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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A powerful explosion rocked a bustling market area near the capital of the Dominican Republic on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more ...
Santo Domingo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [ 7]
As of September 2020, the Dominican Republic recorded 705 murders according to its Citizen Security Observatory, giving the country a projected annual total of 940 killings and a homicide rate of 9.0 per 100,000 (one of the lowest in the region). This continues the nation’s unbroken decrease in homicides since 2011, following 2019’s total ...
Watch Live. Corporación Estatal de Radio y Televisión ( CERTV, State Radio and Television Corporation) is a radio and television network operating from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. It is a public television channel operated and owned by the Dominican government. Following the frequency unification of 1996, CERTV has been aired ...
John M. Langston. Chargé d'Affaires. March 26, 1884. Transmitted recall by mail, June 23, 1885. Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince . John E. W. Thompson. Chargé d'Affaires. March 1, 1885. Relinquished charge at Port-au-Prince about October 17, 1889.
For places named after Saint Dominic, or other saints named Dominic, see St Dominic (disambiguation). Saint Dominic, OP ( Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán ( Spanish: [ɡuθˈman] ), was a Castilian - French Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order.
The 2020 protests in the Dominican Republic, also known as the youth movement, comprise a series of massive congregations, both in the Dominican Republic and internationally, which took place from Sunday, February 16 to Thursday, March 12, 2020, as a result of the Central Electoral Board suspending municipal elections for the first time in the entire history of national democracy.
History. [1] CDN was founded on January 1, 1998, by the Dominican Popular Bank, broadcasting on Channel Number 37. It produces news, special coverage, and sports content. In 1999, CDN expanded by adding more reporters and broadcasts. The content was diversified into productions covering the distinct areas of art, health, economy, debates and ...