2020 – Page 200

The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) has approved eight evacuation flights from Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) to ferry foreign citizens who were stranded in the country after the shutdown of airline operations. Luis Jose Lopez, spokesperson for the airport, said the operations are being carried out through Thursday, 9 April 2020. The flights are by …

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Expect a total practical shutdown on Good Friday, 10 April 2020. The country is already under a stay-at-home order and curfew from 5pm to 6am. But on Good Friday, silence should be the norm as the nation looks and reflects on what could be done better. Already several major stores have announced they will not …

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Supermercados Nacional is urging Dominican consumers to give priority on their shopping lists to buying fresh produce. The supermarket chain says it has an abundance of watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, avocados, papaya, limes, and legumes, among other produce. Local farm producers have been hit hard by the shutdown of the tourism industry, their main customer. In …

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Claro announced the installation and start of operation of a coronavirus auxiliary diagnostic system at the Dr. Marcelino Velez Santana Regional Hospital in Santo Domingo. The National District is the center of the most infections due to the epidemic in the Dominican Republic. Claro reports the technology is a joint collaboration between Claro Dominicana, the …

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The vice president of the Chamber of Deputies, Angela Pozo, says her recent test results came back negative. She was tested after the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Radhames Camacho, tested positive. The test was carried out on 28 March 2020 at the Luis L. Bogaert Regional Hospital, according to a letter signed by …

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After a government supplier produced evidence of irregularities in a recent tender for the purchase of 40,000 food kits at the National Institute for Early Childhood Care (Inaipi), the Medina administration responded firing the staff. The director of the Inaipi, Berlinesa Franco resigned. Danilo Medina has personal ties to France. He was best man at …

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The National Institute for Early Childhood Care (Inaipi) is directed by Berlinesa Franco, who is the widow of Juan de los Santos, founder of the country’s largest sports betting chain and a former mayor of the municipality of Santo Domingo East. De los Santos died when murdered on 15 December 2015 by a disgruntled employee. …

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Economist Miguel Ceara Hatton of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) says the Medina administration has paid exorbitant prices for medical supplies during the present coronavirus epidemic. He said the government chose supply offers that were up to 12 times more than the lowest bidders. Ceara Hatton is secretary of public policies for the PRM. He …

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Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) presidential candidate, Luis Abinader urged that Dominican leadership meet to together define the national strategies so that the country can face the challenges the coronavirus epidemic has brought upon the nation. “These common challenges cannot be addressed by any single organization or political figure alone,” he said, reiterating his view that …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced the voting list for the 2020 presidential and congressional election. These are scheduled for 17 May 2020, but given that the country is waging a war against the coronavirus a new date is expected to be announced soon. Of the 7.4 million, 6,934,053 live in the Dominican Republic and …

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