2025 – Page 151

The Senate is scheduled to vote to choose the five new members of the Chamber of Accounts this Thursday, 3 April 2025. Guillermo Lama, the president of the committee that is evaluating the three groups of five members submitted by the Chamber of Deputies, will submit a report with its recommendations in time for a …

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The Hydrobots team from Profesora Felicia Javier Suárez Public High School in Samaná has won their First Lego League 2025 national finals, securing the coveted Champion’s Award. Their victory marks a significant achievement for public education in the Dominican Republic, as they outperformed over 60 teams from both public and private schools nationwide. This is …

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The Superior Electoral Tribunal has ruled in favor of Costa Verde residents, ordering the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to ensure their right to vote in the National District’s Circumscription 1. This decision, outlined in ruling 0004/2025, acknowledges Costa Verde as part of the National District, settling a dispute that had placed it within the municipality …

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Milton Morrison, executive director of the National Institute of Transit and Land Transport (Intrant), presented a report to Migration Agency director, Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, detailing the moto-taxi and “concho” taxi stops in the Greater Santo Domingo area where foreign nationals (Haitians, Colombians and Venezuelan with irregular migratory status) would be operating illegally. …

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At a time when sectors say the Dominican government is being lax and allowing thousands of undocumented Haitians to enter and work, the Migration Agency (DGM) says that since the Abinader administration stepped up deportations in October 2024, some 180,000 have been sent back to Haiti. In October 2024, the government had announced deportations of …

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Public health statistics reveal that in the first months of 2024, the Dominican Republic’s five border provinces recorded a total of 4,222 births, with a significant majority – 2,728 – attributed to Haitian mothers, according to data from the National Health Service (SNS). Dominican mothers accounted for the remaining 1,494 births. The region also saw …

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With Easter Week coming up (11 to 20 April 2025), the local equivalent of spring break, media is alerting of the dangers that motorcyclists and motorcyclist racing represent for the general public. N Digital and El Dia have looked into the issue, raising all the red flags. N Digital reports that Aníbal Germoso, of the …

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The Price Stabilization Institute (Inespre) has extended its farmer’s market open at the Ciudad Ganadera on the western side of the Malecon until 13 April 2025. The market had opened for the nine-day Feria Ganadera in a pavilion on the northeast side of the location where a farmer’s market sells meats, fruits and vegetables all …

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New York State Senator Luis Sepúlveda announced the New York State Senate has recognized the journalism careers of Nuria Piera, Alicia Ortega and Persio Maldonado in the Resolution of Independence in Commemoration of the 181st Anniversary of the Dominican Independence on the occasion of Dominican Heritage Month in New York. A press release from Sepúlveda’s …

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The National Police and rescue forces are engaged in the search for Roldanis Calderón, a three-year-old boy reported missing since Sunday, 30 March 2025. The search is centered in the El Tablón community of Manabao, Jarabacoa, located in the La Vega province. El Tablón is the mountain town where hikers headed for the Pico Duarte …

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