2022 – Page 66

Rising stream waters due to Hurricane Fiona rains brought to the open what people in the area knew: that a family in Cenoví (El Mamey), Duarte province was keeping a pet cocodrile. The cocodrile lived in a lagoon in the back of the family home. The cocodrile was rescued and sent to the Santo Domingo …

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A 25-floor and 189 apartment complex is going up on the lot of single family home on Federico Geraldino street corner David Ben Gurion Street, a block from the Av. Abraham Lincoln in the Polígono Central, the bustling commercial and residential center of the capital city. The Polígono Central neighborhood boards of Julieta Yolanda Morales, …

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The Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO) is encouraging mothers to resume the polio vaccination schedule. Polio vaccinating had been discontinued with the eradication of the disease in the Dominican Republic, but with new cases in the Americas region, medics now again encourage mothers to retake the vaccinating of their children. “The threat of polio reintroduction in …

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26-year old Chantal Silliman from Santiago became on 10 September 2022 the first Dominican married woman to compete in a Miss Dominican Republic pageant. She is the first Dominican to represent Santiago after the organizers of the pageant relaxedthe rules that did not allowed the participation of married women. Silliman won the right to compete …

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Emelyn Baldera, the president of the Dominican Association of Entertainment Writers (Acroarte) says that Acroarte and the sponsor of the Premios Soberano, the Cervecería Nacional Dominicana (Presidente Beer manufacturer), are still working out how the awards ceremony should evolve. She explained the awards ceremony is 40 years old and needs to adapt to the new …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #916 was 250, up from 211 on the previous day. The seven day average (confirmed lab-reported cases) has dropped to 250. The number of active cases is now at 1,149, up from 1,032 on the previous day, and 883 for the seven-day average. The 24-hour positivity was 18.87%, …

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Education Minister Angel Hernandez says that President Luis Abinader will be present for the symbolic start of school on Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at the Cosme Manuel Jiménez High School in La Javilla, La Victoria, Santo Domingo province. The Ministry of Education had confirmed the start of the 2022-2023 school year was on schedule for …

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President Luis Abinader traveled east to visit El Seibo, Hato Mayor and La Altagracia (Higuey), the three provinces most affected by the passing of Hurricane Fiona. Several rivers flooded, and damages were compounded by intense winds and heavy rains brought by the category 1 storm that made landfall on Monday, 19 September 2022. Government social …

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President Luis Abinader cancelled his participation in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly to attend to disaster relief efforts in the Dominican Republic. President Abinader was scheduled to speak on Wednesday, 21 September in the afternoon during the General Assembly. Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez is carrying on with the Dominican commitments …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) is giving taxpayers through Wednesday, 21 September 2022 to pay the Transfer of Industrialized Goods and Services (ITBIS) tax due for August 2022. The taxes were due on Tuesday, 20 September 2022. The DGII announced on its Twitter feed that those paying on Wednesday will not have to pay the late …

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