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In political-speak, in the Dominican Republic, the term “tax reform” is the equivalent of saying a tax increase. There is just no way around it. Jose Paliza, the Administrative Minister for the Presidency, told reporters and a television audience late last week that the current administration was going to dedicate 2021 to the work of …

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Three government agencies have established a Trust for Pedernales, the small town on the most southwestern corner of the Dominican Republic. Pedernales is best known for Bahía de las Aguilas, the undeveloped stretch of many kilometers now only reached by sea. The Pro-Pedernales Trust will be in charge of the necessary studies for the construction …

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The official whale-watching period began on Friday, 15 January 2021 in the Dominican Republic. The season extends until the end of March. The unique, and visceral, close-up observation of the humpback whale is one of the most important events of the tourist season. It is a north coast attraction that not many people really know …

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Photographs showing Constanza valleys covered by blankets of snow have been circulating on social media. This year, the temperatures in the mountain area of La Vega province have dropped below zero.Recent reports are of lows of five degrees below zero Celsius. Read more in Spanish:Listin Diario 17 January 2021

Cruel behavior against animals is penalized in the Dominican Republic. The coordinator of the animal abuse division of the Attorney General Office, Marilyn Lois Liranzo and Karina Pimentel, acting director of the Animal Abuse Division of the Attorney General Office, sought to make an example of a young man captured on video abusing a small …

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A study sponsored by the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University (UNPHU) alerts that the replacing of patios in family homes with high rises contributes to the rise in temperature in the capital city, as reported in Hoy. The architectural research reveals an increase in city temperatures by at least 1.5 degrees Celsius due to the …

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Juan Lagares hit a grand slam to deliver the crucial game win to the Águilas Cibaeñas 6-3 on Sunday, 17 January 2021. The Aguilas beat the Gigantes del Cibao and tied the final series 3-3, in the sixth game that was held at the Cibao Stadium in Santiago. Media reported two dozen fans were seen …

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Local infectologists attribute the present spike in Covid-19 cases to friends and family gatherings for the Christmas holidays. Dominicans are now suffering the effects of the extended curfew that was ordered to contain the spike. Now there is an extended weekend coming and virus specialist Héctor Balcácer Estévez warns that all the efforts of the …

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Vice President Raquel Peña announced the country will be purchasing 7.9 million doses of Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162b2). Public Health Minister Plutarco Arias signed the agreement on behalf of the Dominican government. Vice President Peña presides the Health Cabinet in the Abinader administration. The vaccines will be available in the second quarter of …

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Ivermectin imports have increased fivefold since Covid-19 was diagnosed in the Dominican Republic, reports El Caribe. The inexpensive, over-the-counter medicine, has been used for decades to treat livestock, pets and people infested with parasitic worms. The drug won the Nobel Prize in 2015 and is not subject to a pharmaceutical patent. Last year, local physicians …

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