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Two major national grid power generators are out for maintenance works. The coal-fired 356 MW Punta Catalina 1 is off the grid for 45 days as of 29 March 2022. And now the Andres AES gas-fired power plant for six days starting on 7 May 2022. This is the explanation for the power outages that …

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Vice President Raquel Peña and the Minister of Interior & Police Jesus Vasquez attended the start of the My Safe Country security operation (Mi Pais Seguro) in eight sectors in Santo Domingo East in Santo Domingo province on 10 May 2022. The director of the Police, Major General Eduardo Alberto Then was present, while not …

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Danilo Diaz of the Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party denied the PLD was looking for an agreement with the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). He denied speculation the party would back an amendment of the 2015 Constitution that would allow candidates to win with less than 50%+1 vote, and would habilitate Medina to …

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Inter-island commuter buses have rerouted their travel to Haiti, following a series of kidnappings of foreign citizens in Haiti. N Digital reports that Caribe Tours makes five trips a day to Haiti with its final destination being the cities of Cap Haitien, Tabar through Elías Piña and Petionville, close to Port-au-Prince. The representatives of bus …

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The country’s main river, the Yaque del Norte in Santiago, is now clogged by thousands of plastic containers. The same plastic waste is entering the irrigation canals, Ulises Francisco Espaillat and Monsieur Bogaert in Santiago. The floodgates of the canals are frequently covered with plastic bottles, glasses, plates and even covers of coolers. According to …

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She is a specialist in three-pointers and now the first Dominican-American to play in the WNBA, the United States women’s professional basketball league that has 12 teams. The daughter of a Dominican father, 5’6 tall Katie Benzan played her first game in the WNBA on Sunday, 8 May 2022. El Nuevo Diario highlights she is …

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People are talking about who they know who has fallen sick with Covid-19 recently, despite having three vaccines. It would seem the fourth wave is trying to get a start here. It did not come due to the gatherings for Easter Week. Apparently the Covid-19 variant has been imported by Dominicans who have traveled abroad, …

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Attorney General Miriam German Brito addressed the three recent suspect murder cases due to Police excesses and told the press she would not tolerate “permissiveness”. She was referring to the regular permissive culture of the Police, forensics and the judiciary regarding Police excesses. She addressed the case of 24-year old David de los Santos, who …

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Now it is known that 24-year old David de los Santos most likely had suffered a mental health crisis. He then fell prey to the unwritten tough-against-crime culture and Police brutality that led to his spending three days in hell until he was pronounced dead. De los Santos was arrested by the Police at Agora …

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Major General Eduardo Alberto Then has not appeared in public after the uproar regarding recent police brutality cases resulting in three highly publicized deaths by young men in Police custody. Instead, his superior in the government hierarchy, Interior & Police Minister JesusVasquez and the new Police Commissioner, Spanish security expert Jose Vila del Castillo have …

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