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Playwright Elizabeth Ovalle announced the 7th International Women’s Drama Festival starts 17 November at the Sala Ravelo of the National Theater. The Absoluto Teatro Foundation event continues through 27 November with 30 performances from Argentina, Spain and the Dominican Republic. There are plays for all the family. The festival opens with “Tarascones,” the comedy by …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate is at 1.23%, with the 24-hour positivity rate at 13.57%, as per Covid-19 Bulletin #970 dated 13 November 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #970 was 49, up from 25 on the previous day. The seven-day average (confirmed lab-reported cases) is up to …

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Ashraf Habibullah, the Pakistani-American structural engineer who developed the software that enabled the building of incredible landmark projects, is visiting this week. President Luis Abinader will receive him at the Presidential Palace at noon on Tuesday, 15 November 2022. The National Pedro Henriquez Ureña University (UNPHU) will bestow him with a honoris causa doctorate on …

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The Abinader administration proposes to spend RD$92 billion of the recently submitted RD$1.2 trillion 2023 National Budget on social programs. The government sent the bill to Congress in October 2022. The government says the programs seek to shield the most vulnerable from global issues such as the war in Ukraine and the impacts of rising …

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President Luis Abinader seeks to help property owners to deal with squatters, especially Haitians, who have been increasingly illegally occupying properties. The President announced a new government unit to deal with squatters taking over either private or government properties. The unit is in charge of processing these individuals and in applicable cases, deporting these. The …

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President Luis Abinader on 11 November 2022 called unacceptable and irresponsible the recent statement published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) calling for an end to deportations of Haitian nationals from the Dominican Republic. In reality, deportations are but a trickle in the number of migrants that cross …

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Technological problems were behind the slow start to the 10th National Population and Housing Census. The census is happening from 10 to 23 November 2022. New this 2022 is that the pollsters are immediately entering the data collected into electronic tablets for transmitting to the central data base. The intention is this way the data …

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The Ministry of Industry & Commerce (MICM) reports that basic staple food prices have begun to drop. The MICM reported price drops on rice, meat, egg, herring, and cooking oil. In October 2022, according to data from the Central Bank (BCRD), the consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.28%, thus registering three consecutive months below the …

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Two news stories hint blackouts could be coming back. The largest private provider of power, the AES power generation group announces its AES Andres, Boca Chica natural gas-powered plant, which adds 319 MW, will be out for longer than expected for regular maintenance. The schedule is now for the plant to be off the National …

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The Dominican national basketball team scored important wins this weekend as it strives to compete in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. In the game played on Thursday, 10 November 2022 against Argentina, the DR defeated the South American team 80-69 at the Palacio de los Deportes in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, Santo Domingo. …

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