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La Cage aux Folles is booked for the main hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo at the National Theater. Primera Memoria Producciones & Films purchased the rights for the Broadway musical that many in Santo Domingo already saw on TV or in the movies as “The Birdcage”. Carlos Espinal is the leading actor …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #915 was 211. The seven day average (confirmed lab-reported cases) has dropped to 260. The number of active cases is now at 1,032, up from 882 on the previous day, and 917 for the seven-day average. The 24-hour positivity was 21.89%, down from the day before. The 4-week …

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Greater Santo Domingo was hardly affected by Hurricane Fiona. Activities are expected to promptly return to normal. Otherwise, President Abinader has said Hurricane Fiona brought the heavies losses to the eastern provinces of La Altagracia and El Seibo. President Abinader instead of traveling to New York on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 to attend the UN …

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Hurricane Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic at Boca de Yuma, in southern Altagracia province and exited Dominican land via Samana as it moved to the west northwest. It is expected to be a category 3 storm and to affect the Turks and Caicos islands on Tuesday, 20 September. The prime minister of Turks …

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The vulnerability of the feeble state electricity grid and system in the Dominican Republic became apparent again when hundreds of kilometers collapsed in eastern cities and towns with the passing of Hurricane Fiona. In Samana, large numbers of power posts collapsed, reports Diario Libre. In the Punta Cana area, hundreds of workers of the private …

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The Punta Cana International Airport has a radar to ensure the safety of airplane departures and landings; the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute has another for the same aviation safety purpose. But the Dominican Republic does not have a radar where highly trained Dominican technicians can watch the weather from the perspective of the interests of …

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Deputy Minister of Education Julissa Hernández Durán, said to be the right hand of former Minister of Education Roberto Furcal Encarnación, has presented her resignation, reports Diario Libre. The newspaper says that sources indicate the director of the Office of International Cooperation, Idionis Pérez Encarnación, also resigned at the Ministry of Education. Diario Libre reports …

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Diario Libre has been covering the plight of residents in the Poligono Central who object to increases in city density with the construction of major high rises in already congested areas. The director of City Planning, Mayobanex Suazo has defended the construction of the Parkside Towers on Federico Geraldino Street near Abraham Lincoln. Suazo says …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #914 was 88, down from 335 on the previous day. The low number reflects the significant reduction in testing given the imminent passing of Hurricane Fiona. The previous seven day average (confirmed lab-reported cases) was 310. Nevertheless, the number of active cases is now at 882, down from …

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President Luis Abinader ordered early on Sunday that Monday, 19 September 2022 be a non-working day in the Dominican Republic. Schools and universities had already announced they would take two days off in prevention after it was announced that Hurricane Fiona would be affecting the country on Monday, 19 September 2022. Eastern provinces are pummeled …

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