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In January 2018, family members in the Dominican Republic received a total of US$522.4 million in remittances, an increase of 18.5% over January in the previous year. According to data from the Central Bank, this is the largest percentage increase from January one year to the next for the past eight years. The majority of …

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Dominican Association of Show Business Reporters (Acroarte) and the Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana (CND) announced that Daddy Yankee as one of the stars for the Tuesday, 20 March 2018 Soberano Awards Ceremony at the National Theater. The Soberano Awards are the Oscars of the Dominican entertainment industry. The Puerto Rican reggaeton singer best known for his …

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  Record low temperatures of 6° and 8°C (between 42° and 46°F) were registered in the mountainous areas of the Cibao and the Southwest on 27 and 28 February 2018. The cold temperatures will continue, while there is a scant possibility for rains today over most of the Dominican Republic, according to the National Meteorological …

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The Vuelta Independencia will take place 22-27 February 2018. The event takes cyclists on routes all throughout the nation. The competition this year six stages, instead of the eight last year. He said there will be race routes to the south, east, Samana (northeast), Puerto Plata, Moca to Santiago and Constanza. Teams from Mexico, Colombia, …

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The Santiago prosecutors say they will appeal the sentence by the Santiago court that ruled in favor of several accused in a case of estimated RD$100 million fraud in Customs in Santiago. The fraud went public in July 2010, but later the victim of the fraud, the Santiago Customs, desisted from pressing charges. Several of …

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The National Police helped its officers sponsoring the wedding of 17 agents at the Santo Domingo headquarters. The wedding, organized by the Asociación de Esposas de Oficiales de la Policía (ASEOPNA), began with a Sunday mass at the Police Palace by Father Alejandro Cabrera. The wedding was conducted at the Officers Club and officiated by …

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The Supervisory Office of Public Works of the Presidency (Oisoe) announced the start of restoration work at the Santa Barbara Church located on the north side of the Colonial City. The church was built in 1560 and was where country founding father, Juan Pablo Duarte, was baptized in 1813. Repairs had already been underway at …

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Former governor of the Central Bank and Dominican ambassador in Washington, D.C., Bernardo Vega has remarked finding it strange that the generous propaganda machine of the Medina administration has not spread the positive remarks US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made to local efforts to fight administrative corruption. Efforts in the DR were compared to …

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Dominican singer, Kelman Ventura died on Monday, 22 January, as confirmed by his manager on social media. He had begun his artistic career after winning the 9 x 9 Roberto (today Mas Roberto) reality show “Buscando el exito.” Arianna Abate said: “With an indescribable sadness I have to confirm that our Kelman has left us. …

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Remittances sent by Dominicans overseas to their relatives in the country reached over US$70 million more up to November 2017, compared with the same time period in 2016. This shows that the rising trend of remittances has continued over the past few years with the amount to November 2017 being US$ 640 million compared with …

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