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Despite the difficult start on Friday, 22 April 2022 due to the heavy rains, the Santo Domingo International Book Fair is now happening in the Colonial City. The fair continues through 2 May. Venues are sprawled all throughout the Colonial City and activities take place 9am to 9pm with free admission. With the slogan “Come …

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The Gran Teatro del Cibao, the main cultural venue in Santiago de los Caballeros, announces the National Symphony Orchestra’s Spring Concerts season. The Ministry of Culture and the Sinfonía Foundation are the sponsors of the event. Maestro José Antonio Molina, chief conductor and music director of the orchestra, has programmed the series of concerts for …

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Just 37 days from the beginning of the official hurricane season of 2022, investigators from the North Carolina State University have agreed with the forecasters of the Weather Channel (reported previously by DR1 News) that this will be a busy season with more than a normal number of named storms and hurricanes. The North Carolina …

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The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts light showers for the start of the week, especially to the northeast, southeast and the central mountain range. The noontime temperatures will range between 29 and 31 degrees, and the minimums will dip to between 20 and 22 Celsius. It has been raining in the Dominican Republic for more …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #766 with the deadline of 23 April 2022 reports 35 new cases. This is down from 54 on the previous day. The number of active cases is 292, down from 303 on the day before. There were no deaths reported. The death rate is at 0.76%, one of …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #763 with the deadline of 20 April 2022 reports 69 new cases. This is up from 42 on the previous day. The number of active cases is 281, up from 247 on the day before. There were no deaths reported. The death rate is at 0.76%, one of …

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The Ministry of Public Health has begun a drive to ensure parents have completed the polio, measles and rubella vaccine schedules of their young children. The Vaccination Week of the Americas 2022 target is 951,554 children ages 1 to 5 years. The campaign ends on 30 April 2022. 1,420 vaccination centers located around the country …

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The Dominican Society of Newspapers (SDD) reminds people that the Constitutional Court has already decided that digital media do not have to unpublish truthful news stories at the request of affected or damaged persons. The SDD reminds citizens that the Constitutional Court (TC) has ruled that online media can refuse to delete news as requested …

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Severe rains and winds due to a passing trough system have been impacting the Dominican Republic for almost a week. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) has placed 27 provinces of the country’s 32 under alert. Only San Juan de la Maguana, Independencia, Baoruco in the southwest and Montecristi in the northwest are not under …

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The executive vice-president of the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus), Servio Tulio Castaños Guzmán called the General Transit Safety and Land Transportation Agency (Digesett) a “scandalous” institution that repeatedly puts the country in “difficult situations” from the point of view of freedom of the press. Castaños Guzmán pointed out that the Dominican Republic is currently …

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