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President Luis Abinader inaugurated on Sunday, 17 March 2024 the first 4km stretch of the Santiago skylift. The skylift seeks to bring new mobility to the congested center of Santiago city. The skylift opens to the general public on Monday, 18 March with free transportation to Santiago commuters throughout an adaptation period. The Presidency reported …

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President Luis Abinader was in Puerto Plata and Maria Trinidad Sanchez provinces on the north coast for several public work inaugurations on Sunday, 17 March 2024. One of these was the Puerto Plata city ballpark. Now that Puerto Plata has an adequate baseball stadium (Estadio Jose Briceño), the next step of the Puerto Plata development …

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Recent polls reveal that President Luis Abinader has an unusually wide lead so far in the 19 May 2024 presidential election campaign that opened on 8 March 2024 nationwide. The most recent Galliup-RCC Media poll revealed that if the presidential election were held on the polling dates (6 to 9 March 2024), President Luis Abinader …

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President Luis Abinader has announced that he will take part in the debate organized by the National Association of Young Business People (ANJE), scheduled to be televised on 24 April 2024. Abinader’s remarks upon making this decision centered on the fact that there is no legal obligation for him to participate in the debate, but …

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These are times when big companies in the Dominican Republic are investing in solar energy while at the same time they seek governmental restrictions against homeowners installing the systems and a change in the present rules for solar energy. The Ministry of Energy has been listening to the big companies. Meanwhile, last week 32 ministers …

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Despite announcements of the forming of a presidential transition council in Haiti, to tell from widespread evacuation efforts, the perception seems that matters will continue to get worse in Haiti. The situation right now is that with the Port-au-Prince International Airport closed to regular traffic, those with money can still purchase helicopter lift and charter …

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With embassies being ransacked by mobs, the United States Embassy under protection from units of the US Marine Corps, and helicopters evacuating personnel from several embassies in Port-au-Prince to the DR, the need for logistical support and humanitarian assistance is large. Minister for Foreign Relations Roberto Alvarez detailed for reporters how the DR is contributing …

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The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) says that the Dominican Republic has a “high” level of human development, and now occupies position 82 on a list of 193 nations. This is a two step improvement from the position on the 2021 human development report. The UNDP agency evaluates human development on a scale from 0 …

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