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The agricultural counselor at the Dominican Embassy in Haiti Carlitin Guillen Tatis returned on Friday, 6 May 2022 to Santo Domingo. He had remained four days in captivity by the 400 Mawa gang in Haiti. He was taken to the Dr. Ramon de Lara Air Force Hospital in San Isidro Air Base, in eastern Santo …

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A Dominican driver of a Dominican Metro Servicios Turísticos passenger bus and eight missionaries from Turkey along with eight Haitians were kidnapped this weekend in Haiti. As reported in El Dia, the kidnapped Turkish missionaries were identified as Efil Onur, Kont Semiih, Kilic Sewa, Dorgan Beyer, Ayden Bedia, Kormaz Ibrahim, Candan Mesut and Torun Ramazan. …

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In a press conference called on Friday, the new National Police Executive Commissioner, Jose (Pepe) Vila del Castillo explained what the Abinader administration is working on as it accelerates police reform. Local media criticized that the director-general of the Police, Mayor General Eduardo Alberto Then was not present and that they were not allowed to …

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Dozens of students in Santiago honored a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra), as part of the celebrations surrounding Arbor Day on 29 April 2022. The huge and little-known wonder is located between the towns of Licey al Medio and Tamboril in the province of Santiago and can easily be seen from the road that connects these …

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Dominican driver won his Porsche Spring Challenge North America races on 7-8 May 2022. The race on Sunday, 8 May was held a few hours before the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Miami. Porsche reports that thanks to his two victories during the weekend, the 20-year-old driver climbed to the first place in the drivers’ …

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La Romana city in the southeast was the beneficiary of the United States National Basketball Association (NBA) donation used for the modernizing of the city’s Club Quisqueya court and facilities. The NBA Cares initiative allocated funds for refurbishing basketball courts in Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Mexico through the remainder of the NBA’s 75th …

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Has the Dominican Republic reached herd immunity regarding Covid-19? That is, sufficient number of people have developed immunity from catching the disease, and sufficient number of people have been fully vaccinated? New cases seem to be mild, with record lows in hospitalizations. The Easter holiday did not trigger a spike in cases. Yet, for Bulletin …

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Has the Dominican Republic reached herd immunity regarding Covid-19? That is, sufficient number of people have developed immunity from catching the disease, and sufficient number of people have been fully vaccinated? New cases seem to be mild, with record lows in hospitalizations. The Easter holiday did not trigger a spike in cases. The Ministry of …

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The Presidency enacted the Food Staples Zero-Tariffs Law 6-22 that sets 0% Customs duties on 67 food products or inputs. The mechanism seeks to speed up and make imports more agile and transparent to mitigate rising food prices. The bill authorizes zero tariffs on imports of beef, chicken meat, powdered milk, garlic, butter, margarine, red, …

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The Ministry of Public Health has dismantled most of the Covid-19 units in the country. Public Health Minister Daniel Rivera announced during the Wednesday, 4 May 2022 press conference that the Covid-19 cases in the country are mild. Most patients are asymptomatic and do not require hospitalization. For the past 42 days the number of …

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