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Dominican Republic exports in 2019 were US$11.4 billion, a 4.7% increase over exports in 2018 that had reached US$10.9 billion, according to the December Monthly Export Report from the Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD). The country’s main export items were gold, cigars, circuit breakers, medical instruments, jewelry and ferronickel. Farm exports, at US$2.33 billion, …

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At the open-air, quasi-landfill/refuse dump called Duquesa thousands of persons who find their daily sustenance there, as strange as that may seem. Duquesa is located in North Santo Domingo and is reached over barely passable roads that are used by garbage trucks of all sizes, in rain or shine, from dawn to early dusk. According …

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Waldys Taveras, a former city councilor for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), said on La Cuestión radio talk show with Diana Lora and Patricia Solano on Monday, 21 January 2020, that the 17 January decree issued by President Danilo Medina to formalize the technical closing of the Duquesa landfill is not good news. It could …

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The Minister of Education has sent the case of young vandals who desecrated a tomb in a public cemetery and posted video of themselves playing with a skull to the attention of the director of Student Guidance and Psychology at the Ministry of Education. The Minister was also said to be in contact with the …

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The Office of Vulnerability and Seismology regarding Public and Private Infrastructure (ONESVIE) has asked the public to be alert and aware of possible seismological movements (tremors or earthquakes) and to follow the recommendations of the corresponding agencies and scientists in the area. Hispaniola and Puerto Rico are situated on the Caribbean Tectonic Plate that borders …

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Presidential Minister Gustavo Montalvo, who recently headed a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the Cleanup and Sustainable Use of the Ozama and Isabela Watersheds, reported that there have been important advances in the recovery of these two rivers. He noted that they have received new proposals to insure the healthy recovery of the watersheds. …

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Many people have wondered why the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has not finished with the corruption case of the Odebrecht Construction Company in the Dominican Republic. There are persons in prison, reputations smeared and public questioning of every branch of government. The US$92 million involved in the case has been called “just the tip …

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In the campaign leading up to the 2012 elections, candidate Danilo Medina promised that he would activate the tourism sector and attract 10 million tourists a year by 2022. The goal is still far from being realized and projections are that it will take at least another decade to achieve. The average increase in tourists …

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The border with Haiti between Elías Piña and Dajabón is no longer “no man’s land” as the process of reinforcing the military security by means of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and fencing along the border advances. Rustling of cattle, deforestation, human trafficking, drug trafficking and contraband have all been stymied by the new emphasis …

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The Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday, 21 January 2020, that undocumented Haitians were apprehended when found traveling hidden by chicken boxes in a truck. The truck had unloaded its cargo of chickens at a farm near the Dajabón border market. “More than 20 undocumented immigrants, the driver and the truck were taken to the …

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