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The president of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), former President Danilo Medina announced on Sunday, 6 February 2022 that the party needs to return to government to complete the government program left pending when it lost the presidency in the 2020 election. The PLD for 20 years the official party. The leadership of the party …

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President Luis Abinader said that his government has not had the cushion of the Petrocaribe preferential oil prices that benefited the governments of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). He said that the past authorities never paid for a barrel of oil more than US$50 thanks to the alliance with the Venezuelan government oil suppliers. “If …

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Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera returned to the Las Dunas de Las Calderas natural monument in Peravia province (Baní) for the third time and said that definitive actions have been taken to protect the natural monument. He announced guardhouses to control access to the sand extraction points detected in Operation Las Dunas. “For years, mafias …

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Dozens of alumni of the Loyola Politechnical Institute in San Cristobal (Class 1979) are backing the testing of the Miyawaki Method for Reforestation in the Eugenio de Jesus Marcano Botanical Gardens in Santiago. Akira Miyawaki was a Japanese botanist who specialized in reforestation. His method consists in planting what in nature would be 20 to …

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Total Energies (V Energy S.A.) and Martí announced on 4 February 2022 a strategic alliance with the local fuel distributor, Martí. Martí is the owner of the Sunix gas stations and Tropigas Natural propane gas operation here. The companies commit to expand commercial activities for the distribution of natural gas, fuels, lubricants, solar and other …

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Two veteran journalists and political analysts, 73-year old Orlando Gil and 92-year old Mario Rivadulla passed away on Sunday, 7 February 2022. Gil died from cancer and Rivadulla from pneumonia, a side effect of Covid-19. Gil for years wrote for the Listin Diario and Diario Libre and was a TV political analyst for “Oye Pais.” …

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Young people continue to race motorcycles putting in danger their lives and that of others. Diario Libre reports on the motorcycle racing on the streets of the Santa Fe area of San Pedro de Macoris city (SPM). The informal racing is just one element in the daily total of between 2 and 5 traffic fatalities …

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A woman driving a Hyundai Tucson was hit from behind and slammed into a luxury car dealership, Guzman Auto Import on 27 de Febrero east of Máximo Gomez. The woman’s vehicle seriously damaged a Porsche and a Mercedes Benz. As reported in Diario Libre, the vehicle that impacted her fled the scene. Read more in …

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The weather forecast for Monday, 7 February 2022 is for scattered showers to continue with the danger of flooding in 17 provinces and the National District. The rainstorms are forecast mostly for the north, northeast, east, central southern coastline and Central Mountain Range of the country. The Weather Office (Onamet) has placed fourteen provinces on …

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Concacaf announced the Dominican Republic will be the centralized host for its Caribbean Club Championship, to take place 13 to 25 May 2022 in the Dominican Republic, as reported by Inside World Football. The Caribbean Club Championship is the confederation’s leading club competition in the Caribbean region for professional club sides and qualifies one team …

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