2020News

Academy of Science calls on the population to protect the wetlands

The Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic (ACRD) has issued a call to the population to protect the country’s wetlands (“humedales”) because of their immediate and non-replaceable role in the nation’s life. In commemoration of the World Wetlands Day, the Academy of Science called for an iron-clad defense of the wetlands located in the …

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Duvergé, in Deep South, starts vegetable exports to US

The Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD) has announced that small farmers in the area of Duvergé in the border province of Independencia have begun exporting vegetables to the United States. According to the government land reform agency, the project denominated AC-584, also known as El Espartillar, is exporting jalapeño peppers, zucchini, melons, watermelons, okra and cucumbers …

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Ministry of Education signs agreement for quality education with Public School Teachers Association

The Ministry of Education and the Dominican Public Teachers Association (ADP) signed an agreement whereby they commit to work to improve the quality of public education. The working arrangement was signed by Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal and Xiomara Guante, president of the ADP. The agreement addresses educational quality, departmental ordinances and orders, school maintenance …

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