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Diario Libre journalist Marvin del Cid presents a video showing the population of manatees in Samaná province. The northern shores of Samaná are good for manatees because of the many offshore reefs that reduce wave action and also contribute to a very reduced flow of boats of all sorts through the area. There is a …

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The Ministry of Public Works has continued to build the bus terminal in East Santo Domingo in spite of a decision handed down by the Constitutional Court and another by the Superior Administrative Court (TSA), both ordering a cease-and-desist to the project. There have been at least three judicial decisions that demand a work stoppage, …

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Defense lawyers representing journalist Marino Zapete have requested Jean Alain Rodriguez and former Public Works Minister and today Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) presidential candidate Gonzalo Castillo to hear their testimonies regarding defamation charges. The sister of Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez has sued the journalist for linking her to Asimra, a company that benefited with …

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The Police arrested two men and are on the trail of another accused of the robbery of Major Leagues pitcher Miguel Castro in La Romana. The ball player was robbed on Tuesday, 7 January, when he was arriving to the baseball field in Pica Piedra where he would help train baseball players. The arrested were …

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Four-year old Yanesy Rodríguez was buried last week. The child had gone missing on Saturday, 4 January 2020, after her mother sent her to the neighborhood grocery shop some 200 meters away from her home. It was around 10 pm. The child was given RD$200 to make a purchase. She never was seen again. A16-year …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) has raised the green alert for high surf, abnormal waves and gusts of wind in Bavaro (Punta Cana) in La Altagracia province. The green alert is also in effect for the coastal areas of Matancita and Gaspar Hernández municipalities in María Trinidad Sánchez. Caution should be exercised when using …

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A full house of fans at the Palacio de Deportes and hundreds of thousands who followed the games on Channel 4 TV watched the Dominican national volleyball team smash Puerto Rican team’s expectations in the NORCECA Women’s Qualification Tournament Tokyo 2020, a winner takes it all clash. The Dominican team won the qualifier 3-0 on …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio César Castaños Guzmán, says the electoral organization will wait for the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to decide on pending matters regarding political party requests before ordering the printing of the ballots. The JCE has made the preliminary ballots for candidates available to the political parties for …

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Political parties will be able to verify the source codes of the automated voting system and add their security to the 24-hour surveillance of the equipment that is being audited by the Spanish firm Alhambra Eidos, contracted by the Central Electoral Board (JCE). Miguel Angel Garcia, director of Information Technology (IT) for the JCE, did …

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Bartolomé Pujals, the Alianza País candidate to the mayor for the National District, has submitted his proposals for the 2020-2024 to the Central Electoral Board (JCE). On 8 January 2020, he presented his municipal management program. The program gives priority to reinstating to the municipality its role in organizing human mobility and vehicular traffic in …

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