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The Ministry of Defense announced the Abinader administration has begun to comply with commitments made to the troops decades ago when former President Hipolito Mejia sent troops to Iraq at the request of the United States government. The Ministry of Defense (MIDE) initiated the payment of per diems for RD$69 million the Armed Forces has …

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Spokesman for the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) in the Chamber of Deputies, Julito Furcal says that his brother Roberto Furcal was successfully operated by Dr. David Berger at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The controversial former Education Minister Roberto Furcal was suffering from severe ulcerative colitis. Throughout his two years as Minister of …

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81.2% of those living in the Dominican Republic aged 10 years and older have a smart cell phone, according to findings of the National Statistics Office’s 2022 EnHogar 2022 survey. Of these 79.9% are males and 82.4% are females. The ONE survey says that there is a television in 76.6% of households. 46.1% of households …

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The National Statistics Office (ONE) is gradually releasing the recent findings of the Enhogar 2022 poll.A majority of residents in the Dominican Republic mention that crime is the main problem affecting the country. The nationwide perception on rising crime is 66.4%, but this increases to 76.9% in Santo Domingo province. According to the ONE’s Enhogar …

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Attorney General Miriam German Brito sent a letter to leading prosecutors at the Attorney General Office calling for more actions to prosecute crime. She criticism the tendency of leading prosecutors to dispute a corruption case through the media. “Our work should concentrate in the courts, not taking the litigation to the media,” said the Attorney …

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It’s not too bad to be in custody for corruption in the Dominican Republic. In three of the five really big corruption cases currently in Dominican courts, the main suspects have been sent home under house arrest after serving 18 months of preventive custody. These include the former president’s brother, Alexis Medina and the former …

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The Collegiate Court of the Judicial District of La Romana declared Jesus Pascual Cabrera Ruiz not guilty of money laundering on Thursday, 22 December 2022. The judge said there was insufficient evidence and acquitted the man who previously had been sentenced on 15 December 2022 to 20 years in jail for criminal association, and complicity …

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The VG27 Foundation, headed by baseball star Vladimir Guerrero Jr., his father, Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero Sr., and Dominican physician Felix Antonio Cruz Jiminian joined together to hold a free clinic and medical operation in the community of Don Gregorio in Nizao in the province of Peravia (Bani).Over 500 persons were treated, operated on …

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The Estrellas Orientales surprised all and the San Pedro de Macorís-based team is now seen as a strong contender for the pennant this year. The team had barely made the 4-team regular season cut off for the round-robin phase of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. The Estrellas defeated the Gigantes del Cibao 4-2 to …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate is at 14.78%, with the 24-hour positivity rate down to 13.08%, as per Covid-19 Bulletin #1,011 dated 24 December 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #1,011 was 79, the first time the number of lab cases drops below 100 in December. Nevertheless, the …

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