2020 – Page 177

According to Coronavirus Bulletin #45 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 7,954 confirmed cases, 376 new confirmed cases and 333 deaths. There are 1,429 patients hospitalized, including 125 in intensive care units. Bulletin #45 carries statistics up to Saturday, 2 May 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes only the …

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Agricultural producers in San José de Ocoa province estimate in the millions their losses for the slow down in standard distribution channels for their products and the shutdown of 99% of all hotels in the Dominican Republic. Hoy reports that although the government said that the Ministry of Agriculture will support vegetable producers by direct …

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With three months for his term to expire, President Danilo Medina named new consuls to the consulates in Haiti and Canada. The decisions are in Decree 155-20. Roberto Rodriguez Marchena, the spokesman for the President, used his Twitter account to announce that Gustavo Lembert Canó is named consul general in Port au Prince. Edixon Mateo …

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Several labor leaders, legislators and politicians have voiced a suggestion that the government together with the Dominican Association of Pension Fund Administrators (AFPs), should allow workers of all kinds to withdraw 20-30% of the funds in their pension accounts. Kirsis Jaquez, the executive president of the association, told reporters from the Diario Libre that this …

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In a statement on Friday, 1 May 2020, Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo assured city residents that the Tuesday, 28 April fire at the Greater Santo Domingo city dump (Duquesa) was under control. On Saturday, a blanket of smoke enveloped the city from around 4am to 9am, in sharp contrast with weeks of clean air, the …

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The new National District Mayor Carolina Mejía says the solution to the serious environmental and health issues caused by the garbage dump “cannot wait one more day.” In addition to the health hazards caused by the low-lying toxic fog, the situation has impeded the continuing of garbage collection operations in the National District, the capital …

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The long Labor Day weekend, despite the “shelter-in-place” orders from the government authorities, did not stop thousands of Dominicans from deciding to leave Greater Santo Domingo for the Labor Day long weekend. Photographs in the Listin Diario showed kilometers of traffic tie-ups, as people tried to exit the city. The authorities had reinforced the police …

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The halt to economic activities in many places, the closing of factories, the lack of movement on the seas are bringing back marine life along Dominican shorelines. Environmental reporter and journalist at the Diario Libre, Marvin del Cid, interviewed Alido Luis Baez, an assistant investigator for the Dominican Foundation for Marine Studies (Fundemar), who confirmed …

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The Dominican Republic was listed as 13th in the world in Travelers Choice Destinations for TripAdvisor, the global travel online site in the category of popular destinations. Bavaro Beach (Punta Cana) also made the list, as 19th in the Beaches category. The Dominican Republic leads in Latin American and Caribbean destinations featured in the Travelers’ …

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The famous song by Noel Coward, “Mad Dogs and Englishmen Go Out in the Midday Sun” is quite appropriate for recent weather conditions throughout the Dominican Republic. After the pleasantly chilly local winter months, spring and summer bring sweltering heat. Listin Diario reports that record hot temperatures have been set already in March and April. …

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