2020 – Page 163

The Consulate of the Dominican Republic in New York is seeing 10 people every half hour, from 9am until 3:30pm on weekends. Face masks are a must at all times. In a note in Facebook, Vice Consul Eduardo Hernández says that the appointments can be scheduled using: Net2Phone – Mi Consulado, WhatsApp’s Consular ChatBot (914-826-8091) …

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An editorial in Diario Libre presents a generalized complaint of the press on the lack of Medina administration officers’ availability to the press. The Medina administration ends on 16 August 2020, according to the Constitution. Ines Aizpún, managing editor, writes: “The number of press releases have multiplied, reporting on the good works of the Police, …

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Claro confirmed that many of its users were left without service since the early morning of Wednesday, 20 May 2020. The company said service has been gradually restored to users shortly before 9am. The outage affected voice and data usage by mobile customers. The company says users will be compensated for the disruption according to …

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Ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) presidential candidate said in an interview with Internet influencer Santiago Matías for Alofoke Uncensored that he will kickstart the Dominican economy in three months if he is elected. During the interview, he pitched to the young generation that his government will provide them opportunities for these to repeat his life …

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Luis Abinader promised Dominicans they will be proud of their new government. Mariasela Alvarez and Diana Lora interviewed Luis Abinader, presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). He spoke with confidence of how the new government teams will meet the challenges. “A change in style of government is urgent to overcome the crisis in …

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Acento news portal has begun a series of articles with overviews on the presidential candidates in the Dominican Republic. A first article focuses on former President Leonel Fernández, who is running for his fourth term in government, now on the ballot of the newly created People’s Force political party. Acento will continue the series with …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #61 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 13,223 confirmed cases, 498 new confirmed cases and 441 deaths, including 7 new deaths. There are 2,035 patients are hospitalized, including 136 patients in intensive care units. The results are from 58,357 PCR diagnostic tests. Previous bulletin …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas says getting facial masks is the responsibility of the individual. He said that several businesses have been providing these for their employees. He said the government has also made masks available to citizens and several small businesses are manufacturing these at low cost for the population. The Minister says …

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“If we are capable of hygiene, physical distancing and use of facial masks at workplaces, public spaces, shops and transportation, we can limit the spread of the disease, we can keep the disease under control,” the Public Health Minister declared. He said if this happens, the country will be able to move to the second …

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The new city government of the National District is discussing changes for transport in the city. On normal days, Santo Domingo is highly congested at a high cost to citizens and businesses. The secretary general of the capital city government is a transport specialist Hugo Beras. As reported in Diario Libre, the city government contemplates …

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