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The National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (Intrant) says it has contracted through the Ministry of the Presidency’s Trust for the Development of the Mass Transport System in the Dominican Republic (Fitram) with the Brazilian firm Imtraff. The company is assisting Intrant with artificial intelligence to determine how to improve the transit system in …

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The Dominican government, through the Ministry of Foreign Relations, rejected the wording of the US Embassy note: “Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement.” The note was uploaded to the US Embassy website on Saturday, 19 November 2022 The Ministry of Foreign Relations issued a statement whereby it says the country considers the note “unfounded, untimely and …

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A group of 25 Dominicans who had arrived on an Arajet flight from Santo Domingo were repatriated on Monday, 21 November 2022 after Guatemala migration authorities (Guatemalan Migration Institute – IGM) at the La Aurora International Airport did not allow their entry on Friday, 18 November 2022. In a press release on the decision to …

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The Ministry of Public Health alerted to the second reported case of cholera in the country, a four-year old Haitian child. Epidemiologist Francisca Kasse said the child is stable, in good spirits and has an appetite. The child has not had a bowel movement in the past 24 hours. The Department of Epidemiology of the …

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President Luis Abinader named Ernesto Bournigal Read as the country’s Superintendent of Securities. Bournigal Read graduated with honors in law from the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) in 2003. In 2005 he obtained a Master’s Degree (LLM) in Banking and Finance Law, concentration in Project Finance and Securities Market Transactions from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts At …

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Children 3 to 5 years old attending National Institute of Comprehensive Care for Early Childhood (INAIPI) centers will receive free dental and hearing health services. Previously, INAIPI has offered the services to children from five years of age. INAIPI benefits more than 160,000 families through its Comprehensive Early Childhood Care Centers (CAIPI) and Child and …

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The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) says that it is legal for parents to disinherit a child that has mistreated them. The decision is based on the interpretation of Article 727 of the Civil Code, which provides that legitimate or natural children who have repeatedly performed acts detrimental or deceit to …

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Celebrated Dominican singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy Award–winner Juan Luis Guerra was a winner at the 23rd annual Latin Grammy Award. His Covid-time recorded album, “Entre Mar y Palmeras” won Best Merengue/Bachata Album. The album was recorded at the Playa Esmeralda beach in the new Miches destination north of Punta Cana on the east coast of …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate has risen to 1.94%, with the 24-hour positivity rate at 13.79%, as per Covid-19 Bulletin #977 dated 20 November 2022. The number of lab-reported tests is 776. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #977 was 107, up from 50 on the previous day. The …

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The Abinader administration National Budget 2023 bill (PGE 2023) has allocated 40% of the budget infrastructure works to the province of Santo Domingo. The province of Santo Domingo is assigned works for RD$22.44 billion. The province of Santo Domingo is the most populated in the Dominican Republic. President Luis Abinader is up for reelection in …

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