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Haitian President Jovenel Moise announced he has appointed Claude Joseph as his new prime minister. His predecessor, Joseph Jouthe, resigned after only around a year in the position. Moise tweeted that the new appointment addresses the insecurity problems and enables continuing the discussions to reach a consensus for the political and institutional stability in Haiti. …

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A Court of Appeals judge authorized that former director of the Dominican Agrarian Institute, Leonardo Faña post bail for RD$500,000. He was sent to the Najayo Jail as preventive custody in a case of sexual assault against a former financial director at the IAD. Read more in Spanish:El Caribe 14 April 2021

Members of the Dominican Republic Armada and agents of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), coordinated by the Attorney General Office, found 232 packages of cocaine, near Barbacoa Beach, in the municipality of Miches, province of El Seibo. The authorities, following intelligence reports, carried out an operation on the Sabana Nisibon road near the beach, …

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Producer Rene Brea is advancing preparations for the Soberano Awards this coming June. The event will take place at the National Theater. The best performing artists for the year are chosen by a jury of entertainment business chroniclers. The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. The Presidente beer brewery is the sponsor …

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Gatherings at cockfighting rings are legal again, after being authorized. The sports betting events need to respect Covid-19 protocols. EFE reports that the Coliseo Gallístico de Santo Domingo reopened for the matches with the presence of 20% of capacity. The reopening occurred after prosecutors in Montecristi had arrested a large group of gamblers at a …

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The Dominican Republic is counting on putting together a team of past Major League Baseball players and Dominican Winter Baseball League players to make it to the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Jose Gomez, the Dominican team’s general manager, explains that two teams have been put together from which to choose the Dominican team. Training sessions were …

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Carlos Santana of the Kansas City Royals joined the top 30 Dominican sluggers in Major League Baseball. His ticket was the home run on 11 April 2021. He blasted the home run in the 9th inning to tie that game played against the Chicago White Sox. The Kansas City Royals would go on to win …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #391 reports 623 new PCR cases for the Tuesday, 13 April 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 617. As per Bulletin #391 with the deadline of 13 April 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has registered …

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The Senate voted to choose the new five members of the Chamber of Accounts for 2021-2025 on Tuesday, 13 April 2021. The government body is in charge of auditing government agencies. Senators representing the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) voted in favor, but the votes from the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), the former ruling party, …

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The Ministry of Education announces it has received 537,432 electronic tablets it will distribute to public school students. The batch is 67% of a recent order of the electronic devices to back remote learning programs. Only a handful of schools are authorized to reopen to in-person learning and distance learning programs are the norm for …

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