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The Santo Domingo Metro Office (Opret) reports that works are advancing to double the platforms at elevated stations so that the six new cars can operate. The new cars are needed to eliminate the long lines of metro riders. The platforms are being extended from 60 to 120 meters, the required length for the six …

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The Ministry of Environment reports it has sent to justice 475 people for committing environmental crimes. Most of the arrests have been made for illegal logging and extraction of materials from river basins and forest fires. Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera has said from day one he will enforce Environmental Law 64-00. Other cases are …

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The US Embassy announces that Rebecca Latorraca is at her job as director of the US Agency for International Development since 5 April 2021. Previously she was deputy mission director of USAID in Cairo, Egypt. As director in the Dominican Republic, Rebecca Latorraca is responsible for the execution of the Country Development Cooperation Strategy with …

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Weatherman Jean Suriel says the Dominican Republic doesn’t have to worry about being impacted by volcano ash sediments in the air from the La Soufriere volcano that is erupting in St. Vincent, in the southern Caribbean. Reports are that most of the ash has been flown south towards Barbados, to its East. St. Vincent is …

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The family is showing mild symptoms, but Covid-19 caught up with the leading news presenter. Lora is the daughter of TV journalist Huchi Lora, who coincidentally this Monday, 12 April 2021, had returned to in-person presenting the news on the El Dia morning news show. He has completed his two doses of the vaccine. Lora …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #392 reports 379 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 14 April 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 617. As per Bulletin #392 with the deadline of 14 April 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has registered …

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On Wednesday, 14 April 2021, President Luis Abinader and Agriculture Minister Limber Cruz led the symbolic start of the first rice harvest 2021. The harvest is expected to yield eight million quintals in the spring and another six million in the fall. Agriculture Minister pointed out that rice is the main food crop for Dominicans. …

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Italian Ambassador Andrea Canepari presented the book “The Italian Legacy in the Dominican Republic: History, Architecture, Culture, Economy and Society” in an event attended by Vice President Raquel Peña on 14 April 2021. Canepari highlighted the importance of the compilation for the new generations and for the continued efforts to strengthen the ties between both …

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A report is circulating that indicates that the wages of 81 government officials are in violation to Dominican laws. These officers make more than the President and the Vice President of the Republic. Sociologist Candido Mercedes presented the findings in the study “Advances in the Fulfillment of the General Law of Salaries of the Dominican …

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The fight for the decriminalizing of abortion in the Dominican Republic and the incorporation into local legislation of the globally-accepted three grounds is reaching international media. NBC carries the report on local complaints that while in the opposition and during the campaign President Luis Abinader and the now ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) had backed …

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