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President Abinader broke ground for the extending of Ecological Avenue in Santo Domingo East to 11.7 km at a cost of RD$2.72 billion. The expansion seeks to remove cargo traffic from entering the capital city. The Ecological Avenue expansion is the third major road expansion announced for Santo Domingo East in March. President Abinader had …

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President Luis Abinader announced yesterday the government is in conversations with Encore Repair Services. This American company has been operating in the Las Americas Free Zone for seven years. The government wants to contract the company to repair and assemble tablets, laptops, and notebooks for the public school system. President Abinader said the company would …

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67 private schools from Greater Santo Domingo, and one from Sosúa in Puerto Plata have asked for permission for a pilot in-person learning program that would have started 1 March 2021, as reported in Diario Libre. The Ministry of Education is not allowing in person learning except in municipalities where positivity rate is 5% or …

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Investigative reporter Julissa Cespedes aired a special report on 10 March 2021 on her 10pm TV show on Cadena de Noticias (CDN) TV on Channel 37. The report discloses why the Dominican Republic has one of the highest fuel costs in Central America and the Caribbean. The cost of gasoline, diesel and other fuels has …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved borrowing US$155 million from the InterAmerican Development Bank to reduce electricity grid losses. The funds are part of the Program for the Expansion of Networks and Reduction for Technical Electricity Losses in Distribution. The project is part of the Master Plan for the Expansion of the Distribution System (PMESD). The …

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She moved to Massachusetts, United States in 1982 when she was nine years old. Today, she makes Dominicans proud. She is recognized for being the first Latina National Guard Black Hawk pilot. Chalas enlisted in the Army National Guard during high school and was commissioned as an aviation officer in 2001. She became first in …

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It took seven months, but the Abinader administration finally will soon legalize lawyer Wellington Arnaud’s appointment to head the National Drinking Water Institute (Inapa). The Inapa law specifies that an engineer be named its director. The bill to make the change has already passed in the Senate. The naming of Arnaud was widely criticized in …

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Julio Alberto Martínez Ruiz, who is the son of well-known lobbyist (“bocina”) Julio Martinez Pozo is on the payroll of the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) making US$7,000 in February 2021, Somos Pueblo news portal reports. The wage in pesos is around RD$408,800 a month. Martínez Ruiz is paid for services as counselor minister at …

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The popular reality show, Dominicana’s Got Talent chooses its winner on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. The competitors are composer-singers Diego Jaar and Marteen Franko, singers Keren Montero, Ana Yvelisse, Amanda Seanchez and Raquel Rojas; urban performers Junio “La Melodia” and “El Piro”. Also magician Vicente and child prodigy Alejandro. The show is aired on Color …

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The National Weather Office (Onamet) reports that the heavy rains will continue on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. A passing weather system has caused flooding with damages to dwellings and crops and power interruptions primarily in the central Cibao region. The media reported on the major damages to a large dwelling built beside a river in …

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