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Former Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amada Melo warns that the Ministry of Higher Education is about to lower the requirements to become a teacher in the public school system. Melo says the Ministry if it goes ahead and changes Norm 09-15 on the Program for Excellence in Teachers is giving in to the pressures …

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President Luis Abinader appointed Edgar García Cabrera as director of the Unit for the Promotion of Land Management, Planning and Sustainable Development for the province of Santo Domingo. The appointment is contained in Decree 639-22, issued by the Executive Branch this Monday, 7 November 2022. Garcia Cabrera has served as legal advisor to the Santo …

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Waldys Taveras, executive director of the Commonwealth of Greater Santo Domingo, urges city councils to see to the cleaning of rainwater drains. Taveras says these are clogged with debris following Friday, 4 November 2022 torrential rains, as reported in Hoy. Taveras likewise urges the start of an educational campaign to reduce the use of plastics …

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Dwellings in very vulnerable areas near rivers and gullies were seriously affected when these flooded on Friday, 4 November 2022. On that day, densely-populated areas of the National District city collapsed due to extreme heavy rains falling in just three hours. Ricardo González of the civic society group Ciudad Alternativa says the critical situation that …

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Thousands of recent buyers of vehicles are discovering they did not purchase sufficient vehicle coverage. They instead signed for insurance that covers the bank loan and will not guarantee a new vehicle if theirs was severely damaged in the flooding on 4 November 2022. As with insurance, hundreds of people are finding out the hard …

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Check your coverage if you are affiliated to Mapfre Salud ARS medical insurance plan. As of Monday, 14 November 2022, you may no longer be covered. The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) is calling for physicians not to accept Mapfre (BHD Bank) insurance coverage as of Monday. Previously, the CMD had banned doctors from taking Universal …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, the amendment to the Penal Code (Law 76-02) so that robbery without violence and without weapons can be prosecuted ex officio by the Public Prosecutor’s Office without the victim having to file a complaint. The initiative had already passed in the Senate. It was originally …

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The Karadeniz power barge that would provide energy for the national power grid has arrived and is docked off the Malecón in the National District coastal waters. The ship operators await the Ministry of Environment permits to connect to the electricity grid. Diario Libre reports two permits are pending – the power plant operation permit …

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Border security arrested at the Elías Piña border crossing two Haitian women and accused these of attempted smuggling of 22,160 rounds of ammunition from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. The Specialized Corps of Land Border Security (Cesfront) arrested Milien Midrene Manessa and Fara Josef, who were accompanied by a minor, for trying to introduce into …

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Christmas starts early in the Dominican Republic. People set up their decorations from late October and don’t take these down until the second week in January, after Three Kings Day. To get people in the Christmas vibe, Agora Mall announces a 60-voice choir will perform on Wednesday, 9 November at Agora Mall. The singing begins …

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