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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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After President Danilo Medina visited the construction site of the expansion of the Puerto Plata to Navarette road, the pace of work at the main road to the north coast has picked up. The way has been under construction for years, with advances happening at turtle speed. Medina said he hoped to be able to …

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Constitutional Court ruling 38/2019 says that all citizens have the right to independently present accusations for governmental corruption or back those offered by the Justice Ministry. The decision states that citizens can request pretrial custody and that this is not an exclusive prerogative of the Justice Ministry. The Constitutional Court responded to an opinion requested …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says that changes in the pre-candidate list for participating in the 6 October 2019 primary need to be made the latest on 31 August 2019. The ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) had announced that five polling companies were hired to poll eight pre-candidates on 2, 3 and 4 September. The …

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Resigning Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo says he has the support of 126 mayors and municipal district directors all over the country. In the Dominican Republic, city governments depend on the Ministry of Public Works to stretch their municipal budgets and get costly construction works done. The city officers say that Castillo ensures the continuing …

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