2020 – Page 213

Grupo Ramos announced the installation of acrylic screens in the checkout areas of its La Sirena and Pola stores to protect the health and safety of its employees and customers. The screens help reduce contact between cashiers and customers when queuing to pay for purchases. This measure complements others adopted by the company to promote …

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Grupo Puntacana announced that all employees will be paid regularly. The president of the Puntacana Group, Frank Rainieri, said in a press release that most of the employees were sent home on vacation time, or with vacation time pay advances. He said all employees would receive their wages on 30 March as usual via bank …

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All Dominican ports and airports are closed due to the new coronavirus. The executive director of the Port Authority, Víctor Gómez Casanova, said that there will not be an exception to the ban in the case of a vessel that had requested authorization to dock in the country with several foreigners at the port of …

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The Superintendence of Electricity ordered electricity utilities to not cut off power to customers that may fall in arrears during the 25-day established duration of the National State of Emergency declared by President Danilo Medina as of 20 March 2020. The resolution bans the government power utilities, as well as owners of private networks operating …

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Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo announced that the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus has reached an agreement with the Agriculture Bank (Bagricola) for an up to three- month grace periods for farm loan repayments. Read more in Spanish:Diario Libre 30 March 2020

Dominican big business announced the formation of a coalition “Heal a Nation” in an alliance with the international non-profit, CitiHope Relief & Development, with the National Business Council (Conep) and raising around US$5 million to fight Covid-19. Business groups that are part of “Heal a Nation” include: the country’s largest private employer, the Ramos Group; …

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Even when the authorities have banned funeral ceremonies of those who have died from Covid-19, General Kalil Haché was buried with honors corresponding to his rank at the Christ the Redeemer Cemetery in Santo Domingo. The Ministry of Public Health has ordered that only the closest family members be present for funerals of those dying …

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Ambassador Antonio Vargas Hernández, director general of Multilateral Cooperation (Digecoom), on Friday, 27 March became the first high-level government official to die of the Covid-19 disease. He was in charge of the European Development Fund that handles European Union cooperation funds since 2012. He was a member of the Central Committee of the ruling Dominican …

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The musical world of grassroots merengue music lost one of its iconic personages over the weekend with the passing of Bartolo Alvarado, known as the Cieguito de Nagua. He was 73. Alvarado passed away in Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, New York from issues most likely related to kidney, hypertension and diabetes issues. He was a …

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Merengue band-leader Johnny Ventura is hospitalized in Cedimat. As reported, he had been hospitalized after suffering a fall. He was suffering from congestion and was tested for COVID-19. He tested positive and is now at Cedimat in an intermediate level intensive care unit. He said he has not needed oxygen. On Sunday, 29 March, the …

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