Dolores Vicioso – Page 976

24-year old Emmy Peña, the representative of the Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís) province, was crowned as the new Miss Dominican World 2021, on Saturday, 4 September 2021 at the Bávaro Convention Center of the Barceló Grand Resort in Punta Cana. During the same pageant, Celines Santos was chosen as the Dominican representative in the …

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Major League Baseball celebrated the 40th homerun by Dominican young baseball star Vadimir Guerrero Jr. 22-year old Guerrero batted the homerun in the Toronto Blue Jay’s 8-0 smashing win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. This season, Vlad Jr. is third in the Majors in home runs behind Salvador Perez (41) and Shohei …

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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 5 September 2021 Epidemiological Bulletin #536 is at 5.84%, up from the previous day. The 24-hour positivity for the day is 9.71%, up from the day …

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President Luis Abinader was photographed saluting families, couples and tourists as he toured the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, walking from Atarazana street to the Columbus Park on Friday, 3 September 2021. The Presidency last month announced the start of a US$90 million InterAmerican Development Bank program that will renovate a large number of the …

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The Abinader administration reports a surplus of RD$6.66 billion for the first semester of the year. As reported in El Dia, revenues reached RD$409.85 billion, up RD$82.56 billion, corresponding to 43.3% compared to 2020. Total spending was RD$403.19 billion. The government has executed 45.2% of the approved National Budget. 93% of the budget is current …

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In his talk to the nation last 18 August 2021, President Luis Abinader mentioned the need for a national dialogue on some 12 major issues. Foremost among these issues is a tax reform, as foretold by Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ignacio Paliza. There are also scores of issues with the social cecurity system. …

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The Abinader government created a trust agency to handle everything to do with the Punta Catalina Thermo-electric Power Plant (CTPC). The trust would have a 30 year duration. The controversial coal-fired generator has cost the state well over US$3 billion and reportedly has not yet been formally received by the Abinader government from the Odebrecht-Tecnimont-Estrella …

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President Luis Abinader told reporters that the “oversupply” of vaccines was necessary to guarantee the successful working of the vaccination program proposed by the government. He noted that some suppliers had failed to deliver on promised dates making it necessary to contract for even more vaccines. Just this week, nearly a million vaccines arrived at …

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Few people know the history of the Yaque River, and even fewer realize the effort that is being made to clean up the most important river, economically speaking, in the Dominican Republic. Years ago, when there were dense pine and mahogany forests in the Central Mountain Range, the trees were felled, and the trunks thrown …

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In the Dominican Republic, some 45% of all banking transactions are now digital. Today there is very little that a person can do at a bank that cannot be done online. Payrolls are paid online and workers have been assigned debit cards to access their deposits. Even the most conservative in the financial sector, the …

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