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The president of Acción Empresarial por la Educación (Educa), Samuel Conde, on Thursday, 19 February 2021 called on the Minister of Education, Roberto Fulcar to consider face-to-face education with the application of a voluntary pilot plan to begin on 1 March in public and private schools nationwide. Conde made the proposal during the debate “Presential …

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Dr. Mary Anne Butler, dean of the Medical School at the Pontifical Madre y Maestra Catholic University in Santo Domingo campus gave explanations to the research the just opened lab at the PUCMM is carrying out, as reported in Diario Libre. Among these: A neuropathological analysis of patients with Covid-19 to evaluate cerebral proteins’ alteration …

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Unlike others, the Aedes vittatus mosquito is capable of carrying nearly all of the most dangerous mosquito-borne diseases, except for malaria. It is found in Cuba and now local scientists have detected it in the DR. A report in BBC explains that the Aedes vittatus is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and had never been …

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The National Emergency and Security Attention System 911 attended to 771,452 emergency situations in 2020. This averages out to around 2,107 cases a day. This was 13% more compared to 2019. Traffic accidents, respiratory and cardiac distress, domestic violence, obstetric emergencies and abdominal pain were among the most frequent reasons for the calls for assistance. …

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Caribbean Cinemas Downtown Center and Galerias 360 cinemas present “Yo soy la Salsa,” the documentary on the legendary salsa and tropical music promoter’s life as told by Andres van der Horst. Johnny Pacheco died recently of pneumonia complications. The film was first shown during the Fine Arts Festival in 2014. In the film, Danilo Reinoso …

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The Dominican Cycling Federation (Fedoci) announces the first stage of the Vuelta Ciclística Independencia Nacional, the most important cycling race in the Caribbean, starts on Monday, 22 February. The first stage covers Santo Domingo-San Cristóbal-Baní-Santo Domingo. This is a 156.2 km route. On Tuesday, 23 February, the second stage will run from Santo Domingo to …

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Off the most southwestern coastline of the country, some 103 packages of what is suspect to be cocaine were seized by National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and Armada (Navy) officers. The drug was seized during a maritime and land interdiction operation carried out near Beata Island, in the province of Pedernales. The authorities were tracking …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #336 reports 1,126 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 17 February 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 885. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 232,780 for the 17 February bulletin. Labs carried out 6,031 first …

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President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado met with Zurab Pololikashvili, the World Tourism Organization secretary-general, at the Presidential Palace on 17 February 2021. Pololikashvili took time off his holidays with his family in Punta Cana for the Presidential Palace meeting. His young son, Nikoloz, accompanied him to meet the Dominican President. Speaking to …

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Billionaire contracts were signed for new government offices during the past Medina administration. Diario Libre looks into the deal around the Ministry of Industry & Commerce (MICM) 13-floor building on Av. 27 de Febrero. The newspaper highlights, in its 18 February 2021 report, that no tender was carried out for the deal that is dated …

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