2019 – Page 9

The Dominican dance group Da Republik was a finalist for Got Talent Spain, which chose the fifth winner of the talent program on Monday night. On Saturday, 15 December 2019, the group received the golden buzzer pass to the grand finals of the TV show on Telecinco in Spain. The same group had been finalists …

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Anthony Santos, one of the leading bachata singers in the country, says the three leading bachata performers in the world are “Luis Vargas, El Mayimbe and Raulín.” He is referring to the Luis Vargas, himself (El Mayimbe) and Raulín Rodríguez. He understands they were pioneers at a time when the music only played on AM …

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RD$3 million in cash and a luxury SUV are up for grabs tonight in the final of the Dominicana’s Got Talent reality show on ColorVision, Channel 9 from 8 to 10pm. Of the 200 performers that showed their stuff on the reality show, Dominican viewers and the four judges will need to vote tonight to …

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The Presidency inaugurated the start of the 911 Emergency System in the 11 municipalities of southwestern Barahona province on 16 December 2019. Some 582 collaborators and 114 vehicles have been assigned to the service. This includes 24 physicians, 24 nurses and 93 paramedics. 20 new ambulances and 10 motor ambulances are part of the service. …

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The Ministry of Defense has opened the Estero Hondo border post near the border with Haiti. Estero Hondo is defined as sensitive to the security of the northern coast. The Ministry of Defense has been expanding checkpoints and surveillance of the border with Haiti as economic, political and social chaos has escalated in the western …

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Public Works Minister Ramón Pepín says that works are being carried out on a 10 km extension of the Coral Highway near Higuey to make it safer. Pepin said the stretch would be expanded from two to four lanes and two returns added. Read more in Spanish:El Dia 17 December 2019

The Tax Agency (DGII) reports 70,743 new vehicular registrations were issued in 2019. This increases the number of vehicles in circulation to 1,374,231 as of mid-December 2019, according to El Dia. El Dia reports that every year, the number of motor vehicles in the country has been increasing. Last year the increase was 253,546 new …

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The Tax Agency has extended to 31 December 2019 the selling of vehicular circulation permits at 611 branches of 31 financial entities nationwide. The DGII says that as of 2 January, DIGESETT officers have been instructed to tow vehicles that do not present the stickers on their front windows. Those not getting their sticker in …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez Cardenas wants internists, obstetrics and gynecologists and family practitioners to be sent to primary care units (Unidades de Attention Primaria). He said these specialists could solve upfront most of the patient cases. The big change needs to be to a model where 80% of the demands of hospitals and private …

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It looks like the Executive Branch could get the needed votes to pass the 2020 National Budget as sent by the President’s office. The bill has already passed in the Senate. “The country can’t be stopped,” is the argument now being used by legislators that support President Leonel Fernandez in the Chamber of Deputies to …

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