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Anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Wilson Camacho went public about threats from relatives of former President Danilo Medina who face serious charges of corruption in the judiciary. Camacho said that during the Friday, 21 October 2022 hearing of the Operation Anti-Octupus, Carmen Magalys Medina Sánchez exhibited threatening behavior against the prosecutors. Previously, her brother, Juan Alexis, had …

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A Dominican soldier seriously injured a Haitian causing the shutdown of the border point in Pedernales, the most southern border gate. The Haitian was taken to the public hospital. Preliminary reports is that the Haitian would have confronted the soldier with a knife. The case is under investigation. A preliminary version from the Specialized Border …

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The 2nd Orange Caribbean Forum is taking place on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 at the InterContinental Hotel from 9am to 12 noon. The promoters highlight that the so-called orange economy touches almost everything in the world. The presentations can be followed online. José Gratereaux, one of the founders of the Orange Forum, said that Felipe …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate continues to drop and now is at 1.47%, with the 24-hour positivity at 2.39% as of Covid-19 Bulletin #949 dated 23 October 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #949 was 24, down from 35 on the previous day. The seven-day average (confirmed lab-reported …

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The Presidency decreed a major nationwide program to provide free transport to school children nationwide. Spokesman of the Presidency, Homero Figueroa announced on 23 October 2022 that the Ministry of Education is in charge of the National School Mobility System with the goal of eventually reaching the full private and public school enrollment nationwide. The …

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The Supreme Court of Justice announced that the digital era has arrived for Dominican judiciary processes. The president of the Supreme Court of Justice Luis Henry Molina Peña announced that the Judicial Branch has published the ruling to apply Digital Media Use for Judicial Procedures Law 339-22. The ruling is effective as of Saturday, 22 …

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Energy and Mines Minister Antonio Almonte told reporters a new hike in electricity prices will need to come in 2023 as the country deals with the rises in imported fuels. The Dominican government has been absorbing most of the rises in fuel so as not to stimulate local inflation. Almonte stressed that the Dominican Republic …

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National District Mayor Carolina Mejia met with dozens of community garbage collecting groups working in the areas off the banks of the Isabela and Ozama river to tackle the problem of garbage in the area. The groups are asking for a 40% increase in the price of a ton of refuse to avoid more contamination …

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The president of the National Association of Importers, Jose Antonio Alvarez says that the cost of a freight container from China has dropped from US$21,000 at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic to around US$7,500 at present. As reported in Diario Libre, he forecasts that in 2023, the freight cost should decline to around US$4,500. …

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According to data released by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the cost of the basic food and services basket for the Dominican family has gone up on average more than RD$2,400 since January 2022. Further analysis shows that in the first quintile of the year, the poorest families saw an increase of 6.43%, …

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