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Luz del Alba Jimenez Ramirez was fired this week after an investigation showed evidence of irregularities in a procurement procedure at the Ministry of Youth. The former legal advisor to the Ministry of Youth had revealed evidence of attempts by the husband of the minister to sway a procurement bid in his favor. Jimenez Ramirez …

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Simu Liu, who recently won the 2021 People’s Choice Award for The Best Action Film (Shang-Chi), went viral with posts telling of his new darling, a Dominican homeless female dog. When in the Dominican Republic, Liu adopted the homeless dog and then took her back to California. He now is promoting that people visit a …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #628 with the deadline of 6 December 2021 reports 254 new cases, up 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 #628 reports active Covid-19 cases are at 1,536, another record …

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President Luis Abinader opened the first 1,043 meters of the 3.3 km Paseo del Rio Avenue to the general public in the Nuevo Domingo Savio urban renewal project. The short stretch is too little to be used as a road, but makes for a pleasant afternoon stroll and definitely gives a clear idea of what …

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Culture Minister Milagros German says the Ministry of Culture has scheduled 10 nights of Christmas entertaining starting Thursday, 9 December 2021 through 19 December 2021. Lots of events will take place in the Colonial City and Plaza de la Cultura. A press release from the Ministry gives an overview: In addition to Christmas music presentations, …

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President Laurentino Cortizo of Panama and President Carlos Alvarado of Costa Rica will meet with President Luis Abinader to discuss migratory issues on Friday, 10 and Saturday 11 December 2021. The Abinader administration is preparing a regional migratory summit to take place in Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata. This will be the third Assembly of the …

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President Luis Abinader launched the “Indómita RD” program to find the next great Dominican athletes in public school sports. The President said the ministries of Education and Sports are collaborating. The program seeks to emulate experiences with sports in schools from the United States, Europe and other countries. Abinader said that initially, the plan is …

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Diario Libre confirms that 16 of the 20 entities appointed to the Public School Teachers Oversight Committee that had abandoned their participation due to obstacles to their role are not returning to the oversight committee. The Ministry of Education had issued a note saying they were back. Among those that will no longer observe the …

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Small businesses that lost hundreds of thousands due to the irregularities in the school lunchon allocations at the National Institute of Student Welfare (Inabie) are demanding more than the firing of the key officials at that agency under the Ministry of Education. The small business call for the annulling of Bid 0009. They also plan …

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For more than a year, Education Minister Roberto Furcal was firm in rejecting that children in both the public and private sector return to in-person learning. Minister Roberto Furcal insisted schools should not reopen until positivity declined to 5%. Private school representatives crusaded for months but were not able to convince the Ministry of Education …

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