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After their return flights to Ukraine were canceled, around 2,000 Ukrainian tourists need to be relocated from the hotels where they stayed in Punta Cana and Bayahibe. The honorary Ukrainian consul, Ilona Oleksandrivnasays the Russian tour operator, Anex Tour is not assisting the travelers that are now stranded here, as reported by EFE news agency.. …

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When President Luis Abinader issued Decree 101-22 last week sending to retirement 289 military and police, he did not include the generals that are accused in several of the most important corruption cases in Dominican history, reports Acento. Both former head of the Presidential Security Corps (Cusep) Major General Adan Caceres of the Army and …

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Coronavirus Covid-19 Bulletin #711/ 27 February 2022 The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #711 with the deadline of 27 February 2022 reports 264 new cases, up from the previous day (221 cases). The death rate is at 0.76%, one of the lowest in the Americas. Two weeks after the President announced an end to …

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President Luis Abinader has a year and a half on the job. Here are the highlights of his second rendition of accounts to the joint session of Congress and the nation on Independence Day, 27 February 2022. Highlights of the speech: • Objectives of the administration: surpass the pandemic, economic recovery and generation of jobs, …

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More inflation with the rising of petrol prices and the direct hit on tourism from Russia and Ukraine to Dominican beach destinations are expected to be the first major effects in the Dominican Republic of the Russia vs Ukraine war. Homero Figueroa, spokesperson for the Abinader administration stated: “The Dominican Republic cannot feel distant nor …

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President Luis Abinader has joined dozens of other nations in his condemnation of the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine as ordered by the ex-KGB operative and current head of the Russian state, Vladimir Putin. Listin Diario reports on other times when a Dominican statesman has taken a stance or even action against another head of …

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The Ministry of Publlc Works announced the start of the construction of a road solution for Km 9 of the Duarte Highway, the country’s main north-south connection. The capital city exit to the central and northern provinces will be expanded from 8 to 14 lanes to reduce the present major congestion. At this point, commuters …

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The Procurement Agency (DGCP) rejected a Ministry of Education proposal for a private company to install satellite internet for 600 rural schools. The initiative would have cost billions yet was for a duration of three years. The tender was revoked on 17 February 2022. The Procurement Agency has rejected multiple bids contracted by the Ministry …

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The Ministry of Public Health, in coordination with public schools, is enticing children with ice cream and sweets to motivate those 5 to 11 years old to get vaccinated. The Ministry of Public Health officially began on 14 February 2022 inoculating a target population of 1,348,033 children in this age range. The Ministry of Public …

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Leading Dominican investigative journalist and newscaster Addis Burgos (“Descalificado con Addis Burgos” on CDN, Channel 37) and her family saved their lives in a major traffic incident on Saturday, 26 February 2022. Her vehicle was totaled. The event occurred when she was driving on the San Cristobal-Bani highway stretch with her husband, daughter and son, …

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