2022 – Page 9

Traditional Christmas songs, to the rhythm of Swing Jazz, and pop and rock classics. Excellent vocals and the themes remembered by all, outstanding local interpretations of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Silent Night, Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Enjoy many of the popular Christmas songs made popular by Spandau …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate is up to 11.19%, with the 24-hour positivity rate down to 25.97%, as per Covid-19 Bulletin #1,000 dated 13 December 2022. The Ministry of Public Health is encouraging people to up their vaccination status, with a third, fourth or fifth vaccine that are available for free in the Dominican Republic. …

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The United States government returned 21 Taino cultural heritage pieces to the Dominican Republic during a ceremony at the Museum of Dominican Man on Tuesday, 13 December 2022. The 21 pieces are part of the pre Christopher Columbus days cultural heritage of the Dominican Republic. The FBI Crime Art Team in collaboration with Dominican experts …

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The Ministry of Interior & Police is pondering the possibility of banning the circulation of two people on a motorcycle from 10pm to 6am, as proposed by Listin Diario executive editor Miguel Franjul in an editorial on 11 December 2022. The Ministry of Interior and Police is studying the measure that it says could be …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) reports it is taking the National Social Security Council to court for its complicity in health insurance plans violating articles in the Social Security Law 87-01 and the National Constitution. Lawyers of the Dominican Medical Association have filed a constitutional appeal against the decision of the Health Risk Administrators (ARS) …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) is asking people to return to wearing facial masks when traveling on the Santo Domingo Metro and buses. There is an outbreak in cases of Covid-19, with the 4- week positivity going from around 1% in November to 10% in December 2022. In a recent press conference, Dr. Rufino Senén …

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The court of Higuey in La Altagracia province changed pretrial custody measures for Julia Benoit, the senior citizen accused of attempting to travel with cocaine to Brussels, Belgium from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ). Benoit was arrested on 9 September 20022 after two suitcases were ticketed to her name on the plane she would have …

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Former professional ballet dancer Mary Lois Ventura Garrido was allowed to post bail. She had been serving preventive custody in Najayo Jail. She is accused of running over a fellow professional dancer, teacher, artistic event producer Patricia Ascuasiati. Both were senior citizens and known to be close friends. The two had been driving to Santo …

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The National Police arrested on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 a man suspect of throwing a large rock down from a pedestrian crossway. The rock smashed the front window of a vehicle crossing below and killed its driver, 29-year old engineer Joel Rafael Cabrera Espino. Cabrera Espino drove his vehicle under a pedestrian crossway of the …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate is up to 10.45%, with the 24-hour positivity rate down to 25.41%, as per Covid-19 Bulletin #999 dated 12 December2022. The Ministry of Public Health is encouraging people to up their vaccination status, with a third, fourth or fifth vaccine that are available for free in the Dominican Republic. The …

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