Dolores Vicioso – Page 973

The Land Traffic Safety Agency (Digesett) said on Wednesday, 8 September 2021, that they are placing a judicial complaint against Luis Johann Nieto Ramírez, owner of the yellow Porsche for attempted homicide. The Digesett issued a statement accusing Nieto Ramirez of attempting to run over the agents who requested he stop the vehicle and identify …

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Judges Doris Pujols, Carmen Mancebo and Daisy Idhira Montás of the National District Court of Appeals ordered former Attorney General Office to stay in jail due to the seriousness of the case against him (Operation Medusa), high flight risk and evidence of obstruction of evidence in the investigation. Former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez is …

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The Dominican team will play team USA for bronze in the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup taking place at the Ricardo Arias Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo from 1 to 9 September 2021. The DR defeated the USA in the preliminary round. Canada is playing Mexico for the …

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The spread of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic continues under control. The authorities, nevertheless, are closely monitoring the virus and its variants. The national 4-week positivity rate for the 7 September 2021 Epidemiological Bulletin #538 is at 5.81%, down from the previous day. The 24-hour positivity for the day is 5.16%, down from the day …

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Vice President Raquel Peña reported on Tuesday, 7 September 2021 that according to Central Bank statistics the local manufacturing sector experienced a year-on-year expansion of 14.3% in the first half of the year, making it the third fastest growing activity in the entire Dominican economy. She assured that President Luis Abinader is committed to promote …

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President Luis Abinader defended the government’s actions to fight crime and announced that this year 3,500 more police will soon to assigned to work in the 911 Emergency Service (2,000) and preventive programs (1,500). Speaking during a meeting to explain the government’s actions to media directors, the President said that 17,000 police are deployed in …

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The Ministry of Education insists on excluding thousands that completed higher education programs from the competition to hire teachers for the 2021-2022 public school year. The students that are being left out had completed their studies but are missing the formality of graduation to get their titles. The 2021-2022 school year begins with in-person learning …

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Pedernales in the southwest is now curfew free. The province has around 52,000 people. It is located on the border with Haiti. The Abinader administration has targeted the province’s beach areas for major tourism development. Pedernales has a Covid-19 positivity rate of 3.83% as of 6 September 2021. There have been 923 registered Covid-19 cases …

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The Presidency has a new speaker in communications specialist Homero Figueroa. He had been serving as the director of the Information, Analysis and Strategic Programming Agency of the Presidency (Diape). Diape is one of three entities that are eliminated in the restructuring of the communications of the Presidency. Others now merged together are the General …

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The president of the Senate in the Dominican Republic, Eduardo Estrella (Dominicanos por el Cambio-Santiago) proposed that Latin American countries that fully vaccinate 70% of their population receive a discount of 25% on their public debt. He said the countries have had to take on more debt to purchase vaccines to deal with the spread …

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