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The government bus agency, OMSA began operating route 27B that goes from Km 13 of Duarte Highway to a final stop at the Huacalito government building on Duarte Avenue. The fare on these buses is a low RD$15. The bus route is covering Corredor 27 de Febrero that connects to the V Centenario Race Track …

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The Ministry of Superior Education (Mescyt) confirmed that in person university classes reopen in August 2021 but students will need to present their vaccination cards to attend. Superior Education Minister Franklin García Fermín announced on Monday, 12 July 2021 that the agreement was reached with university directors. He said the students who have not yet …

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Pfizer vaccines are available in major vaccination stations in Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago and now in a growing number of provinces. El Dia reports that batches of Pfizer vaccines have been sent to vaccination stations in Azua, Bahoruco, La Romana, Puerto Plata, Samaná, Sánchez Ramírez, San Cristobal, San Juan de la Maguana, San Pedro …

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Border merchants complain they are losing millions now that the Dominican government closed the main crossing points on the border with Haiti and shutdown the binational markets. Laureano Santana a Dajabón merchant said just in egg sales the losses are of RD$2 million per day, as reported in El Dia. The vendors stress that eggs …

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Judge Kenya Romero of the National District lower court said she will announce coercive measures for those accused in the Operation Medusa case on 13 July 2021. The judge has heard prosecutors charges and defense arguments in the attorney general office corruption case (Operation Medusa). Prosecutors of the Administrative Anti-Corruption Prosecution (Pepca) accuse former attorney …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) forecasts showers will continue on Wednesday and Thursday (13-14 July 2021) as a trough moves across the island. The rains will be less than over the weekend, and the Sahara dust clouds bringing hazy skies will prevail. Temperature increases are also forecast. Read more in Spanish:Onamet 13 July 2021

In the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby leading to the All Star Game, Dominican Juan Soto slammed a record-setting 520-foot blast, a one-minute tiebreaker and a three-swing swing-off. It was Soto’s first participation in a Home Run Derby. Major League Baseball reported that the 22-year-old left fielder had entered the competition as the No. …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #480 reports 863 new PCR cases for the Sunday, 11 July 2021 deadline. New restrictions in place since May have checked the spike of Covid-19 cases attributed to the entry of the more transmissible variants of the original coronavirus and the increased mixing of people, confounded …

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President Luis Abinader is celebrating his 54th birthday on 12 July 2021. He was born on 12 July 1967 in the city of Santo Domingo, National District. When taking office on 16 August 2020, he became the youngest Dominican to do so since Leonel Fernandez won the presidency in 1996 when he was 43 years …

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Dominican President Luis Abinader called on the international community to play a “more active” role in the process of investigations into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. President Abinader made the remarks when in Constanza on Sunday, 11 July 2021. Abinader said the Haitian authorities have not yet asked the Dominican Republic in the …

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