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Vice President Raquel Peña is representing President Luis Abinader at the inaugural of Honduras President-elect Xiomara Castro. The inauguration is taking place from 7am on Thursday, 27 January 2022 at the Tegucigalpa National Stadium. Also attending for the Dominican Republic is the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco (PRM-National District). In Honduras, Vice …

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The Ministry of Public Health says that the home Covid-19 tests now sold at Dominican pharmacies are strictly for personal use and information. Deputy Minister for Collective Health Eladio Perez says that the tests done at home are not valid for labor purposes. Likewise, only certified labs can issue the valid certification of results that …

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Minister of Hacienda Jochy Vicente had reported that the government ended 2021 with a fiscal deficit of -2.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or RD$144.77 billion. The amount is RD$15.06 billion below what was estimated in the reformulated National Budget that had been presented in November 2021. Vicente emphasized that the reduction of the …

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Deputies representing the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) had voted yes in the fast-tracked passing of the Punta Catalina Trust in Congress. Now, that the bill just needs the positive vote of the Senate, the party is speaking out against the contract and is calling on the Presidency to withdraw it from Congress to make corrections. …

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Primitiva Medina, a leading member of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), denounced that the Ministry of Education has changed the rules established in Departmental Order 06-2021, to assess school principals in the Teacher Competitive Examination. She says the rules clearly state that the scores of assessment tests need to be in before the interview, …

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The director of the Public Procurement Agency (DGCP), Carlos Pimentel had reported early this week that the preliminary results of the investigation carried out by the DGCP and the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Comptroller General of the Republic regarding past administrations in the National Institute of Student Welfare (Inabie) reveal leads to criminal acts. The …

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The Ministry of Environment is calling for National Police Major General Eduardo Alberto Then to investigate the conduct of Colonel Elías Marte Palave. The Ministry filed a legal complaint against the colonel for illegally extracting aggregate from a gravel mine located less than 15 meters from the banks of the Haina River in San Cristóbal …

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The Corripio Foundation and the Ministry of Culture announced Soledad Álvarez was chosen the winner of the National Literature Award. The award winner has been successful in poetry and literary essays. Jose Luis Corripio, president of the Corripio Foundation, and Culture Minister Milagros German highlighted Alvarez’s valuable work as a writer when making the announcement. …

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Pope Francis named a Bronx, New York priest as the youngest bishop in the United States. He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the New York archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Father Joseph Espaillat, 45, is a New York native of Dominican descent. His parents migrated to New York from Santiago de los Caballeros, …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #678 with the deadline of 25 January 2022 reports 2,763 new cases, up from the previous day (2,272 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 Epidemiology, …

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