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Death toll rises to 11 due to a fire in Dominican jail

Published on: March 20, 2024
14:34

Santo Domingo, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The number of deaths in the fire that occurred this week in La Victoria prison, in this capital, rose today to 11, announced the Attorney General's Office of the Republic.

Mexico donates freeze-dried tissue for Dominicans burned at carnival

Published on: March 16, 2024
09:16

Santo Domingo, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Mexico donated freeze-dried human skin tissue to the Dominican Republic for use on children burnt during an explosion at the Salcedo carnival, authorities informed today.

DR deported more than 174,000 Haitian citizens in 2023

Published on: March 13, 2024
00:30

Santo Domingo, Mar 13 (Prensa Latina) More than 174,000 Haitians were repatriated from the Dominican Republic in 2023 for failure to comply with immigration measures, according to records from the General Directorate of Immigration.

Replica of Cuban group La Colmenita might be set up in the DR

Published on: March 11, 2024
12:55

Santo Domingo, March 11 (Prensa Latina) Carlos Alberto Cremata, general director of the Cuban children's theater company La Colmenita, is on Monday visiting the Dominican Republic, where the creation of a similar project, with a deeply human essence, is planned.

Dominican Republic basins with possible hydrocarbon resources

Published on: February 22, 2024
10:26

Santo Domingo, Feb 22 ( Prensa Latina) A first scientific study developed in the Dominican Republic concluded today that in several basins of the country, there are conditions for the existence of hydrocarbon resources.

Guyana and Dominican Republic tie bonds with chamber of commerce

Published on: February 21, 2024
11:13

Georgetown, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) Guyana and the Dominican Republic today show a closer link in the commercial field, thanks to the opening here of a Chamber of Commerce of the Spanish-speaking country that will allow better channeling business between both sides.

Dominican Republic launches online platform to report crimes

Published on: January 17, 2024
13:31

Santo Domingo, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Ministry of Interior, the Police and the Crime Stoppers Foundation inaugurated the online platform www.tupista.org, through which citizens can anonymously report any criminal act.

Dominican Republic registers two feminicides in three days

Published on: January 3, 2024
10:29

Santo Domingo, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) Dominican Republic began 2024 with two femicides in the provinces of Valverde (northwest) and La Vega (center), a tragedy that persists in the country and that in 2023 left 51 victims.

Dominican Rep asks island countries to have access to funds at COP 28

Published on: December 11, 2023
12:33

Santo Domingo, Dec 11 ( Prensa Latina) The Dominican Republic demanded to the international community, at the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP28), that developing countries have access to funds to face natural disasters, the Presidency's website published today.

Cuban resident in DR talks about damages from US blockade

Published on: November 16, 2023
13:10

Santo Domingo, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) Nelson Valdés, a Cuban resident in the Dominican Republic, noted on Thursday that it is difficult to explain to children why it is impossible to send money to their families in Havana, since they consider the United States blockade policy absurd.

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