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A strange crashing of the Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) highway occurred on Sunday, 28 February 2021 at around 1:40pm. The Security Department at Las Americas detained a man who rammed his vehicle through the pedestrian entrance gate, S13B, onto the main ramp in a BMW car. The license plate of the red vehicle is …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #346 reports 608 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 27 February 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 593. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 239,617 as of the 27 February bulletin. Labs carried out 4,180 …

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27 February is Independence Day in the Dominican Republic. It is a holiday in the Dominican Republic. It is also the day when the President renders the annual state of accounts on government to the gathering of 32 senators and 190 deputies at the National Congress. The Constitution in Art. 128 establishes that the President …

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President Luis Abinader signed the Electricity Pact with the backing of big business and the political parties in a ceremony on Thursday, 25 February 2021 at the Presidential Palace. Representatives of the social sector did not sign. The agreement had been called for in the National Development Strategy Law 1-12. President Luis Abinader argued that …

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Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez explained that strengthening relations with the United States, China, Haiti and the Caribbean English-speaking islands (Caricom) is tops on the agenda of the Ministry, as reported in Hoy. During the Corripio Media Group luncheon, Alvarez spoke of the renovation of the foreign service corps to better position the country. Alvarez …

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Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez said during an interview with the Grupo Corripio media group that the DR government does not recognize as legitimate the government of Nicolás Maduro. He said the country is paying special attention as to who is in control in Venezuela. “We could not continue recognizing Juan Guaidó after his term as …

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Through its Embassy in Santo Domingo, the government of Haiti is denying speculation that has widely circulated in the media that the release of the two Dominican film crew kidnapped in Haiti is conditioned to the extradition of former Haitian mayor Ralph Youri Chevry. The mayor is under arrest in Santo Domingo for entering with …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Román Jáquez announced on Thursday, 25 February 2021 that citizens will have to wait until April to not have to certify their birth certificates. At present, civil registry records issued by the JCE need to be legalized through a different time-consuming procedure at the same JCE. Jáquez …

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The National Vaccination Plan Phase I continued on 25 February 2021 with the start of the vaccinating of aging persons in nursing homes around the country. This program is in coordination with the National Council for the Elderly (Conape). Dr. Jose García Ramírez, director of the council, was present for the start of vaccination of …

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The Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP) president, Xiomara Guante says public school teachers will not return to in-person classrooms until their conditions are met. “We will return to the classrooms when the teachers are vaccinated,” said Guante. Guante made these statements on the program Uno Más Uno, hosted by journalists Adalberto Grullón and …

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