2020 – Page 144

The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero, says Dominicans must “learn to live with this virus.” He said that if the percentage rate of COVID-19 infections is compared with previous days, “there is no such peak of cases of the virus.” He recommended the government continue with the scheduled reopening …

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What’s the government waiting for? Does the Public Health Minister not have a clue about the protocols. Anyone who listened to the televised interview by Alicia Ortega with Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas came away confused. How could it be that the Minister of Public Health was asking questions, when his role is to …

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Flavio Dario Espinal, the legal advisor to the President of the Republic, says that the government has acted correctly in presenting the request for extending the National State of Emergency. He said the law is being erroneously interpreted by opposition political parties. He said the original request was for 25 days and the 17 days …

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Accepting an invitation by the Central Electoral Board (JCE), an Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) will be here for the presidential and congressional election. The mission is to be led by former Chilean President Eduardo Frei, who was here for the municipal election. The OAS says that, taking into account the …

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The former governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño declined representing Gonzalo Castillo before the US Department of Justice, as reported in Diario Libre. The news of his acceptance of the responsibility as a lobbyist in Washington, D. C. for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) presidential candidate was known last week in the Dominican Republic after …

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Diario Libre explains that the eight Italians that evaded Interpol for several years used fake identities and frequently changed their place of residence in the DR. The group was sent back to Italy on 2 June 2020. Diario Libre explains that it was not an easy task for the Dominican Interpol and Italian investigative agencies …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #88 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 23,271 confirmed cases, 309 new confirmed cases from 110,781 PCR diagnostic tests. The number of PCR tests is the lowest in the past six days. The tally of deaths is 605, including 13 new deaths, 12 of …

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The Medina administration had requested an extension of the National State of Emergency to enforce physical distance, mobility and other measures to avoid the spread of the Covid-19. But Diario Libre and many other media are carrying photographs of ruling party political activities, and agglomerations of people in violation with the social distancing rules. The …

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Two daughters of Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) presidential candidate, Luis Abinader caught Covid-19. Their parents had announced on Wednesday, 10 June 2020 that they tested positive to the disease last week. Now of the Abinader-Arbaje family, Luis Abinader, Raquel Arbaje and two of his three daughters, 18-year old daughter Adriana and 23-year old daughter Esther …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio César Castaños Guzmán, reported on 15 June 2020 that with 20 days to go before the presidential and congressional elections, the process is going very well in the country and abroad, as reported in N Digital. The presidential and congressional elections are scheduled for 5 July …

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