2022News

Major advances in ports developments nationwide

Vice President Raquel Peña attended the presentation of the master strategic plan implemented by the Dominican Port Authority. The plan calls for transforming Dominican ports. It encompasses the financial recovery of the Port Authority and the modernization of ports nationwide. During the presentation, Peña announced the development of the National Plan for the Construction and …
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Mourning Sonia Piera, right hand to investigative journalist Nuria Piera

The people of the Dominican Republic shared the grief of the Piera family after the announced death of Sonia Piera of lung cancer. Sonia Piera was the oldest sister of leading investigative journalist Nuria Piera. Sonia ran the logistics, administrative and marketing end of the Provideo, the company that produces Nuria Investigación Periodística and N …
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Edesur continues to improve city lighting; Maximo Gomez Avenue gets new lights

The section of Máximo Gómez Avenue between 27 de Febrero Avenue and George Washington Avenue (the Malecón) now has street lights again as the Edesur power distributor advances on its first phase of its “My Safe Country” program. The National District electricity distributor reports that the works also included the repair and normalization of other …
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Editorial houses delivered text books starting November; Ministry of Education has yet to distribute them to students

Diario Libre reports that the Ministry of Education has had text books for public school students in their warehouses since November 2021. The Ministry of Education was late in ordering the books after the Ministry maintained through the first half of 2021 a strong position in favor of digital learning and not a return to …