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Five Dominican ball players are among the 2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists. The winners will be announced on 1 November 2022. The award honors the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League and National League. The Dominican finalists are: American League:Jose Ramirez, ClevelandVladimir Guerrero Jr, Toronto JaysJeremy Peña, Houston Astros …

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The Tigres del Licey grabbed the lead in the 2022-2023 Winter Professional Baseball Championship by defeating arch-rival Aguilas Cibaeñas on Sunday, 23 October 2022. The Aguilas are in second place, one game behind the Licey. The Gigantes and Estrellas Orientales are tied for third place. The Toros del Este and the Leones del Escogido are …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate continues to drop and now is at 1.66%, with the 24-hour positivity at 3.44% as of Covid-19 Bulletin #948 dated 22 October 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #948 was 35, up from 31 on the previous day. The seven-day average (confirmed lab-reported …

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Speaking at the Presidential Palace on 19 October 2022, President Luis Abinader detailed new initiatives of the Minsitry of Education now under Minister Angel Hernandez. The Presidency spoke of new efforts underway at the Ministry of Education to hire more public school teachers and provide these with training and continuing education programs. President Abinader was …

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The Ministry of Public Health is recommending that children, pregnant women, seniors and vulnerable adults and health professionals get the seasonal influenza shot. The Ministry says it has 475,000 doses on stock available for free inoculation at the more than 1,000 vaccination stations nationwide. Deputy Minister for Collective Health Eladio Perez says that since the …

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President Luis Abinader is the leading presidential pre-candidate. He is expected to run for a second term in May 2024. His likely contenders are former President Leonel Fernández of the newly formed People’s Force (FP) and the most voted in the 16 October Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) presidential candidate consultation, Santiago Mayor Abel Martinez. In …

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Isidro Mieses, the Mayor of Sabana Grande de Boya, the town in central Monte Plata province, threw a bucket of freezing water on the too-optimistic people in his town. Now Mieses tells his people that the financial wiz of the town, Mantequilla does not have the money to pay back his fund depositors. Thousands of …

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The general public had practically forgotten the case of the so-called “El Abusador” versus Santa Arias. Now the judge of the appeals court in San Cristobal reopens the case of Alexis Villalona (El Abusador) vs Santa Arias. A video showing Villalona beating up Santa Arias who had fallen from her motorcycle and brushed against his …

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Minister of Interior & Police Jesus (Chu) Vasquez told the press that the role of his ministry is to carry out the plans for citizen security and safety, not to implement these. The implementation of these is strictly up to the National Police, he said on 19 October 2022 when responding to press inquiries regarding …

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Tourism Minister David Collado said the Dominican government is assisting the victims of the tragic traffic accident on 6 October 2022 that ended with five tourists dead and dozens of others injured. Interviewed by the press during the opening of the National Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores) Trade Show in Punta Cana, Collado said the …

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