2024 – Page 3

The top brass of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), led by its director of Special Operations, Louis D’Ambrosio, was in Santo Domingo to meet with the director of the Dominican Republic’s National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), Vice Admiral José M. Cabrera Ulloa. The meeting, held at the DNCD headquarters, was described as cordial and …

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President Luis Abinader on Wednesday, 18 December 2024 received the credentials of seven new ambassadors accredited to the Dominican Republic, representing Japan, the United Kingdom, Panama, Iran, Greece, Bolivia, and Egypt, in a solemn ceremony held at the Presidential Palace. Several of the ambassadors are concurrent with other countries and not based in Santo Domingo. …

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Investigative journalist Nuria Piera in November 2024 was first to denounce the potential dangers of the capturing of iris and facial information of people in the Dominican Republic by Worldcoin operations in the Dominican Republic. After the report presented the potential dangers such as use for impersonation to people in the country, the local consumer …

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Weather guru Jean Suriel forecasts a chilly Christmas for the 2024 Christmas holidays. He writes on X: “Christmas will be very cold for most of the Dominican Republic, especially from Tuesday, 24 December to Saturday, 28 December due to prevalent winds brought by the northern cold weather.” For the following days, Suriel says winds filled …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is starting 2025 with a key item on its agenda: the renewal of the national identity and voter ID cards. This follows the successful management of the February and May elections in 2024 and start of the second term of most of the JCE board members. The JCE in the …

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Education Minister Ángel Hernández has asserted that the foundation has been laid to strengthen the future of Dominican education. A series of measures, he said, will ensure that children learn to read and write correctly by the end of third grade, that high school graduates are well-prepared for university, and that the quality of vocational …

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Edesur Dominicana, the southern electricity distribution company, has successfully dismantled over 1,000 illegal electrical connections across multiple provinces in the country. These operations, aimed at combating electricity theft and ensuring fair service for all consumers, took place in San Juan, Barahona, Neiba, Elías Piña, and Azua. During the operations, crews from Edesur disconnected numerous illegal …

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The banning of anyone handling fireworks is a major achievement of the medical sector in the Dominican Republic. Years back medics convinced the government that there were too many tragedies every Christmas. The government then announced that only authorized companies could detonate the fireworks in the name of public safety. The relevance of this decision …

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The Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa) located in Haina, San Cristóbal has significantly increased its storage capacity for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a move aimed at enhancing energy security and stability in the Dominican Republic. In a ceremony led by President Luis Abinader on Tuesday, Refidomsa inaugurated four new storage spheres, boosting its LPG reserve from …

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The Dominican Republic is making a strong push to become a leading destination for the global semiconductor and printed circuit board industry, Industry, Commerce, and SMEs Minister Víctor (Ito) Bisonó told participants in the World Strategic Forum on 11 December 2024 at the Florida International University in Coral Gables, Miami. Speaking at the World Strategic …

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