2020 – Page 20

The Ministry of Environment ordered the destruction of vendor shacks and other businesses that had irregularly occupied beach front area in Playa Arena Gorda in northern Punta Cana. As reported, around 42 stands were totaled because they are in violation of Environmental Law 64-00 and Law 305-68 that ban construction in the strip of 60 …

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President Luis Abinader has convened the National Council of Magistracy to meet on Thursday, 3 December 2020. The body would vote to replace four judges of the Constitutional Court, the presiding judge and alternate of the Superior Electoral Court and on whether a Supreme Court of Justice continues or is substituted. But, Diario Libre points …

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Legendary Dominican baseball player Sammy Sosa and a brother of his are mentioned in the 267-page Pepca file on irregularities in government procurement by companies tied to the brother of former President Danilo Medina, Alexis Medina. Transactions carried out in 2017 are being questioned. The Anti-Administrative Corruption Prosecution Agency (Pepca) prepared the file. The case …

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Former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez denies he tried to leave the country this week. Reports are that he attempted to leave on a private flight. Online media and radio talk shows and social networks have been abuzz with reports on the attempted departure this week. Rodriguez, nevertheless, told the press he is available for …

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Cardinal Nicolás López Rodríguez is recovering successfully from hip surgery at Cedimat in Santo Domingo. A former archbishop of Santo Domingo, he is retired. He suffered a fall in his residence. He is expected to be released to undergo rehabilitation therapy at his residence. Earlier, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Francisco Ozoria, had asked …

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The 129-room AC Punta Cana by Marriot is opening early next year in Punta Cana. The hotel is EGI Business Group’s first hotel in the Dominican Republic. This will be Marriott’s sixth AC in the Caribbean and Central America region. There are also AC hotels in Costa Rica (Escazu), Guatemala (Ciudad de Guatemala), Jamaica (Kingston), …

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The director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Ronald Skewes says 65% of persons that test positive for Covid-19 are asymptomatic. He stresses the importance of wearing facial masks, keeping physical distance and avoiding gatherings. While testing is usually carried out after a person shows some symptoms, people that undergo routine testing …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #258 reports 895 new PCR confirmed cases. The 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 790. Some 6,801 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the Tuesday, 1 December 2020 report deadline. The 14-day average is 4,912. The country can process 10,000 PCR …

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Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez announced a joint declaration with his colleague, Claude Joseph of Haiti after meetings this week. Joseph was in Santo Domingo with a high-level mission from Haiti. The ministers announced the channels are open for improved communication between both countries. The foreign ministers agreed to restart the regular bilateral meetings that …

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President Luis Abinader spoke at the closing of the 78th Council of Education Ministers of the Iberoamerican Organization for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) in the Dominican Republic. He spoke of the challenges ahead for education in the Dominican Republic and abroad in times of a pandemic. During the meeting that gathered representatives of 23 …

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