2022News

IMF: DR gets good scores for economic recovery

The Central Bank has shared the first insights of the International Monetary Fund regular assessment. The IMF highlights the 5% real recovery the country has experienced. The Central Bank reported that the IMF mission assessment reveals the Dominican economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience due in large part to the country’s successful response in monetary and …

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Jose Ignacio Paliza and Carolina Mejía reelected to lead PRM

Delegates of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) reelected José Ignacio Paliza and Carolina Mejía as president and secretary general of the party for the next four years on Sunday, 15 May 2022 during the party’s 21st Ordinary National Convention. Jose Ignacio Paliza is the Administrative Minister of the Presidency and Carolina Mejía is the …

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Good news: Haitian kidnappers release Dominican bus driver

The Dominican Metro Bus driver kidnapped on the outskirts of Haiti’s capital city was released on Saturday, 14 May 2022, Dominican ambassador Faruk Miguel Castillo told El Dia. He said the kidnappers released Martín Decena, the driver and the bus steward, the Haitian woman Yveca Juvensta Sylvestre. Initially, the driver had been identified as Martin …

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Public prosecutors seek preventive custody against three police in Santiago case

The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced it will ask the court to impose preventive detention against three police agents it accuses of being responsible for the death of a barber in police custody at the Cienfuegos detachment in western Santiago. Captain Manolo Aquino, in charge of the Central Directorate of Criminal Investigations (Dicrim) in Cienfuegos; first …

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Tragedy strikes again off the coasts of Puerto Rico; an uptick in Haitian migration by boat

Last week there were headlines in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico all relating to home-built boats either floundering in the sea or being captured by migration authorities from the United States, Dominican Republic or Great Britain. Over 200 Haitians were found in one boat near Turks & Caicos, and at least 11 bodies …

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Re-run of Tokyo Olympic 400m final goes to Marileidy Paulino in Diamond League

In the Tokyo Olympics (August 2021), Marileidy Paulino stunned the world of track and field with a second place finish in the women’s 400m race. She lost to Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Winning her first Olympic medal, Paulino returned to the Dominican Republic as a national heroine. Paulino joined the best in the world in track …

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Cuba and Curaçao to play in the 2023 Caribbean Series

Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, the Caribbean Professional Baseball Commissioner has cleared the participation of Cuba and Curaçao in the 65th edition of the Caribbean Series. This will be played in Caracas, Venezuela in February 2023. He announced the Caribbean Series is open to the participation of winning teams of the winter professional baseball leagues in …

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