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President Danilo Medina has congratulated the new executive council for Daily Dominican Society Newspapers (SDD) that is now headed by newly appointed president, Persio Maldonado of El Nuevo Diario. Via a letter sent to Maldonado, President Medina also congratulated Emmanuel Castillo (La Informacion), vice president elect and Miguel Franjul (Listin Diario), secretary general as well …

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Thieves recently removed over three kilometers of electric cabling at the entrance of Puerto Plata, as well as along Ave. Presidente Caamano (former Colon), Ave. Manolo Tavares Justo and the Malecon seafront boulevard. According to reports, this vandalism takes place during the early morning hours when police patrolling is down to a minimum. The robberies …

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UNESCO (the United Nations Education, Science and Culture office) has announced that it will be sending a team of experts to Haiti to ascertain whether the shipwreck found off the coast is indeed Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria, discovered by US explorer Barry Clifford. According to a press release from Unesco, the team will be attending …

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