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The Guinness World Record title for The World’s Largest Bachata Dance” is now rightfully owned by the Dominican Republic. 500 couples danced bachata simultaneously to break the record of 480 that Poland had held since June 2019. The bachata dance was declared by Unesco an intangible cultural heritage of the Dominican Republic. With the support …

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In a game played on Sunday, 12 December 2021 in San Pedro de Macorís, the Gigantes del Cibao defeated the Estrellas Orientales at last minute with a three-run home run slammed by Juan Francisco in the ninth inning. The 6-5 win put the Gigantes (20 games won, 16 lost) in first place of the Dominican …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #633 with the deadline of 11 December 2021 reports 178 new cases, down from the previous day. The overall low in Covid-19 cases in the Dominican Republic is occurring at a time when the Delta variant dominates. Bulletin #633 reports active Covid-19 cases are at 1,657. The number …

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The Autopistas del Nordeste concession for the Las Americas Highway to Samaná road and the coastal road to Las Terrenas is now revoked. President Luis Abinader made the announcement in a televised address on the evening of 9 December 2021. The concession was due to expire in 2038. The contracts for these roads signed during …

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France will help finance the construction of mass transit urban mobility solution for the city of Santiago, the second largest in the Dominican Republic, and from 27 de Febrero in the capital city to Las Americas International Airport in eastern Santo Domingo. Minister of the Presidency Lisandro Macarrulla signed the agreement for the Dominican government. …

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President Luis Abinader and First Lady Raquel Arbaje are hosting the heads of state of Costa Rica and Panama and their wives for a two-day summit (10-11 December 2021) in Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata. The heads of state have grouped as the Alliance for Development in Democracy that has tackled the regional impact of the …

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With just a few days to go before the start of the Christmas holidays, the Chamber of Deputies finally got around to passing the two readings on the 2022 National Budget. The budget for the first time is a trillion peso figure — RD$ 1,214,606,007,369. The bill authorizes the government to place RD$284 billion in …

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The president of the Chamber of Accounts, Yanel Andres Ramirez Sánchez told the media that the institution’s role is to control government. He made the reply when answering to remarks by José Dantés Díaz, the judicial affairs secretary of the former ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Dantés Díaz said on 8 December 2021 that the …

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The Ministry of Education presented the preliminary results of the National Teacher Competitive Examination 2021 on Thursday, 9 December 2021. The authorities defended the rigorousness used in the process after members of the oversight committee, including major universities, abandoned the process. The oversight members argued they had not been supplied with adequate documentation to do …

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Dominican expats are the best. The Central Bank reports that so far this year they have sent home US$9.46 billion. This is up US$2.11 billion when compared to the same period of January to November in 2020. What is most impressive is that the remittances for the first 11 months of the year are 47.1% …

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