2022 – Page 143

Presidential Decree 211-12 in the last year of the Leonel Fernandez administration declared the purchase of three military 3D radars of national security importance. The outgoing government advanced US$27.5 million to the Israeli supplier. Now, Acento online service reveals that the radars for the Armed Forces security system was never operational, and that there have …

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A bus with workers headed to their jobs in the Santiago Free Zone Corporation was hijacked on Wednesday, 1 June 2022. Those on board had to hand in their cell phones, cash and other valuables to the criminals. Crime has been on the rise in Santiago. The Police had just replaced the country’s second-largest city …

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Historian and economist Bernardo Vega shares again with the Dominican public what he calls the six myths on Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo that have been circulating for years. The propaganda overthe years has sought to spread the would-be bounties of the Trujillo regime. The myths are: that the dictator paid off the foreign debt; …

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The 2022 Huricane Season for the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico officially starts 1 June and lasts through 30 November 2022. For the Dominican Republic, the peak of the season, nevertheless, is the month of September. International experts forecast a very active season with the formation of 19 named tropical storms …

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The Dominican Republic is competing in the Beach Volleyball World Championships for the first time. The top 12 women’s and 12 men’s pools for the first phase of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Rome 2022 were announced this week. The 13th edition of the World Championships is to be played at the Foro Italico …

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Puerto Rican urban artist Bad Bunny is on tour in Europe and the Americas. Bad Bunny is scheduled for two presentations in Santo Domingo. The dates are Friday, 21 October and Saturday, 22 October 2022 at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium. Only RD$38,000+ tickets are remaining for sale to the events. The Santo Domingo concert …

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The Embassy of Italy is celebrating the Italian Republic Day with a cultural extravaganza for the whole family at the Fortaleza Ozama in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. The event is open to the general public from 4pm to 10pm on Saturday, 4 June 2022. The set up emulates Italian village festivities, and there …

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Dominican romance novelist Adriana Herrera’s new novel, “A Caribbean Heiress in Paris” is getting media coverage. The historical romance develops around the participation of a Dominican woman, Luz Alana Heith-Benzan in the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris and the developing romance after she meets Scottish duke, James Evanston Sinclair. In an interview with Nerdist, Herrera …

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The number of cases has been slowly, but steadily increasing. The number of cases for Bulletin #804 was 497, up from 307 on the day before. This number compares to the 7-day nationwide average for confirmed lab-reported cases that is 379. The Ministry of Public Health recommends people to get the third and fourth booster …

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President Luis Abinader presented “The National Innovation Policy 2030: Future-proofing the DR” at the Ministry of Foreign Relations auditorium on 31 May 2022. The Abinader Administration Innovation Cabinet developed the plan. Bartolomé Pujols, who had run for mayor of Santo Domingo in the 2020 municipal election, is the executive director of the Abinader Administration Innovation …

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