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Who will preside the Dominican Olympic Committee in this Olympic Games year is as uncertain as the Tokyo 2021 games themselves. After Luis Mejía Oviedo announced he was stepping down as president of the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee (COD), as of January 2021, the local media have been full of speculation as to who would …

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Any team can still win as the two separate rounds of semi-finals of the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship continue. The Gigantes del Cibao and the Estrellas Orientales are playing in Semi-Final A and the Toros del Este is playing the Aguilas Cibaeñas in Semi-Final B. The Gigantes lead with 3-1, while the Toros and …

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Catch up with Dominican films you might have missed tuning in to the Dominican Film Festival. More than 90 Dominican films made by Dominican expats, and a special of Latin American short films, will air on TV and the Internet as part of the third edition of the FestCineRD-Virtual from 15-22 January 2021. Register to …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #293 reports 529 new PCR cases for the Tuesday, 5 January 2021 deadline. The 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 971, down from the previous week. Labs carried out a low 1,778 tests, well below the 14-day average that is 3,446. The country can …

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The Ministry of Education says all is ready for distance learning programs to resume for the public education system. Thursday, 7 January 2021 is the official back to school day in the Dominican Republic. Education Minister Roberto Furcal observed that TV and Internet streaming will continue where left off for the holidays. Read more in …

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To comply with requests from the religious community, President Luis Abinader on Tuesday, 5 January 2021 authorized churches to continue with their previous health protocols for services that can be offered three times a week. The ban on church gathering had been issued for 1 to 10 January 2021 (Decree 740-20). Read more in Spanish:El …

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Usually Congress would be taking a break until 27 February. Yet, given the National State of Emergency, legislators are convened to work. The legislature is acting after the president of the Chamber of Deputies motivated a bill calling for both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to remain in session while the country is …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) reveals that there are 68 aspirants to judges of the Constitutional Court. The announcement was made during the session held on Tuesday, 5 January 2021. The CNM will meet from 14-20 January 2021 for the assessments of the candidates to the higher court positions. Spokesman for the CNM, …

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President Luis Abinader decorated US Ambassador Robin Bernstein with the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella (Decree 741-20). She is recognized for her wide-reaching positive actions in favor of improved Dominican Republic and US relations. This was Bernstein’s first appointment as a US diplomat. In her remarks upon receiving the honor from President …

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Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero, the controversial president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), spoke out against the government contracting to purchase millions of doses of the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for the Dominican population. Dr. Suero said he would not vaccinate himself and many other local physicians would neither want to be vaccinated because of …

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