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A Barahona court sent four accused in a drug trafficking case to preventive custody. Police agent Cherilyn Suero Medina, daughter of the suspended head of Police Internal Affairs in Barahona, and her husband Jonathan Andres Perez were sent to preventive custody for a year. Others the Barahona judge sent to await the trial in jail …

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Team Dominican Republic defeated the US Virgin Islands in the second match as part of the FIBA World Cup 2023 qualifier that took place 28-29 November 2021 in Santo Domingo. The second game against the US Virgin Islands basketball team ended 100-56. A first game had ended 87-65. During the basketball qualifier, Canada also won …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #620 with the deadline of 28 November 2021 reports 310 new cases. The low number of cases are evidence the fourth wave has passed. The pronounced drop of Covid-19 cases in the Dominican Republic coincides with the outbreak of the Omicrom variant in Europe and Africa. Bulletin #620 …

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President Luis Abinader was in Santiago over the weekend and said the city skylift would be in operation by 2023. He also reviewed billionaire investments that are part of Santiago’s updated Strategic Development Plan, handled by the Santiago Strategic Development Council. There are also projects that will improve the use of the port facilities that …

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President Luis Abinader was in El Seibo over the weekend and announced RD$14.44 billion investments to build aqueducts, expand pipelines, and build and improve sewage systems in that eastern province. While in El Seibo, President Abinader visited the construction of the Plaza del Toro, the bull-fighting ring. Bullfights are a tradition in El Seibo, and …

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The Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ignacio Paliza announced that on 10 and 11 December 2021, President Luis Abinader will receive the heads of state of Panama and Costa Rica in a summit to be held in a hotel in the city of Puerto Plata. President Carlos Alvarado Quesada from Costa Rica and President …

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Speaking for the foreign ministers meeting for the First Meeting of Iberoamerican Foreign Relations Ministers in Santo Domingo, Chilean Foreign Minister Andres Allamand, told the press that the ministers would work together to contribute to solutions to the current crisis in Haiti. Allamand was elected secretary-general of the new dialogue group. Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto …

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The National Intellectual Property Office (Onapi) has authorized select rum producers to use the prestigious Rum Denomination of Origin label on their produce. The announcement comes after eight years of local disputes over who could use the prestigious label. Denomination of Origin is the protected designation of origin (PDO), known worldwide as a distinctive sign …

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In a notice issued on Friday, 26 November 2021, the Central Bank (BCRD) clarifies that the 50 points increase in the monetary police rate will not impact the rates of the credit facilities granted to stimulate the economy following the pandemic. In other words, the BCRD says the terms and conditions of loans channeled by …

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Not former president Danilo Medina Sánchez, but rather his brother Alexis Medina Sánchez, is investigated for his participation in anomalies that add up to RD$43.2 billion in hospital procurement. The Chamber of Accounts is calling ‘anomalies’ Alexis Medina contracts to supply hospitals that the Office of Supervising Engineers was remodeling for State Projects (OISOE). Domedical …

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