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The Dominican Republic approved on 11 December 2018 a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Action Plan to advance its commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change that had been submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in 2015. As reported by SDG Knowledge Hub, the plan will provide for planning, …

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Former Environment Minister, Francisco Domínguez Brito, has asked for the intervention of the Migration Agency (DGA), to stop Haitians continuing to work in the protected areas of the Dominican Republic. He said that there cannot be Haitian day labourers in areas such as Valle Nuevo, Los Haitises or the Sierra de Bahoruco, because they are …

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The Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic on 8 January 2019 called attention to the Medina administration and society in general for the dangers watersheds and protected areas are facing because of a lack of enforcement of Dominican environmental laws. The members of the board of the Academy of Sciences maintain that the lack …

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Alejandro Montas, director of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewage Corporation (CAASD), says works are advancing on the construction of the bridge for the sanitary drainage pipes for the directing of sewage from northern National District to the Mirador Norte La Zurza Treatment Plant in northern Santo Domingo. The construction is scheduled to be inaugurated …

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11% of vehicle owners did not pay the 2019 vehicle circulation tax in time for the 8 January 2019 deadline, as reported by the Tax Agency (DGII). The DGII reports it collected RD$2,003,737,500, an increase of 9% in comparison to the same period last year. The total to be collected for vehicles in circulation is …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) told the five political parties that have registered for open primaries (those in which any registered voter can vote to choose the presidential candidate and other elective posts candidates of a specific political party) that electronic voting may be implemented in the 2020 general election to reduce costs. The representatives …

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El Mega Omega Concierto is booked for the 4,500-seat capacity Puerto Plata Amphitheater. This is the first concert of the year at the popular venue that faces the Atlantic Ocean. The show is produced by Luis Medrano. Omega is popular for his best hits such as “Cambonea”, “Dame vida,” “Escudo de Dios,” “Tu no esta …

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The most important cycling race held every year in the Dominican Republic, the Vuelta Independencia Nacional, will take place 25 February to 3 March 2019. The event is organized by the Dominican Cycling Federation (Fedoci). The president of Fedoci, Jorge Blas Díaz said that the race kicks off with a 125 kilometer first race on …

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Yesterday, Monday 7 January 2019, 57-year old journalist Alanna Lockward fell seriously ill in Haiti. The investigator, university professor and author died in Santo Domingo at the age of 57. She died in the hospital following her return from Haiti. Alanna Lockward was born in Santo Domingo on 23 March 1961 and studied in Mexico …

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The United States is not the only country that deports Dominicans from their territory, even though the highest number of Dominicans are deported from the US. Statistics prepared by the National Migration Institute, part of the Ministry of Interior and Police, has identified other countries that also deport Dominicans. For example, in 2016 some 203 …

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