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The Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic and the Dominican Guild of Journalists (CDP) named Bonaparte Gautreaux Piñeyro as the 2022 National Journalism Award winner. The award recognizes the career of journalists in the country and their contributions to society. The award comes with a cash prize of RD$1 million. Gautreaux Piñeyro was chosen …

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Participación Ciudadana, the Dominican chapter of Transparency International, elected accountant and tax expert Joseph Abreu as its general coordinator for 2022-2023. Abreu works as tax and payroll manager at the private firm, Fiducial-IBS. He has been a member of the institution’s National Council, the Scientific Committee of the Dominican Republic Tax Association (Atrird), the National …

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Leonardo Cositorto, the leader of Generación Zoe, was arrested on Monday, 4 April 2022 in Juan Dolio in southeastern Dominican Republic by Interpol RD responding to a request from its counterpart in Argentina. The Interpol had ordered the international capture of the leader of Generación Zoe at the end of February. Spokesman for the Dominican …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #746 with the deadline of 3 April 2022 reports 44 new cases, up from 30 on the previous day. For 20 consecutive days there have been no Covid-19 deaths reported. The death rate is at 0.76%, one of the lowest in the Americas. The 44 new cases in …

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The Transport Cabinet of the Abinader administration expects to open 13 more bus corridors under transport syndicates with similar agreements to the first three that are already in operation. Those in operation are the Núñez de Cáceres (Conatra), Winston Churchill (Mochotran) and Charles de Gaulle (Mochotran) avenue corridors. The next ones that are being negotiated …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that will remove customs duties on Dominican basic food basket items. Due to the handling of the voting on the proposal, many, if not all, of the opposition deputies withdrew from the session. The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is majority in both houses of Congress. The issue …

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The Superintendency of Electricity has ordered new increases in electricity rates. The increase comes just 90 days after the most recent hike on 1 January 2022. As people received their electricity bills in January there was an outcry over the increase. As so happened, if an electricity bill was, say for service between 3 December …

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When the Public School Teachers Association (ADP) is demanding more benefits and a wage increase, the Ministry of Education released data on the average cost of a student in the public school system. ADP teachers are among the best paid in the country, and now the guild seeks a 25% wage increase.The Ministry of Education …

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The Dominican Olympic Committee (COD) is one of around two dozen sports-related non-profits that could see their allotments significantly reduced in 2022. The issue: The COD has not complied with the required rendition of accounts of the use of National Budget funds in 2021. As reported in Diario Libre, the Ministry of Economy has notified …

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Getting this visa is not getting any easier for those traveling with a Cuban passport. The Migration Agency recently issued Resolution 06-2022 that establishes new regulations for Cuban travelers in transit or transit in this country towards other destinations. There are some exceptions. Resolution 06-2022 establishes that Cuban citizens in transit or transfer in this …

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