2020 – Page 182

The president of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) Temístocles Montas says Dominican ambassador to the United States Jose Tomas Perez has spoken for himself when he suggested PLD voters back either Gonzalo Castillo or Leonel Fernández in a second round, depending on who received the most votes. “It is an issue that has not …

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Guillermo Moreno, president of Alianza País, said on Monday, 27 April 2020 that after more than 50 days since the first case of Covid-19 was reported, and more than a month after the declaration of the State of Emergency, there are no signs that the strategy carried out so far by the government is assertive …

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The Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) reports that on Friday, 24 April 2020 it received the second 376 MW unit of the coal-fired Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTPC) from the builders, the Odebrecht-Tecnimont-Estrella construction consortium. The entity had already delivered a first 376 megawatt unit in December. The second unit was operating on a trial …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #38 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 6,135 confirmed cases, 209 new cases and 278 deaths. There are 1,121 patients hospitalized. In the previous report (#37), the number of persons in intensive care units was 136. Report #38 does not indicate the updated number. Bulletin …

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The Presidency requested a 25-day extension of the National State of Emergency that is set to expire on 30 April 2020. President Danilo Medina in a letter to Congress said that the reasons that led to the initial declaration of the state of emergency still persist. Medina said there would be an increase in the …

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The Comptroller General’s Office responded to the request made by the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) for a detailed report on the purchases and contracting of goods and services made during the state of emergency by stating that the legal deadlines established for the companies and government entities to deliver the report have not yet expired. …

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Thousands of religious fanatics joined Mildomio Adames, a self-named preacher who walked from Santo Domingo to Puerto Plata carrying a 15 foot long cross. He arrived to Puerto Plata on Sunday, 26 April and was received by thousands in these times of coronavirus. At no point was the self-named “coronavirus pilgrim” stopped by the authorities, …

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Officials of the Center for Exports and Investment (CEI-RD) and the Ministry for Economy are meeting to create a strategy for the reactivation of the Dominican economy. Marius de León, director of the CEI-RD and Economy Minister Juan Ariel Jiménez said they are focusing on the stabilization, reconversion and acceleration of the productive systems. Economy …

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The World Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) have reported that the Dominican Republic is one of the Latin American countries best positioned to overcome the coronavirus debacle. These forecast zero growth for the Dominican Republic in 2020. But local economists Pedro Silverio Alvarez, Ernesto Selman and …

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Culture Minister Eduardo Selman and his wife Gloria Mejia have tested negative for Covid-19. A statement issued by the communications office of the ministry reports that the architect and his wife tested negative. Earlier, the Communications Office had reported that Eduardo Selman had remained at the head of the Ministry of Culture, fulfilling his responsibilities …

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