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The National Association of Young Business People (ANJE) is organizing the presidential debate in the Dominican Republic for 24 April 2024, in time for the 19 May 2024 presidential election. This will be a first time that all presidential candidates from political parties that had won at least 5% of the vote in the previous …

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Business people of Santiago and other central and northern provinces announced the Pro Cibao 2024 will take place from 10 to 12 April 2024 at the UTESA university’s Dominican Culture and Convention Center in Santiago. This is a space to congregate exporters, buyers and investors. ProCibao is designed to highlight the economic potential of Santiago …

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Dominican Miami-resident Maria Jacobo received the US Presidents Volunteer Service Award for her efforts to help young adults with autism in the United States. Jacobo traveled to the United States when her son Enyol Martinez finished high school. Her son today is employed at Starbucks corporation and she heads a foundation to help parents who …

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After returning from the United States where he had traveled for medical treatment, long-time Azua deputy for the Dominican Liberation Party Julio Peña Brito passed away. He had served as deputy for the PLD for four terms, since he was first elected in 2006. He had registered to be the Azua deputy in the 19 …

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Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), posted on his X account that he is again sending former President of Chile Eduardo Frei Ruiz (1994-2000) to head the Organization of American States (OAS) mission to observe the presidential and congressional elections in the Dominican Republic. The election will be held on …

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Members of the Specialized Land Border Security Corps (Cesfront) installed a protective mesh on the border bridge located between Ouanaminthe in Haiti and Dajabón in the Dominican Republic on Monday, 18 March 2024. The wire mesh fencing on the upper part of the bridge was installed to avoid another tragedy such as occurred last week …

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Medical authorities report that the death toll of the mishandled fireworks during the 10 March 2024 Salcedo carnival is now at five children. The most recent to die was 11-year old Aquiel Diloné interned at the Arturo Grullón Regional Children’s Hospital. Previously, the Santiago hospital had reported the death of six-year old Yoel Alexander Garcia, …

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Reports olf the autopsy to the 41-year-old Indianapolis woman who suffered a medical emergency on board an American Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Turks & Caicos are that the woman died of natural causes. The brother of the deceased Stefanie Smith who had previously been on vacation in the Dominican Republic convulsed …

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