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The 5th Heat Latin Music Awards are taking place in Juanillo Beach in Cap Cana in the Punta Cana vacation area this weekend and streamed online as of Thursday, 1 July 2021. Caroline Aquino and Osmariel Villalobos are the event hosts. Among those receiving awards is Nacho, the Commitment Award for humanitarian work; Nicky Jam, …

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The Dominican Olympic Committee chose the captain of the Dominican volleyball team, Prisilla Rivera, and boxer Rodrigo Marte to be the Dominican flagbearers in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on 23 July 2021. Rivera is a member of the Dominican women’s volleyball team that recently placed sixth in the Nations League tournament held …

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Tropical Storm Elsa is making its way west and is expected to pass well south of the Dominican Republic by Saturday, 3 July 2021. The national weather office (Onamet) forecasts rain showers for the next 48 hours as a tropical wave passes over the northeast, southeast (including Greater Santo Domingo), southwest and the Central Mountain …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #468 reports 857 new PCR cases for the Tuesday, 29 June 2021 deadline. The new restrictions have checked the spike of Covid-19 cases that is attributed to the entry of the more transmissible variants of the original coronavirus and the increased mixing of people, confounded with …

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Public Health Minister Daniel Rivera announced on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 that as of 1 July the Pfizer booster dose will begin to be applied. Those vaccinated with Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines in the Dominican Republic are eligible for the third free jab. Getting the booster shot is voluntary. President Luis Abinader was present in …

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The Presidency ordered all public institutions to participate in a permanent national vaccination effort so that the country reaches in July 2021 the level of herd immunity required to reactivate the country’s economy fully. A joint working session of ministers and directors was held on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 for this purpose. With the integration …

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President Luis Abinader was in Pedro Brand in northern Santo Domingo for the inauguration of the expansion of the PepsiCo Caribe Plant, with an investment of US$30 million. The plant is located in the Duarte 2 Industrial Park. At the inauguration, President Abinader said he favors actions of the ministries of Agriculture and Industry and …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) announced the shutdown of the first businesses for irregular resale of telecommunication company Internet services. The closed telecom shops are located in northeastern Cotuí in Sánchez Ramírez province and Palenque in southern San Cristóbal province. A press release from Indotel says that after the first shutdowns, other businesses have desisted …

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Former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez managed a larger budget for jails construction and management than any other government official in the Dominican Republic history. On Tuesday, 29 June 2021 he was sent to the Palacio de la Justicia Ciudad Nueva jail to await arraignment. There is no air conditioning in the Ciudad Nueva cells. …

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A pre-taped interview with TV host Roberto Cavada was aired on Telesistema, Channel 11 Tuesday on 29 June 2021 in which former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez refers to the accusations he had made against his successor Miriam German during his National Council of the Magistracy assessment of her performance as a Supreme Court of …

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