Dolores Vicioso – Page 960

The Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the Organization of American States (OAS), Josue Fiallo, assumes on 1 October 2021 the Chair of the Permanent Council of the hemispheric institution for the last quarter of 2021. The last time the DR held the position was in 2014. Fiallo will preside the committee that is …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez denies he is on the campaign trail. He says his political party, People’s Force (FP) is immersed in an organizational phase. Fernandez, who at the time was the president of the PLD, founded the FP after accusing President Danilo Medina of rigging the PLD primary in October 2019. Temístocles Montás, the …

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The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic announced Secilio Espinal Espinal is the choice for new rector of the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). The PUCMM is the largest private university in the country The Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED) appointed father Secilio Espinal Espinal to serve for four years. The appointment still …

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The Third Collegiate Court of the National District ruled 30 years in prison to the three men prosecuted for attacking 19-year old Yocairi Amarante and causing permanent damage to her face and body with devil’s acid on 27 September 2020. Amarante lost vision in her right eye, more than 50% of the vision in her …

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The occupants of a small Cessna made a forced landing after a Super Tucano of the Air Force was in their pursuit in Oviedo, Pedernales province in the southwest. The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) reported that the small aircraft had illegally entered Dominican airspace, which prompted the Dominican Air Force to send an A-29 …

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The Ministry of Public Health released Bulletin #560 at around 10pm on Thursday when the usual publishing time is before noon. It is apparent there is an outbreak of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic that needs to be controlled. The bulletin reports a high 154 cases in Santiago, a province where vaccination is below the …

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On occasion of his speaking at the opening of 34th Expo Cibao in Santiago on 29 September 2021, President Luis Abinader gave an overview of Santiago 2025, a four-year initiative that contemplates environmental, social and road works to transform the central province. The government will be investing RD$42 billion in Santiago. The Chamber of Commerce …

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President Abinader was in Santiago to start construction of the city’s modern transportation system, the Integrated Transportation System of Santiago (SITS). SITS calls for the construction of a cable car, monorail, OMSA electric buses and bicycle lanes. President Abinader said the cable car will have the capacity to transport 4,500 passengers per hour on a …

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The government announced it is investing RD$2.7 billion to widen three important roads in the Santiago province. Public Works Minister Deligne Asención explained these roads are: The connecting road from Cibao International Airport to the Circunvalación Norte (9 km). The road should be ready in a year’s time, will have three lanes in each direction …

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When interviewed, the director of the Land Transit and Safety Agency (Digesett), Ramon Antonio Guzmán Peralta said that traffic jams happen only at peak times. “Traffic jams per se do not exist, because that is what we are for, to move traffic.” That set off a wave of frustrated drivers who spend hours in traffic …

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