2022 – Page 185

The Dominican national men’s basketball team will play Puerto Rico, Argentina and the US Virgin Islands in Group B of the FIBA AmeriCup 2022, the top continental men’s basketball competition. The Pan American Games qualifier will take place this coming 2-11 September 2022 in Brazil. The 19th FIBA AmeriCup 2022 will be played in Brasilia …

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The tickets for the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin y Yandel concert start at around RD$3,000. General standing online at Uepa goes for RD$4,520 and the bleachers are selling for RD$3,110, but VIP tickets are going for near RD$34,000 online. The artists are booked to perform this coming 9 July at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal …

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Puerto Rican rap singer Bad Bunny’s second concert in Santo Domingo is scheduled for 22 October 2022 but tickets are going fast. A first concert on 21 October was promptly sold out. The concert will be held at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Center in Santo Domingo. Tickets for the “World’s Hottest Tour” on Saturday, 22 …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #740 with the deadline of 28 March 2022 reports 72 new cases, up from 30 on the previous day. In the first 28 days of March there have been only six deaths in a population of around 11 million. For thirteen consecutive days there have been no Covid-19 …

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President Luis Abinader announced the Dominican Republic has broken the US$12 billion export mark. “This is the change, the profound transformation in all sectors of the country in favor of the sustainable and continued development of the Dominican Republic,” said the head of state during the presentation of the National Plan for the Promotion of …

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President Luis Abinader was in eastern Santo Domingo on Monday, 28 March 2022 for the start of operation of the Charles de Gaulle bus corridor. The route is 17 kilometers long and has 69 stops. It will be served by a fleet of 94 buses with capacity for 90 passengers. The route goes from the …

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President Luis Abinader says the country is not ruling out taking the contract between the Dominican government and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to international arbitration. The reality is that the country had to make major alternative purchases, with Sinovac of China, to secure vaccines when AstraZeneca and Pfizer did not deliver on time. While the …

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The Ministry of Public Health announces a major measles vaccination campaign to start in April 2022. The director of the Expanded Immunization Program, Aida Vargas says the campaign’s goal is to inoculate 951,554 children from three months to five years of age. Children from three months will receive the oral vaccine, those from one year …

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Juan Luis Guerra is promoting his last concert this spring in the Dominican Republic. The concert would have taken place on 5 February at the Hard Rock Punta Cana but intense rainstorms caused the show to be was rescheduled to 2 April 2022. The concert is the last to be held here. Guerra had scheduled …

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The Puerto Plata ocean-fronting amphitheater announces the concert of rapper and composer Arcangel. The urban music singer best known as “La Maravilla” will perform on 16 April 2022 at the Juan Lockward amphitheater. A press release says he will perform his greatest hits – “Ahora Dice”, “Privado”, “Sigues Con Él”, “Me Acostumbre”, “Pa Que La …

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