2020 – Page 6

The government’s OMSA bus company announced two public transport routes to bring shoppers to Merca Santo Domingo in northern Santo Domingo. One route runs from Km. 13 on Av. Independencia-Luperón Avenue-Km 9 to Km 22 (Merca Santo Domingo). The other route is from Km. 13 of Independencia Av, then Avenida Isabel Aguiar and Prolongación 27 …

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Tony Peña Guaba, director of the Social Policy Cabinet (DGCP) of the Abinader administration is not resigning. Despite widespread acclaim that he leave the position after having violated the Procurement Law, he instead found a way around the breach in following procurement rules. He is now canceling the contracts the 70 popular artists would have …

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In an extraordinary session on Monday, 21 December 2020, the Senate passed the second reading on the child marriage bill. The bill prohibits legal marriages of persons under 18 years of age. Previously, marriages were allowed for girls as young as 15 years old with parental authorization and the approval of a judge Alianza Pais …

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The National District city government announced the suspending of the annual carnival parade in 2021. Already, the organizers of the La Vega carnival canceled. The events congregate hundreds of thousands of people. The city government says that the priority is people’s health. The intense practicing of the dance troupes, the organization and the parades that …

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Since 1997, millions in taxpayer money has been allotted to political parties in the Dominican Republic. Diario Libre says the funding has reached RD$14.5 billion over those 22 years. Traditionally there has been little accountability to how political parties use the funds. Over those past 22 years, the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is the political …

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A truck and eight light vehicles rammed into each other at Km 22 of the Las Americas Highway, near the toll station. Two people are reported to have been injured. Many of the vehicles are severely damaged. The accident caused a large traffic jam. Agents of the Traffic Safety and Land Transportation Agency (Digesett) helped …

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A small plane crashed near Oviedo in Pedernales. The preliminary reports are that the aircraft had arrived from South America with two onboard. One of them died in the crash on Monday 21 December 2020 in the early morning, another survived. The survivor is identified as Brazilian citizen Victor Vinicius De Sirva. The plane was …

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Puerto Ricans Vladimir Natera Abreu and Joset Jomar Rivera, both accused of being major drug traffickers, were deported to Puerto Rico on a US military airplane on Monday, 21 December 2020. The two reportedly inherited the drug trafficking network previously operated by arrested drug traffickers Jose David Figueroa Agosto (Junior Capsula) and Angel Ayala Vasquez …

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Juan Luis Guerra is inviting Dominicans to tune in to the local premiere of his new production, “Privé”. The Christmas Special will present new versions of three of his most emblematic songs in addition to the two new songs in the Privé album. Color Vision, Channel 9, presents the program on Christmas Day, Friday, 25 …

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The Toros del Este became the first to qualify for the Professional Winter Baseball Championship semi-finals. The Leones del Escogido didn’t make it easy for them, though. The game went to the top of the 11th inning, when the Toros del Este pulled through a four homerun attack. The standing is Toros del Este, Aguilas …

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