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President Luis Abinader announced on 18 January 2021 that US tourists staying at resorts in the Dominican Republic will be able to get tested at their hotels before departure. The US government is now requiring antigen (IgG/IgM test results within 72 hours of departure. The Dominican government recently received 54,400 of the antigen tests from …

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The logistic and technical support the United Nations is providing to the Ministry of Education costs RD$13 billion (US$233.9 million), Diario Libre reports. The government has invested around RD$10.32 billion to purchase 752,000 laptops, tablets, notebooks for public school students and teachers. The newspaper reports that from October to December 2020, the Abinader administration paid …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) held its second hearing of the aspirants’ presentations to four available Constitutional Court judge positions. Twenty-four aspirants were interviewed on 18 January 2021, including the president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Mariano Américo Rodríguez Rijo. In addition to Rodríguez Rijo, those assessed were: Erick José Hernández-Machado, Martha …

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The Board of Directors of the Technology Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) is swearing in new rector Julio Sánchez Mariñez in a virtual session at 11am on 19 January 2021 (YouTube channel @INTECrd) Julio Sánchez-Maríñez is a psychologist who graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), with graduate studies in Planning and Administration …

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The First Collegiate Court of the National District accepted the testimony of witness Carmen Nadieska Alvarez de Maio, criminal investigations analyst at the Justice Department (Ministerio Publico). She presented evidence in financial documents of transactions and checks paid by companies owned by former Odebrecht commercial representative Angel Rondon Rijo to former senator Andres Bautista, and …

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The Dominican Republic’s only Miss Universe, Amelia Vega shared a picture of her newborn daughter, shortly after her birth posing with her husband NBA player Al Horford. This is their fourth child and third daughter. Their other daughters are Alia, Ava and son Ean. Vega won the Miss Universe title in Panama in 2003. The …

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The Aguilas Cibaeñas wiped out aspirations of the Gigantes del Cibao and came away with their 22nd Professional Winter Baseball Championship title. They are tied now with the Tigres del Licey for the most wins in the Dominican professional baseball league. The final game of the 7-4 series was played in San Francisco de Macorís, …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #305 reports 1,848 new PCR cases for the Sunday, 17 January 2021 deadline, a new one-day high. This compares to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 1,669. The past seven days have been a record week since the start of the new …

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General Eduardo Alberto Then, police commander in the Cibao, is telling fans of the Águilas Cibaeñas and Los Gigantes del Cibao to celebrate their team’s win at home. The 2020-2021 Professional Winter Baseball Championship ends tonight with the final game being played in San Francisco de Macorís. General Then says the police will not allow …

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President Luis Abinader will be speaking to the nation on Monday, 18 January 2021. The setting provides for supposedly the general public to ask the President questions. How the people are chosen has not been explained. President Luis Abinader has been the most publicly available of heads of government ever. He is frequently available for …

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