2020 – Page 198

The members of the Dominican Association of Pension Fund Administrators (ADAFP) announced its donation of RD$50 million in medical equipment and supplies. According to a press release, the majority of the ADAFP donation will be given to the Ramon de Lara Military Hospital, a health center located in the San Isidro Air Base near Santo …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations announced it has received a note from India’s government on the donation of 200,000 hydroxychloroquine (HDQ) tablets to the country, in response to a request for cooperation made a few days ago. In a press release, Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado says he thanked his colleague S. Jaishankar for the …

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The Dominican Political Observatory of the Foundation for Democracy & Development (OPD-Funglode) has prepared a report that says that the three sectors that generate the bulk of foreign exchange for the Dominican Republic have taken a humongous hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic. These are tourism, remittances and foreign investment. “Economic impact of Covid-19 in …

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Economist and professor Pavel Isa Contreras, a researcher at the Santo Domingo Technical Institute (Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo – INTEC), estimates a third of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is at risk from the Covid-19 pandemic. Isa Contreras said the economy stands to lose US$28 billion in losses from international trade in goods and …

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“Governments across Latin America and the Caribbean face the enormous challenge of both protecting lives and limiting the impact of the economic fallout,” said Martín Rama, World Bank Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean region. “This will require coherent, targeted policies on a scale rarely seen before.” To help the vulnerable face …

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Members of the South Cibao Regional Command of the National Police have apprehended one of the most wanted criminals in Central America, a man wanted since 2014 in El Salvador. He is Mario Ernesto Peña Colocho, a noted member of the Salvadorian gang Mara Salvatrucha or M-13. Peña Colocho is among the “Most Wanted,” and …

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With the preponderance of news regarding the coronavirus dominating the headlines, the passing of one of the best professionals in the field of agriculture is easily passed over. However, Federico Cuevas Perez, who suffered a heart attack in Houston, Texas, was an internationally well-noted plant geneticist the results of whose work is probably in the …

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The National Zoological Park has reported that the animals under their care are well and that there are even a few new arrivals. According to the zoo administrator, they have sufficient food for the next couple of months. The zoo is closed to the public for now. The zookeepers and staff are maintaining safe social …

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The ingestion of locally-made liquor, known as “moonshine” in folklore, has killed 17 persons over the last week. No matter what it is called in the Dominican Republic (clerén, “Tapa Floja”, triculí) it is poison and the results are catastrophic. It is produced in the many barrios and countryside, with no controls as to the …

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Greater Santo Domingo power utility companies Edesur and EdeEste say that city sectors have suffered blackouts after kites have become entangled in the electricity lines. With the hashtag #Quédateencasa, one of the state-owned electricity distribution companies in the Dominican Republic invited those who, because of social isolation, have taken up this activity as a way …

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