2020 – Page 189

The Public Health Minister, Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, says that stores and banks should not be requesting that persons wear gloves to be allowed to enter. The Medina government has said that wearing a mask is mandatory for circulating in public spaces. The military and police have taken the order to new levels, disallowing persons …

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Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo responded to widespread evidence of corruption in medical supplies procurement during the state of emergency announcing the government was beginning the process to disallow eight companies from being suppliers to the state for failure to deliver the goods on time. The companies were not named. The minister, who is …

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Corazón magazine journalist Pilar Vidal came to vacation at a resort in Punta Cana, entering on 13 January 2020. Now it is known, she could have been the first case of coronavirus in the Dominican Republic. In an interview for the Spanish TV program “Espejo Público” on Atresmedia network in Spain, she said she showed …

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The cost of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the crude oil benchmark used to price fuel in the Dominican Republic, went below zero on Monday, 20 April 2020. It has since recovered slightly over zero. The explanation for the drastic drop in price was that traders were desperate to find buyers who had sufficient storage capacity …

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The legal defense of Police Colonel Ramon Antonio Guzman Peralta has presented charges against five state prosecutors. These are accused of committing irregularities in his arrest and prosecution based on false accusations. Guzman Peralta says he was the scapegoat of suspected plan to involve presidential candidate Luis Abinader in alleged sabotage against the municipal elections …

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There is widespread speculation the slow expansion of the coronavirus in the Dominican Republic would impede the organization of the presidential and congressional election. President Danilo Medina’s term ends on 16 August. Yet, on Monday, 20 April 2020, the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Julio César Castaños Guzmán and judge Roberto Saladín rejected …

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The leading opposition party, the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), announced that at the 104 city governments where PRM mayors will start on the job as of 24 April 2020, new leadership actions will be taken to combat the disease. The plan will be carried out together with central government authorities. City halls will be making …

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The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has named 23-year old Brayelin Martínez its “Player of the Week.” Martínez is part of the “Caribbean Queens” volleyball team that in January 2020 qualified to compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games. The games have been rescheduled for summer 2021. The DR women’s volleyball team has played in the Athens …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #31 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 4,680 confirmed cases, 345 new cases and 226 deaths. There are 862 patients hospitalized. Bulletin #31 carries statistics up to 18 April 2020 at 6pm. Some 15,583 PCR diagnostic tests are included in the tally. The Ministry announced …

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President Danilo Medina spoke to the country on Friday, 17 April 2020 and stressed that his administration would not lower its guard in its fight against the coronavirus. This is the third time the Pesident addresses the nation after the first case of coronavirus was reported in the country on 1 March 2020. In the …

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