2019 – Page 294

Around 4,671,487 Dominicans, most of whom are from low income households, are affiliated to the Seguro Nacional de Salud (Senasa), the government-sponsored health plan. The coverage benefits many that are seniors, jobless, persons with disabilities, employed at domestic households, and other low-paying jobs and expats. Nevertheless, the Senasa health plan is known to offer better …

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Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas announced the Dominican Republic would use its two years (2019-2020) at the United Nations Security Council to call global attention to the impacts of natural disasters on the environment, peace and security. Vargas spoke during the ceremony held in New York at the UN headquarters to welcome the new non-permanent members …

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Residents of the North Coast rejoice! Tourists from the Cibao, rejoice! The Ministry of Public Works has begun the repaving of the highway between Salcedo and Jamao, high in the Septentrional Mountains, between the Cibao Valley and the North Coast. The director for Public Works Jamao District, Celso Núñez told reporters that this was the …

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President Danilo Medina and cabinet ministers including Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo and Culture Minister Eduardo Selman and Puerto Plata governor Ivan Rivera were in Luperón, Puerto Plata for a mass to commemorate the 525th anniversary of the first mass in Villa La Isabela in Puerto Plata, the first European settlement in the New World. The …

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The Executive Branch named 2019 the Year of Innovation and Competitiveness. The designation is explained as a continuation of the relaunching of the National Competitiveness Strategy in 2019 by the Presidency. In 2017 President Danilo Medina named eight businessmen to the board of the National Competitiveness Council to spearhead the adoption of new public policies …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) reported eight less deaths over the New Year holiday 2018 than in the previous year. Director Juan Manuel Mendez said that over the New Year festivities there were 12 deaths reported, all for traffic accidents. Another 681 persons were injured in traffic accidents. Most of the accidents happened in …

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The Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship resumes today after the New Year holiday break. The Toros del Este are in the lead after winning five of their first seven games played of the 18-game round robin to decide the playoff teams. Over the holidays, the many fans of the Tigres del Licey watched how their …

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The Police identified as Yvon Joseph Ghislain Gaudet, a 69-year old man arrested for allegedly attempting to have sexual relations with a seven year old child in Sosua, Puerto Plata. The elderly man had obtained the consent of the father of the little girl. The father of the child has not been named by the …

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A YouTube video circulated on social media putting in evidence how the ruling party PLD senator for Samana, 75-year old Prim Pujals got involved in a heated discussion with a yet unnamed citizen who called out Pujals for butting into a line at a bank. The long-term legislator and politician called the person who had …

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The transportation secretary of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Mario Diaz demanded to know just what the government is doing with the money it collects from traffic fines. He called for Franchesca de los Santos, the head of the National Traffic Institute (Intrant), to explain where the money is used. He noted that the …

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