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Fernando Rodríguez de Mondesert’s blog on jazz in the Dominican Republic was recognized with the Ukiyoto Publishing’s The Global Blog Awards 2019. Rodriguez explains that Jazz en Dominicana (jazzendominicana.blogspot.com) was born as a blog to promote local talent in the genre of jazz. promoting our talents in the genre of Jazz. He says he is …

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The Toros del Este is the first team to make the playoffs of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. The Toros have won 11 games and only lost four games as of Sunday, 12 January 2020. The Toros made the cut during the game in which they defeated the Tigres del Licey to the delight …

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The Toros del Este, the La Romana team, became the first in Dominican Winter Professional Baseball to qualify for the four-best round-robin to be played at the close of the regular season. With the last game scheduled for Tuesday, 17 December, the Leones del Escogido, Tigres del Licey and Aguilas Cibaeñas seem most likely to …

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An investigative report in Diario Libre published on 3 December 2019 reveals that the government has spent big on orchestras and even more during pre-electoral times. According to Diario Libre, government spending to pay for bands during Christmas 2018 was 255% more than in the previous year. A close look into expenditures shows that the …

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Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP25) in Madrid, President Danilo Medina said that the Dominican Republic is looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% before 2030, using as a starting point the data registered in 2010. During his speech, Medina highlighted: “Renewable energies are also our priority. That is why we are …

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The National Traffic and Ground Transportation Institute (Intrant) has published data that shows that nearly 60% of all motorcyclists do not use or wear a safety helmet, in violation with the law. Intrant called this number “alarming.” The statistics also showed that fully 50% of motorcycles travel without lights, only 20% have rear-view mirrors and …

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The New York Yankees baseball team remodeled the Juan Alberto Ozorio stadium in Los Coquitos, Boca Chica as part of their commitment to the community. This is the fourth major corporate project of the Major League Baseball team in the area. The NY Yankees had already remodeled the stadiums of Roberto Pérez Ponce, Wilfredo Echavarría …

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The results of the autopsy carried out on 17-year-old Argentinian María Melina Caputo Flores, who died in August 2019, show that she died due to electrocution, as her parents have claimed, and not due to natural causes. The director of the National Pathology Institute, Santo Jimenez Paez, confirmed this as the cause of her death …

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The second unit of the Punta Catalina thermoelectrical plant is undergoing its first-generation trials and is readying to enter the electricity grid. It added 21 megawatts to the National Interconnected Electricity System (SENI) on Sunday, 29 September 2019. Presidency spokesman Roberto Rodríguez Marchena explained that the unit was synchronized at Sunday, 29 September 2019, in …

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