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Twelve institutions signed a cooperation agreement on 10 June 2021 to promote Santo Domingo as a “Creative City of Music”, a designation granted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in October 2019. Culture Minister Carmen Heredia presided over signing the agreement at the Ramón Oviedo Gallery at the Ministry of Culture …

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Punta Cana is getting a direct air connection from central Texas starting this November 2021. American Airlines has included the country in the new flights programmed from Austin’s International Airport (AUS) in Texas. On Thursday, 10 June 2021, the airline announced four new international destinations from Austin, including the Punta Cana connection. The new routes …

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The Dominican Airlines Association (ADLA) named Victor M. Pacheco its new executive director. In a press release, ADLA highlights the naming of Pacheco is a clear message of the reaffirmed commitment to the development of the national aviation sector. “We are confident that with his experience in the areas of financial services and aviation, Victor …

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On Thursday, 10 June 2021, Jorge Rafael Hernández Almonte was charged with terrorism and aggravate violence. The public prosecutor’s office was ordered to serve three months of preventive imprisonment in a Santiago jail as he awaits his trial. Hernández Almonte is accused of having given a false warning of a bomb at the Cibao International …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #448 reports 1,141 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 9 June 2021 deadline. There is a spike of Covid-19 cases attributed to the entry of the more transmissible Brazilian and UK variants of the original Chinese coronavirus and the increased mixing of young people. As has …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #449 reports 1,129 new PCR cases for the Thursday, 10 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 young people. As has been happening since the …

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The Health Cabinet said that the government is now giving priority to persons who require a second dose. The government is awaiting shipments of more Covid-19 vaccines, including the first batches of Pfizer and others part of the Covax Facility of the World Health Organization. Vice President Raquel Peña says that as of 9 June, …

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Government Ethics director Milagros Ortiz Bosch underwent thyroid surgery at Clinica Abreu in Santo Domingo. Her thyroid was removed on Wednesday, 9 June 2021. “This morning Dr. Wilfredo Contreras, Dr. Julio Justo and Dr. Corina de Jesus successfully performed the surgery to remove my thyroid gland that had been affecting my voice with dysphonia (hoarseness),” …

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The Supreme Court of Justice president, Luis Henry Molina, says that the ongoing digitalizing of the judicial system is eliminating the years-long backlog in cases. “Soon we will not have judicial arrears in the Dominican Republic,” said Molina in an interview with El Caribe-CDN media group. Molina said the arrears in justice are a cancer …

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Doctors and clinics were ordered to accept all health insurance while the Fourth Chamber of the Civil and Commercial Court of the National District hears and decides the appeal for injunction filed by labor unions centers regarding the impasse between the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) and two leading medical insurance companies. The medics are not …

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