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The national weather service, Onamet has confirmed temperatures dropped below zero Celsius in the Valle Nuevo mountain zones in the Central Mountain Range. Onamet reported temperatures 8ºC in Constanza, 15ºC in San Jose de Ocoa and Moncion. Noontime temperatures of 28ºC to 30ºC are forecast for the capital city, while early morning temperatures are expected …

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Colonial City’s Casa de Teatro announces a week dedicated to Latin American drama at its Cristóbal de Llerena auditorium. “Pal’ gritadero” is an eight-day long showing of four well known Latin American theatrical presentations from Saturday, 26 January to Saturday, 2 February 2019. The opening is by Producciones Noventu and the comedy, “Un Tonto en …

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A thief took advantage of a packed court house to steal the cell phone from a journalist covering the case of the death of Colonel Daniel Ramos Alvarez at the Palacio de Justicia in Baní city on Tuesday, 15 January 2019. Eliana Cuevas, in Baní to cover the trial for Informativos Teleantillas (Channel 2), said …

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A group of around 40 persons disguised as clowns have begun a protest walk from the Monumento a los Heroes de la Restauración in Santiago to the Basilica Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higuey, a distance of approximately 317 km. The protest march is to call attention to the increasing number of sexual abuses …

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Accoridng to residents of the Nuevo Horizonte community in La Cienaga, Santo Domingo Oeste, the supposed Cerantra recycling plant was no such thing, but rather a clandestine fuel sales point located in a residential area in order to avoid being detected by the authorities. On Monday, two persons died after an explosion at the site …

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The Police is attempting to get its act together after poultry farmers in the Moca-Licey area of Espaillat and Santiago province announced on Tuesday, 15 January 2019 that they were coordinating for armed service corps to patrol the chicken farms that as of late have suffered from several armed robberies, despite having security at the …

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The director of the Police, Major General Ney Aldrin Almonte announced the removal of General Juan Geronimo Brown Perez at the command of the south central region of the Police. He was reassigned to the southeastern region of the Police. He was replaced by General Eduardo Alberto Then in Baní. The announcement follows the murder …

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Interior and Police Minister José Ramón Fadul (Monchy) told Hoy reporters on 16 January 2019 that the authorities need to investigate Jesús Peña, brother of the drug trafficker Rafael Antonio Díaz (Buche) who is linked to the death of Police colonel Daniel Ramos Álvarez. Peña denounced Baní was an open market for drug trafficking. Fadul …

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A fire that affected the carpentry workshop at the Hotel Embajador in Santo Domingo caused concern among guests staying at the hotel. Preliminary reports are that there were no injuries and the firemen worked on the fire at midnight of 16 January 2019. A representative of the Ministry of Tourism assured that all is under …

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In November and December 2018, some 22,509 children were born to foreign parents and registered in the Libro de Extranjería, according to the Dirección del Servicio Nacional de Salud (SNS) that monitors hospitals around the country. Of these, 669 were births at the country’s main maternity hospital, the Maternidad Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia, in …

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