2020News

Presidency will arrange to bring the national volleyball team home

The Presidency announced that six Dominican senior women team members that play in foreign volleyball leagues and are still abroad will be flown home. Reports are there are players in Peru, Turkey and Russia. The tournaments were suspended due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Cristóbal Marte made the announcement. He said the Ministry of Foreign Relations …
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Government reaches deal for completion of Punta Catalina coal-fired power plant

The Dominican government announced it reached an agreement with Odebrecht-Technimont-Estrella consortium “to settle all existing disputes and guarantee completion and final delivery of the coal-fired Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Center (CTPC). The Presidency had scheduled the inauguration of the two coal-fired units of 376 MW units of the coal-fired power central for 16 March 2020. The …
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Ministry of Industry and Commerce socializes new ruling for rum production

Rum producers in the Dominican Republic have ten days to issue their observations on the draft of the technical ruling for the production of rum. Deputy Minister for Industrial Development Juan Tomás Monegro has coordinated the government effort to summarize best practices for the rum industry. Monegro highlighted the efforts that the government is carrying …
2020News

OAS issues report on municipal election

The Organization of American States’ (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), led by former President of the Republic of Chile Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, recently issued its preliminary report on the Extraordinary Municipal Election of Sunday, 15 March 2020. The report congratulates the Dominican people “for their perseverance and commitment to democracy demonstrated in Sunday’s extraordinary municipal …