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Formerly president of the National Herrera Industries Association, Antonio Taveras Guzman launched his national campaign for a shot at a candidacy in the 2020 general election. He began symbolically, taking off in his campaign bus from the Puerta de la Misericordia, the historic gates to the Colonial City where the Dominican nationality was proclaimed on …

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The defense of former senator Andrés Bautista accused Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez of a media campaign to pressure Judge Francisco Ortega Polanco to send his defendant to trial based on a weak case so that he can “wash his hands like Pontius Pilate, saying he did his part.“ He said the prosecutor knows the …

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Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas announced that the government of Argentina is now allowing Dominicans that have received a United States B1/B2 or a European Union Schengen C visa to travel to Argentina without having to request a visa to do so. This applies only to those traveling for tourism to Argentina. The visa less travel …

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The Dominican Republic’s 2017/2018 sugar cane crush reached 5.8 mln tonnes, a significant increase over the 5.5 mln in 2016/17. Agra-Net reports the source of the numbers is the country’s National Sugar Institute (Inazucar). Agra-Net says this would be the country’s highest sugar harvest level since the mid 1990s. Of the total, 3.5 mln tonnes …

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The Small and Medium-Sized Bakers’ Union (UMPIH) and the Association of School Food Suppliers of the Dominican Republic (Supliderd) came together late last week to announce that government arrears in payments for school meals, to the tune of some RD$2 billion, would force them to radicalize their fight to be paid. The bakers had announced …

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The Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan) reports that it will continue rationing water throughout its system, as long as the drought continues in the region. Dario Fernandez, the water company spokesman, pointed out that waters levels at the Tavera Dam have continued dropping. The latest numbers showed that the level went from 317.45 to …

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The Dominican Olympic Committee (COD) announced that two-time Dominican gold medal winner Felix Sánchez (Athens 2004 and London 2012) has joined the executive board of the COD. Other members of the board are COD president Luis Mejía, past president José Joaquín Puello, Gilberto García and Antonio Acosta. Sánchez will be participating as a guest in …

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The release of x-rays to social media could have dire consequences for the medical personnel as well as the Francisco Mocoso Puello Public Hospital. The x-ray showed a can of Glade air refreshener inserted into the rectum of an unnamed individual. As reported, the release of such private information, in the opinion of medical and …

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Violinist Nemanja Radulovic and his strings quintet The Trills will be playing at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on 23 January 2019. The concert is a benefit for the Fiesta Clasica Foundation. The Symphony Orchestra of the Foundation, led by Eduardo Abi Harb, and the Great Chorus of the Foundation led by José Briceño will …

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The full-service law firm of Headrick was voted the best law firm in the Dominican Republic for 2018. The award was announced on 30 November 2018, during a celebration in Miami, Florida, USA. The award was accepted by Headrick’s partner Mary Fernandez. It is the fourth time the firm has received the award. The Chambers …

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