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Dominican NBA player Chris Duarte made the roster for the NBA Rookies and Sophomores Rising Stars Challenge 2022. The NBA Rising Stars game will take place on Friday, 18 February at 9pm Eastern Time. Duarte plays with the Indiana Pacers and is in his first season with the NBA. He has started 32 of the …

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The Dominican Republic defeated Venezuela on Tuesday, 1 February 2022 to end the first round of Caribbean Baseball Series with five wins and only one loss – to Colombia. The Gigantes del Cibao vs Navegantes de Magallanes game began at 8pm. The game lasted until 1:18am when Hanser Alberto of the Gigantes del Cibao delivered …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #684 with the deadline of 31 January 2022 reports 1,275 new cases, up from the previous day (1,193 cases). The death rate continues to drop and is now at 0.77%, one of the lowest in the Americas. Ministry of Public Health director of Epidemiology, Dr. Ronald Skewes says …

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President Luis Abinader attended the 26th presentation of the National Youth Awards (PNJ-2022), dedicated on this occasion to the entrepreneurship and innovation of young people throughout the Dominican Republic. Youth Minister Rafael J. Feliz García handed out the winners in the 14 categories. These were Selin Benjamín Bocio Richardson, in Voluntary Social Services in favor …

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President Luis Abinader announced on Sunday, 30 January 2022 that he was open to hear discussions by the Social and Economic Council platform on the Punta Catalina Trust contract signed by the government and already approved by the Chamber of Deputies. Yet, the President did not remove the bill from the Senate. The Constitution does …

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Local media continues to follow the efforts of Education Minister Roberto Furcal to defend the Ministry of Education from corruption charges. It would seem the Ministry of Education has been more in the press for irregularities than for achievements in education. The Ministry of Education was early on accused of spending thousands to purchase orchids, …

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The Ministry of Public Health is changing its recommendation from a one month wait to one to three months for those who recently have caught Covid-19 and had not received the booster shot. After testing positive to Covid-19, for the application of a third booster dose, the Ministry of Public Health is now advising people …

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The Ministry of Defense intervened the La Victoria Jail for 15 hours on Monday, 31 January 2022, responding to a request made by the Attorney General Office. Soldiers temporarily took control of the La Victoria Jail to locate and occupy weapons in possession of the inmates. The announcement follows the gang clashes on 16 January …

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A man driving on a motorcycle died when crashing into a horse on the Samaná tolls road, Autovía del Nordeste (Juan Pablo II Highway). He died at the Ney Arias Lora Trauma Hospital where he was taken after colliding on his motorcycle with the horse wandering along the Santo Domingo-Samana road on Friday, 28 January …

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Manuel Azcona had taken coverage from the storm under a tree only to die when the torrential rains caused the tree to fall on him in Santiago. The Center for Emergency Operations has issued a yellow alert for three provinces and 12 provinces have green alerts. The three provinces under yellow alert are Montecristi, Espaillat …

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