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Leading Dominican businesses have begun to advertiser traditional November Black Friday clearance sales. This is the time to change an appliance. Check newspaper advertisements by reading Diario Libre and El Dia online editions.

The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #601 reports 1,048 new cases, up from 968 on the previous day. The same Bulletin #601 reports active Covid-19 cases are 4,046, down (-474) from the previous day. The number of active cases is considerably less than the peak of 55,773 active cases registered in July 2021, and …

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In a break from traditional non-involvement in handling of affairs by governments abroad, the Abinader administration through its Ministry of Foreign Relations has issued a statement on the election in Nicaragua. Recently, the Dominican Republic sided with Panama and Costa Rica on the Haitian crisis. The Dominican participation and the future of the System of …

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The United States will not interfere in Haitian affairs. As reported in Le Nouvelliste, Ambassador Todd D. Robinson, who is Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INL) announced in a press conference on Tuesday, 9 November 2021 speaking at the US Embassy in Haiti that it is …

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On Monday, 1 November 2021, TV journalist Alicia Ortega revealed evidence that senator Alexis Victoria Yeb (PRM-Maria Trinidad Sanchez) has close ties to companies that have been major suppliers to the government. The report was part of a series on the irregularities in transactions and deals of senators in the Dominican Republic. When the investigative …

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Investigative journalist Alicia Ortega presented evidence of close ties of major meals suppliers to jails in the Dominican Republic to companies related to former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez. The Attorney General Office is in charge of the jail operations in the Dominican Republic. While in the past the meals were provided by the governmental …

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As the US gradually resumes normalcy in travel, the US Consulate in the Dominican Republic announces it is opening the H-2A and H-2B visa programs next year for professionals, non-professionals, trained and untrained. The visas are available to those who obtain a contract of less than one year and these can be renewable. The US …

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The Dominican government announced it has donated 50,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to Jamaica, as part of the International Cooperation Program to help Central America and the Caribbean countries. With this donation, Jamaica becomes the first in the Caribbean to receive Dominican cooperation under the above program. Previously the Dominican government had announced it has donated …

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The National Archives (AGN) present an online bibliographical vision of the Trujillo dictatorship. The virtual event is scheduled for 15-19 November and is dedicated to historical researcher Bernardo Vega. See the schedule and follow the event atFacebook 10 November 2021

Successful local entrepreneurs will tell their stories 12-13 November 2021 at the Agora Mall on Av. Abraham Lincoln corner Av. John F. Kennedy. The 8th Fair of Dominican Entrepreneurs is staged at the shopping center this coming weekend and events are free to the general audience. Talks start at 9am and run through 4pm. See …

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