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Dominican Republic

  • Dominican Republic author Chiqui Vicioso (center) with Lauristely Peña (L), executive board member, Fundacion Proyecto Anticanon, and St. Martin author Fabian Badejo at the Anticanon literary award ceremony, Zona Colonial, Dominican Republic (10.22.22). (© LSV photo)
    October 27, 2022

    Lifetime achievement award for Chiqui Vicioso, leading Dominican Rep. author

  • The monorail will travel on a structure of reinforced concrete rails, on a viaduct that will cross the entire city of Santiago from Cienfuegos to Pekín on a 13-kilometer route, with 15 stations and a central terminal for integration with the cable car. The system connects the most populated sectors and the main workplaces of the city. It is designed to carry 20,000 passengers per hour, equivalent to 200,000 per day.
    August 19, 2022

    DR’s monorail and cable car to be in operation by 2024

  • Jet Blue Airlines 10 Dollar Flights
    August 5, 2022

    Dominican Republic looks into case of JetBlue service flaws

  • The ban led to the story going viral in social media, major free promotion for the venture that had less than a week it had opened.
    March 10, 2022

    Controversial bakery is cleared to reopen in DR’s Colonial City

  • The Covid-19 pandemic forced the DR to replace face-to-face classes with virtual modality, as well as the rest of the world.
    February 25, 2022

    All Covid-19 restrictions lifted in the DR, universities take to hybrid teaching models

  • President of the Dominican Society of Infectology, Dr. Clevy Perez, says that hospital staff is reduced because many healthcare workers are infected.
    January 6, 2022

    Dominican Republic ponders if in-person learning should resume? Teleworking is back at Santo Domingo; this as health care workers affected

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    December 23, 2021

    Navidad D’Azul? DR public school temps yet to get paid!

  • With strict Covid-19 protocols in place and the health & safety of their patrons as a top priority, the promoters aspire to continually set a whole new standard for the execution of Carnival culture in this new normal.
    November 16, 2021

    Carnival elements will combine for an unforgettable ‘Carnival En Punta Cana’

  • Public Health Minister Daniel Rivera
    October 15, 2021

    Dominican Republic’s Health Minister – The goal is to vaccinate 70% with two doses

  • Hispaniola 2
    September 20, 2021

    Dominican Republic’s medical community open to vaccinating children under 12 years of age

  • The note from the Ministry of Education follows a statement calling for return to in-person learning in schools by Vice President Raquel Peña. On 5 May 2021, Vice President Raquel Peña, who is the coordinator of the Health Cabinet, stated that she has always favored the reopening of in-person learning. She was reacting to demands from parents, teachers and director of private schools that were hard-pressed to understand how restaurants, bars, entertainment and sports centers were all open and schools had to remain closed.
    September 8, 2021

    DR’s Vice President highlights 14.3% expansion in manufacturing sector

  • (L): Members of the political science class of 2021 hold their gift book, along with author Rafael Nino Féliz (3rd L) and director Adonis Martín (3rd R). Photo courtesy RNF.
    September 7, 2021

    UASD political science grads receive ‘Africa in My Skin’ gift copies