2020 – Page 184

The new mayor of the municipality of Santo Domingo Este (SDE), singer-composer-politician Manuel Jiménez of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) says he takes on the challenge of building the municipality that the people deserve. Jiménez was emphatic in pointing out that he begins at a city hall that has the most problems and during the …

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Santiago’s mayor Abel Martínez began his second term on 24 April 2020. His deputy mayor is engineer Leonela Massiel Espinal Paulino, for the 2020-24 term. The new officials were sworn in by the president of the Santiago Electoral Board, Haime Thomas Frias Carela at the city hall. Martínez commits to keep working for the welfare …

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As of this writing, over 100 persons have died from the consumption of clandestine liquors, called “Tapa Floja”(or Loose Cap), available in small colmados in many parts of the country. Other similar beverages are known as “clerén,” the Haitian word for bootleg rum. Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sanchez Cardenas observed in the coronavirus press …

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There are two critically endangered species of birds in the Dominican Republic: Ridgeway’s hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) and the bay-breasted cuckoo (Coccytus rufigularis). Of these two the hawk had been losing its habitat in Los Haitises, where farmers killed as many as possible out of misguided beliefs that the hawks preyed on their chickens. For years, …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #36 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 5,543 confirmed cases, 244 new cases and 265 deaths. There are 971 patients hospitalized, including 135 in intensive care units. Bulletin #35 carries statistics up to 22 April 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 19,280 …

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Most of the new city authorities at 158 municipalities in the country will be taking office on Friday, 24 April 2020 in virtual swearing-in ceremonies. Among the few exceptions, National District mayor-elect Carolina Mejía of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) announced she would do so in person, yet only with her team and the press …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #35 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 5,543 confirmed cases, 244 new cases and 265 deaths. There are 971 patients hospitalized, including 135 in intensive care units. Bulletin #35 carries statistics up to 22 April 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 19,280 …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeño served as the spokesperson for the Medina administration efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic on 23 April 2020. Over the past weeks, Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo had spoken almost daily from the Presidential Palace. Cedeño announced the government would be including 70,000 new households in the RD$5,000 “Quedate en …

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Grupo Puntacana announced it is backing the free ayuda.do telemedicine and home healthcare service that is available to residents all around the country. The program is open to donations and is adding volunteers who want to offer free telemedicine consultations. Frank Rainieri, president & CEO of Grupo Puntacana, said that the service offers medical assistance …

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Before and after photos of 62-year old Italian Claudio Pascualini would have made any men’s health magazine. The now slim and young-looking Pascualini looks much better than in the first photo with a potbelly that was taken when he had recently been admitted to the Ramón de Lara Hospital at the San Isidro Air Base. …

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