2022

No news is good news. DR1 Daily News takes a break. Headline news (27 December 2022 through 2 January 2023) will be compiled for the 3 January 2023 issue, the first of the year. The headline news happening over the New Year holiday and through Monday, 2 January will be summarized for the 3 January …

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Rosa Santos, the governor of Santiago province, reports no tragic events to regret in her province over the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day holiday (24-25 December 2022). The governor presided over the Prevention, Mitigation and Response Committee (PMR) created for safe holidays. The regional director of the Civil Defense and coordinator of the Committee, Francisco …

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It seems that everyone who could has already head for beach, inner city and mountain vacation homes and hotels leaving empty the normally traffic-jammed streets of Santo Domingo. Shopping centers and stores are open as usual, but the crowds are missing. Expect to find these people at the resort destinations in Samana, Punta Cana, La …

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The second phase of the Center for Emergency Operations (COE) Christmas-New Year holidays operation begins at 2pm on Friday, 30 December 2022 and ends on 1 January 2023. Around 44,000 are deployed at key points nationwide for prevention and to assist travelers. COE estimates around 3 million people mobilized over the Christmas holiday. For 24-25 …

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The Mayor’s Office of the National District (ADN) announces the used plastics for toys exchange on Sunday, 8 January 2023 at the Municipal Palace in Santo Domingo. Mayor Carolina Mejia will be delivering the toys. The event commemorates Three Kings Day. The initiative is in its third consecutive year. The campaign seeks to create an …

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Dozens of passengers have been stranded at Dominican international airports due to flight cancellations brought by the blizzards and snowstorms over the Christmas holidays in the United States and Canada. Listin Diario reports there were 18 flight suspensions in the airport of Punta Cana (PUJ); 12 in the airport of Santiago (STI); and seven in …

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President Luis Abinader named ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) activist, Geanilda Vasquez as the Dominican consul in Miami, Florida, USA. Previously, she had served as minister of portfolio with a small office with less than five employees in the Presidential Palace until she was replaced when President Abinader appointed former Education Minister Roberto Fulcar to …

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The Two Oceans in Health (2OiH) health research center, in alliance with the prestigious academic entity Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, announces its first graduates of the Principles and Practices of Clinical Research (PPCR) program. Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health is currently ranked as the best school for public health in …

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Judge Patricia Padilla set the date for the case against former National Drug Control Agency director, Retired Vice Admiral Felix Alburquerque Compres for 15 February 2023. Alburquerque Compres is accused of killing sports commentator Manuel Taveras Duncan in a rage following a trivial yet angry dispute at a fast food stand on Av. Rómulo Betancourt …

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The First Collegiate Court of Santo Domingo province imposed sentences of 30 to five years in jail on 10 of the 13 accused in the gun-fire attack against former Major League Baseball player David Ortiz in Santo Domingo East in June 2019. 26-year old Eddy Vladimir Féliz García and 27-year old Rolfi Ferreras Cruz (Ramón …

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