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The aging water pipeline system for the Dominican Republic’s second largest city, Santiago de los Caballeros, is literally crumbling away. The recent announcement by the director of the Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan), reflects this reality. He told reporters from the El Caribe newspaper that the city was facing a 40 million gallon deficit, …

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The National Association of Young Businesspeople (ANJE) is in favor of schools resuming in-person learning. Susana Martinez Nadal, the president of ANJE, noted that recent studies by international organizations have shown the damaging psychological effects the prolonged absence from classrooms is causing in children. Concerned parents, representatives from public and private schools and other business …

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The Dominican markets located in strategic places along the border with Haiti are carrying out their operations in a normal manner, in spite of the political crisis that has worsened in Haiti. Dajabón, Elias Piña, Pedernales markets are all under heavy military guard, but all seemed normal on last Friday, 19 February 2021 market day, …

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The Dominican Republic has placed as many as two battalions of troops along the border with Haiti. The reinforcing of the border controls comes as tens of thousands of Haitians flee the chaos in that country and attempt to enter the Dominican Republic any way possible. According to the Dominican army commander, Major General Julio …

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Thugs kidnapped two Dominican filmmakers and their Haitian interpreter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The kidnappers seek US$2 million in ransom, EFE news agency reports. The news was confirmed by the Haitian film production company, Muska Group to EFE. The two Dominicans were working on a documentary. At the time of the kidnapping, they were escorted by …

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The San Diego Padres have signed Fernando Tatis Jr. to a 14-year, 340 million dollar contract. This is the seventh US$300+ million contract signed by a baseball player. It is also one of the very highest, and places Tatis with the likes of Mike Trout, Manny Machado, Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper and Giancarlo Stanton. Fernando …

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It would seem that persons looking to eat out or gather with friends after the 7pm curfew on weekdays and 5pm on weekends need only to go to the Ciudad Ganadera on the 30 Mayo Highway leading west from the National District. There, they will find good restaurants, like El Rancho Steak House, and a …

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The initial batch of 20,000 vaccine doses of an order of 110,000 from India had arrived on Monday, 15 February 2021 in the evening. Covid-19 vaccinations began on the next day with priority given to the frontline medical workers. On Friday, 19 February, Health Minister Plutarco Arias received the second 30,000 batch, this time a …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #339 reports 960 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 20 February 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 847. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 235,462 for the 20 February bulletin. Labs carried out 6,066 first …

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It took years of efforts by visionary businesspeople and environmentalists, but finally, the government is taking actions to evict invaders of protected areas in Cabarete, Puerto Plata. The Ministry of Environment enacted the Environmental Rescue Plan Phase I on 18 February 2021. It calls for the removing of illegal occupants of areas in the Monumento …

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