The Ministry of Labor reiterated to the entire business and worker community of the Dominican Republic that tomorrow, Saturday January 21, “Day of Our Lady of Altagracia” is not changed and therefore, it is not working.
The working class must return to their daily work on Monday the 23rd of the same month, as established by the Law 139-97, according to the application of holidays.
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The celebration of this date in accordance with the provisions of the legislation Dominican, must be applied in all establishments in the country.
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The Altragracian cult and devotion has its origins from the time of the Spanish colony when it is attributed to the brothers Alonso and Antonio Trejo having taken an image of the Virgin to Higüey, where they settled upon their arrival from the region of Extremadura in Spainwhere there are sanctuaries of Altagracian devotion.
