2020 – Page 12

Banco Popular Dominicano announces the passing away of the financial group’s founder Alejandro E. Grullón. He was president ad vitam of the board of directors of the bank. He was 91 years old. Grullón graduated in business administration from Syracuse University in New York. He went on to found the Banco Popular Dominicano that began …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #271 reports 613 new PCR confirmed cases. The 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 881, up from 863 the previous day. Three new deaths are reported for the 14 December 2020 deadline, including one in the past 24 hours. Labs carried out 3,808 first …

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In less than six months, the Abinader administration has met the goal of enrolling two million Dominicans to the government’s National Health Insurance (Senasa). President Abinader had announced the goal in his inaugural speech on 16 August 2020. The Senasa health plan is better than many private health insurance plans because it provides more coverage …

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Former presidential candidate and president of Alianza Pais Party Guillermo Moreno says it is up to President Luis Abinader to motivate the legislators representing the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party to desist of the “barrilito” and “cofrecito” sludge funds in Congress. Moreno says the elimination is above all “a political decision” that President Abinader has in …

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It is now officially known that billions in irregular contracting at EdeNorte, EdeSur and EdeEste were going on during the past Medina administration. The day’s trending topic focuses on the two brothers of former First Lady Candy Montilla, Maxy and Alexander Montilla and their deals with the Unit for Rural and Suburban Electrification (UERS) and …

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Journalist Camila García Durán presented details of the contracting by the two major advertising agencies for tourism promotion matters during the Medina administration on 14 December 2020 on “Esta Noche con Mariasela.” She mentioned that BVK based in Miami contracted for US$147 million and Made in Spain, the in-house agency, based in Madrid, Spain for …

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The director of the National Institute of Transit Ground Transport (Intrant), Rafael Arias Ramírez is a former high official at Fenatrado, the infamous trucking union. Fenatrado has made a reputation for itself for the vandalic force it exercised to control and keep a monopoly of ground cargo in the Dominican Republic. Now Arias seems to …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #270 reports 492 new PCR confirmed cases. The 13 December deadline fell on a Sunday, thus the less cases reported. The 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 863. Three new deaths are reported for the 13 December 2020 deadline, none in the past 24 …

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A report in Listin Diario today reminds Dominicans of the excessive cost of the toll roads from Santo Domingo to Las Terrenas, Samana. The roads were negotiated in the administration of former President Leonel Fernandez. Then Minister of Public Works Victor Diaz Rua signed for the Dominican government. Díaz Rúa is standing trial in the …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #269 reports 1,107 new PCR confirmed cases. The 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 891. One new death is reported for the 12 December 2020 deadline, including one death in the past 24 hours. Labs carried out 6,113 first PCR tests in time for …

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