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The efforts to raise the environmental awareness of the population are paying off. Fishermen in Barahona notified Ministry of Environment authorities of a baby manatee that had gone astray from its mother on Saturday, 11 September 2021. The baby had been seen swimming alone and disoriented at La Cienaga beach on Friday. Tragically, in the …

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The Attorney General Office and its Public Prosecutors division (PGR) announced on 12 September 2021 that several legislators are being investigated as part of the major Falcon Operation drug and money laundering bust. The legislators have special immunity and their cases will be heard by the Supreme Court of Justice. Already under investigation is Dominican …

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The spread of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic continues under control. The authorities, nevertheless, are closely monitoring the virus and its variants. The national 4-week positivity rate for the 11 September 2021 Epidemiological Bulletin #542 is at 6.73%, down from the previous day. The 24-hour positivity for the day is 5.72%, down from the day …

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The spread of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic continues under control. The authorities, nevertheless, are closely monitoring the virus and its variants. The national 4-week positivity rate for the 9 September 2021 Epidemiological Bulletin #540 is at 6.26%, up from the previous day. The 24-hour positivity for the day is 8.51%, up from the day …

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The Ministry of Education accepted to postpone the contest to choose public teachers for the 2021-2022 school year. The Ministry acted on recommendation of Xiomara Guante, president of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP). As reported in Diario Libre, the public school teacher union president asked Education Minister Roberto Fulcar to suspend the …

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These are the best days to get a mortgage. Listin Diario reports that the banks are lending for home mortgages at 9% rates. This is down from 11.12% in the pre-pandemic year of 2019. Listin Diario reports that banks lent at 9.01-9.36% in 2019 and 2020. It says that in the first week of September, …

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Haitians caught fishing for prohibited species in Monte Cristi’s protected area were sentenced to preventive detention. The Ministry of Environment reports that four days after three Haitian nationals were caught illegally fishing in Cayo Monte Chico, belonging to the Cayo Siete Hermanos protected area in Monte Cristi, the accused were sentenced to one month of …

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Public Health authorities are stepping up efforts to get more people in Santiago vaccinated. The second-largest city in the country has yet to get more than 50% of its population fully vaccinated. Health authority operations are combing the neighborhoods to motivate people to get vaccinated. This contrasts with more than 70% fully vaccinated in the …

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An investigative report by health reporter Altagracia Ortiz of Hoy indicates there have been double the Covid-19 deaths reported by the Ministry of Public Health in epidemiological bulletins. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health says that the deaths listed in the bulletins are the result of a comprehensive review of the death certificates. …

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Double parking violates municipal rules, but the Transit Police (Digesett) have not been enforcing the regulations. As a result, the practice of double parking on already congested city streets has become the norm. This has worsened traffic jams in the city. A report in El Caribe on double parking in Santiago city drives the point …

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