2020 – Page 194

Orlando Jorge Mera, delegate of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) to the Central Electoral Board (JCE), said that the Organization of American States (OAS) investigation into the e-voting collapse that resulted in the canceling of the 16 February 2020 municipal election exonerates police colonel Ramon Antonio Guzmán Peralta and Claro technician Manuel Regalado from the …

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The Ministry of Defense announced the seizing of thousands of liters of the rum-like drink, “cleren” for local sale from a “factory” in Santiago and from vendors in border towns. The beverage is irregularly brewed and has been known to cause deaths. Recently, more than 30 persons have died in Santo Domingo province from drinking …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #26, the Dominican Republic has 3,286 confirmed cases, 119 new cases and 183 deaths. Santiago leads with the most new cases from the previous Sunday. Some 10,448 PCR diagnostic tests are accounted for in the official statistical bulletin that covers up to 13 April 2020 at 6pm. The Dominican Republic has …

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The coordinator of the High Commission for Prevention of Coronavirus, Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo ordered the law enforcement agencies to step up actions against those that violate the curfew and other dispositions in effect to prevent the spread of Covid-19. In his words to the nation on 14 April 2020, Montalvo said that only essential …

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The government has simplified the requirements to qualify to become a government supplier. Gustavo Montalvo, the coordinator of the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus, said that in response to requests from various entities such as the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) and the Dominican Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises …

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Gustavo Montalvo, coordinator of the High Commission for Prevention of Coronavirus, announced on 14 April 2020 that Microsoft Corporation has given free access to the Microsoft Teams platform for a period of six months. He said the tool will make possible more videoconferences and digital meetings in government. Montalvo said that Microsoft has also made …

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Public Health Minister now says that the government has contracted for 53,300 PCR coronavirus diagnostic tests. During the coronavirus press conference on 14 April 2020, Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas says these have been arriving little by little. During the previous press conference, he had stated that all the PCR tests in use had been donated …

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Several public hospitals handling coronavirus cases in Santo Domingo suddenly were overrun with corpses. A story in Hoy newspaper pushed the Ministry of Public Health to act quicker and resolve the backup. In his 14 April press conference, Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said the Ministry was taking charge. In some cases, funeral …

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Expert metalworker José Ignacio Morales passed away on 13 April 2020. He died from complications due to the coronavirus illness. He had run for mayor of La Romana in the 15 March 2020 municipal election. He ran for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) but lost by a narrow margin to Tony Adames of the Social …

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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) looks into the impact the coronavirus is having on the large migration of Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Jobs in construction and tourism have been lost, leaving hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants without income. The IOM estimates that 75% of Haitians that had regularized their status in the …

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