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The film “Freda,” directed by Haitian Gessica Généus, won on Sunday, 30 January 2022 the main prize of the 14th edition of the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival. The award is in the Fiction Opera Prima category. “Freda” has also received a mention at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is originally in Haitian Creole. …

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The Caimanes of Colombia defeated the Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Republic (2-1) in the Caribbean Baseball Series game on 31 January 2022 taking place at the Quisqueya-Juan Marichal Stadium in Santo Domingo. This has resulted in a triple tie between the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Colombia for the first place in the Caribbean …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #683 with the deadline of 30 January 2022 reports 1,193 new cases, down slightly from the previous day (1,221 cases). At the same time, the death rate continues to drop and is now at 0.78%, one of the lowest in the Americas. Ministry of Public Health director of …

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The Ministry of Public Health announced citizens and residents now have until 21 February to get the Covid-19 booster shot. The Ministry had said that as of 31 January the government would require employees and visitors to have the booster shot to enter government premises. About 1.8 million Dominicans of a target population of 7.8 …

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President Luis Abinader spoke to the nation on Sunday, 30 January 2022 at 7pm to announce the Executive Branch would remove the bill now in the Senate regarding the creating of the Punta Catalina Trust to manage the 752 MW Punta Catalina coal-fired power plant. The bill for the Punta Catalina Trust was submitted to …

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Journalist Francisco Medrano is asking that the Pro-Pedernales Trust fund that passed in the same bill that approved the controversial Punta Catalina power plant trust be withdrawn from the Senate for amendments. Journalist Francisco Medrano criticized the clauses that establish a special tax treatments for investors. Medrano disputes the clause that relieves the investors and …

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Presidential Minister Jose Ignacio Paliza delivered a deposit for RD$6.8 million of RD$30.8 million for the start of two major projects in the Santiago city park. RD$12.5 million are allocated for the children’s area at the 65-hectare Santiago park, the main retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city. The botanical park is located …

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Last week, a 12-person delegation from Qatar visited the Dominican Republic, and, in particular, the area of Pedernales. Pedernales is the country’s most southwest province. It is on the border with Haiti. It is slated for major development in lodging capacity. According to sources at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Qatar delegates were interested …

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President Luis Abinader said during a press conference that unlike the United States and England, the Dominican Republic has not suffered a crisis of food scarcity during the pandemic. He attributed this to improved harvests in almost every category. Minister of Agriculture Limber Cruz Lopez reported increases in poultry production, eggs, plantains, rice, potatoes, yucca …

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Inflation has hit the Dominican economy quite hard, although the Abinader administration keeps trying to play it down and is attempting to stem the markets’ volatility. However, the gradual removal of government subsidies from fuels and electricity distributors, along with price increases attributed to the crisis in the global supply chain is, are hurting most …

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