Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, international travel has been up in the air. Many tourists are worried about catching the virus whilst flying to new destinations, or getting stuck in a different location due to a national lockdown. 2022 presents a different story: with more people vaccinated against the virus than …
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Yesterday evening, two people were injured in Santiago, Dominican Republic, after two separate incidents of gun violence. 19-year-old Jonathan Cabrera was shot in the abdomen at the Lovera Bar discotheque and 31-year-old Federico Lara Tapia was shot in the foot at Lovera Bar 2. At this time, the motivation behind the shootings is not known. …
As of this month, the Dominican Republic has been declared the best-connected location in the Caribbean for domestic and international flights. This comes after the Director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), Hector Porcella, stated that the Dominican government had invested thousands of U.S Dollars to boost the domestic flight market, making affordable …
This week, the development of the Ambar Highway in Santo Domingo is set to connect the tourist city of Puerto Plata with the Santiago beltway, giving travellers ease of access to Santo Domingo and beyond. Initial investments for the new highway were made in April 2022, when the nation received 700 million USD from the …
Last Sunday, 7 sectors in Greater Santo Domingo were left without water after a drilling machine in Los Rios broke a key distribution line of the Valdesia Santo Domingo Aqueduct. Felipe Subervi, the general director of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewage Corporation (CAASD), stated that this line “conducts approximately 70 million gallons [of water] …