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The Permanent Attention Court of Villa Altagracia handed down one year of preventive imprisonment to measure coercion against the police agents accused of killing 37-year old Joel Diaz and 36-year old Elisa Muñoz. Judge Sugeldi Rosario Mena declared complex the case. Privates Anthony Castro Pérez and Juan Samuel Ogando Solís, the corporal Ángel de los …

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Dominicans around the world celebrated the 90th birthday of Rafael Solano on Saturday, 10 April 2021, enjoying his compositions written over the past seven decades immortalized in a documentary on his life made available on YouTube for free. Documental Solano is by film producer Juan Basanta and his daughter, journalist Patricia Solano. It tells the …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #388 reports 512 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 10 April 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 486. As per Bulletin #388 with the deadline of 10 April 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has registered …

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The Presidency reports President Luis Abinader will be in Samaná and Santiago this weekend. On his agenda is participating in the official reopening of the on Friday, 9 April of the Bahia Principe El Portilla Hotel in Las Terrenas, Samaná. The hotel opened for Easter Week due to the demand from local travelers. President Abinader …

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On Thursday, 8 April 2021, the Senate passed a resolution establishing the extension of the state of emergency for 45 more days. The request was made by President Luis Abinader and had already passed in the Chamber of Deputies 27 senators voted in favor of 28 senators in attendance of 32 senators in total. The …

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The Senate postponed until the next Tuesday session the plenary to choose the new members of the Chamber of Accounts (Government Auditors). The Chamber of Deputies sent five lists with three candidates each to the Senate to make the selection. In the past, the Senate has chosen one from each list. This time, the senators …

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The Secretary-General of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP) Rafael Feliz said that the Ministry of Education had not completed the necessary sprucing in the majority of the schools in the 48 municipalities authorized to open in-person learning. The Ministry of Education has concentrated efforts on developing remote learning programs rather than traditional …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reports that rainfall nationwide will decrease as the trough moves on. The high-pressure system, nevertheless, will continue to bring scattered showers. Good weather is forecast for the north coast in general on Friday. Yet, by Saturday, a high-pressure system will bring sunny skies to most of the Caribbean Due to …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) president, Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero, says that all the attention is on Covid-19 vaccinations. He says the normal vaccination campaigns are affected, as reported in N Digital. Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero reported on 8 April 2021 on ten deaths for diphtheria in children at the Robert Reid Cabral Hospital so …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #385 reports 1,094 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 7 April 2021 deadline. This is the first-time cases are over 1,000 since the 336 bulletin or 48 days. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 405. As per Bulletin …

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