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Families told Diario Libre there are 126 unaccounted-for persons in the Dominican Republic. The families urge the government to allot more funds to the Criminal Investigations Division (Dicrim) of the National Police so Dicrim agents can increase efforts to locate the missing. The families say the Dicrim has a staff of 10 people to look …

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Rafael Devers of the Boston Red Sox, Jose Ramírez of the Cleveland Rangers, Julio Rodríguez of the Seattle Mariners and Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres are among the 16 sluggers that have reached the final round of voting for the prestigious Hank Aaron Award of Major League Baseball. MLB announced others on the …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate continues to drop and now is at 1.36%, with the 24-hour positivity at 1.89% as of Covid-19 Bulletin #943 dated 17 October 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #943 was 12, same as on the previous day. The seven-day average (confirmed lab-reported cases) …

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Public Health and Education ministers presented the findings of the Student Welfare Institute of the Ministry of Education (Inabie) study “Nutritional Status of Students Benefiting from Meals Programs in the Dominican Republic 2021-2022.” First Lady Raquel Arbaje, who heads the Children’s Cabinet in the Abinader administration, was at the presiding table. “Without statistics, there is …

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The Ministry of Environment took actions to seize heavy equipment that was carrying out irregular aggregate extracting operations in Rio Jura in Azua province. Trucks, backhoe loaders, shovels and a material processing plant that were operating near the head of the bridge over the Jura River in Azua province were detained in a joint effort …

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Ministers of Mining from the Americas are meeting in Santo Domingo for the 12th Annual Mines Ministries of the Americas Conference (CAMMA) on 18-19 October 2022. CAMMA is a ministerial level mining policy forum, that represents 23 governments in the Americas and the Caribbean. The entity says it backs sustainable development of minerals and metals. …

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Dominican ambassador in Jamaica Angie Martinez has organized a network of Dominican professionals to work together for more trade and investment. The Network of Dominican Professionals in Jamaica (La Red) seeks to identify, link and back Dominican professionals and entrepreneurs in Jamaica, it also seeks to organize these and strengthen the impact of the diaspora. …

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An open skies agreement with the United States will enable Dominican airlines to fly to dozens of new destinations. The present agreement restricts where Dominican airlines can fly in the United States. But representatives of Dominican airlines say before the open skies agreement is signed the Dominican Congress needs to pass a bill that would …

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The biggest surprise of the 16 October 2022 early consultation organized by the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to sound out the popularity of several of the aspirants to the 2024 presidential nomination was former Vice President Margarita Cedeño. She turned in low numbers for a third place, behind leader Abel Martínez and follow up Francisco …

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Last month, Superintendent of Banks Alejandro Fernandez alerted that the high yields depositors in the 3.14 Inversiones World Wide SRL fund were being paid were not supervised by the Superintendence of Banks nor monetary authorities. Fernandez said the government authorities could not act to stop the fund from operating until private depositors sued Wilkin García …

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