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Lt. Colonel Luis Morales (Luis Arquímedes Morales Reyes) is the commander of the Second Communications Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base in northern Louisiana, USA since last week. This native of El Seibo is a career US Air Force officer and pilot with over 24 years of service. He is also an expert in cybersecurity …

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The Dominican Armada (Navy) successfully intercepted a 23-foot speedboat loaded with a cargo of 279 “bricks” of what is suspected to be cocaine. At press time, the National Forensics Institute had not released findings on what was determined or the weight of the seized contraband. Four Colombians were arrested. All this happened off the coast …

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A man died late last week in the town of Esperanza in the province of Valverde. He was 41. His companion, 34, is in severe condition in the local hospital. The authorities are searching for the sellers of the adulterated alcohol, suspected to have entered the country from Haiti. Very recently, local authorities in the …

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The Dominican Republic’s national baseball team is in Mexico for the Tokyo Olympics qualifier set for Puebla, Mexico 22-26 June 2021. There the DR will match Venezuela and the Netherlands for the last slot available to the summer Olympics. As a preparatory match for the qualifier, the Dominican national team played Team Mexico on Saturday, …

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The Volleyball Nations League is the most important annual International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) competition. The Dominican Republic’s women’s team finished sixth in the tournament held this year in Rimini, Italy. The tournament was a preparatory round for the Tokyo Olympics. The DR did not make the semifinals of the Nations League. The teams making the …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #458 reports 972 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 19 June 2021 deadline. There is a spike of Covid-19 cases attributed to the entry of the more transmissible variants of the original coronavirus and the increased mixing of people. As has been happening since the start …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #456 reports 1,216 new PCR cases for the Thursday, 17 June 2021 deadline. There is a spike of Covid-19 cases attributed to the entry of the more transmissible variants of the original coronavirus and the increased mixing of people. As has been happening since the start …

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The Ministry of Public Health is betting on vaccines to beat the pandemic. Dr. Eddy Perez Then, advisor to the Minister of Public Health on Covid-19, says that 70% of those that have required intensive care in Dominican hospitals had not been vaccinated when catching the disease. He said the other 30% had received only …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) informed taxpayers this week that as of July 2021 payment of the new contribution for the management of solid wastes as established in Law 225-20 (Ley General sobre Gestión Integral y Coprocesamiento de Residuos Sólidos 225-20) is due. The tax applies to legal entities domiciled in the Dominican Republic, be they …

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The president of the public school teachers union, Xiomara Guante read a document demanding major changes to the social security regime in the Dominican Republic during a press conference on 17 June 2021. She spoke for several local entities that have joined to form the National Coalition for Fair Social Security. Guante says that the …

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