 51% of the content of the albums to be new …

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The Cuarto Juzgado de la Instrucción of the National District ordered that Manuel Rivas, the former director of the Metropolitan Bus Services (OMSA) government entity, remain in jail. He had been accused of the murder of lawyer Yuniol Ramírez, but in a late development in the case, that accusation was dropped, leaving just a charge …

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The Navy reported that 65-year old Lucas Santana Medina, a native of Montecristi, died while fishing at sea. Three other persons who had accompanied him survived. Of these, two were rescued by the Navy, while a fourth swam to safety. They were fishing on board Zeus II. The fishermen were rescued by the Navy Denebola …

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A First Instance Santo Domingo Court has ruled that the different rules that apply to men and women in the Divorce Law violate the Constitution. The rules restrict those who can petition a fast-track divorce on grounds of mutual consent. As reported in Diario Libre, the ruling of the Cuarta Sala para Asuntos de Familia …

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The Ministry of Sports has recommended the permanent stationing of a fully-equipped ambulance at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. Sports Minister Danilo Diaz announced the recommenation after a wrestler practicing in the sports center died of pulmonary edema. The president of the national Olympic Committee, Luisin Mejia, also agreed that a 911 unit should …

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The Punta Catalina coal-fired thermoelectric power plant has been generating upwards of 158.21 MW this April 2019 as it begins its test run, according to reports posted by the Coordinating Body of the National Interconnected Electrical System of the Dominican Republic (OC-SENI). Rubén Jiménez Bichara, head of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), owner of the …

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The Central Bank is working on an Electronic Platform for Hard Currency Transactions as part of efforts to increase efficiency and transparency of the Dominican foreign exchange market. To this end, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu met last week with the treasurers of financial entities transacting in foreign exchange. He said in February, loans …

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The International Monetary Fund has revised its 2019 projected real GDP growth rate for the Dominican Republic. This is now at 5.1%, compared to an earlier estimate of 5.5%. This is down from growth in 2018 that at 7% was the highest in the Americas. The data is contained in the World Economic Outlook Report …

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Economist Pavel Isa Contreras says Dominican exports for the first two months of the year were up 8.3% compared to the same period in 2018. Exports reached US$1.5 billion, or US$116 million more than for Jan-Feb 2018. The data is from the Dominican Customs Agency (DGA) and reported in the newsletter of the Dominican Observatory …

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Leading Spanish thinker, Pilar Roch will be sharing her knowledge and new perspectives on life in the digital world during a talk at Indotel’s Centro de las Telecomunicaciones in the Colonial City. The talk is open to the general public and starts at 6pm on Wednesday, 10 April 2019. Jose Armando Tavarez, rector of the …

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