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At least 20 manatees live on the North Coast. The discovery comes with the start of the National Manatee Census. The first two-week expedition for the survey took place in August 2022. The Dominican Foundation for Marine Studies, Fundemar is the census coordinator. The survey seeks to discover where manatees live in the Dominican Republic …

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Barrick Gold executives are optimistic they will convince the population there are more plusses than negatives to gold mining. The company stresses the millions of dollars it has paid in tax revenues, the thousands it employs, its social programs, and its adherence to best practices in modern mining. The Sanchez Ramirez province-based mining company has …

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José Luis Corripio Estrada (don Pepín Corripio) positioned the family name as a lead brand in the Dominican Republic. For years, he endeavored to build up a major import, distribution and manufacturing business. Now, the family is setting aside time to honor the aging patriarch. Representatives of the three branches of government – Presidency, Congress …

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The Hospital San Lorenzo de los Mina reports the death of Siamese twins born on 22 September 2022 to a 25-year old mother. The male infants were born united by the chest and abdomen. The babies shared one liver, stomach, had four upper limbs and two lower limbs. They had independent brains and hearts. Read …

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Fox News covers the story of a young woman living in Connecticut who was traveling to the Dominican Republic on board an American Airlines flight and gave birth on the flight. The woman still had six weeks for her due date. The baby was named Skylin. The Fox News report says that fortunately there were …

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Police agents, attached to the Central Investigation Agency (Dicrim), apprehended six men and are pursuing others suspect of stealing sports equipment early on Monday, 3 October 2022 at the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Academy in Boca Chica, Santo Domingo province. The Dicrim division of the Police recovered stolen equipment that had already been sold to sporting …

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The Dominican Republic (ranked 9th) lost to Serbia (ranked 4th) with scores of 26-24, 25-20, 25-17 as the second phase of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship continued on 5 October 2022. In its 19th edition, the tournament is taking place from 4-9 October in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Lodz, Poland. The DR is one …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate continues to drop and is now at 2.91%, with the 24-hour positivity at 8.98% as of Covid-19 Bulletin #930 dated 4 October 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #930 was 116 up from 100 on the previous day. The seven-day average (confirmed lab-reported …

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President Luis Abinader announced the Zero Bureaucracy Program, a first phase of a comprehensive program to streamline government procedures. He made the announcement when speaking at the auditorium of the state university, UASD on 4 October 2022. In November 2020, President Abinader had instructed the National Competitiveness Council to take actions to reduce red tape …

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The Central Bank reports the Monthly Economic Activity Indicator has grown 5.5% from January through August 2022. In August 2022, the Gross Domestic Product grew by 5.4%. The Monthly Economic Activity Index (IMAE) is an estimate that summarizes the activity of the different branches of the economy in a given month at prices from the …

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