2020 – Page 29

In his second hour-long presentation in his defense in court on Monday, 23 November 2020, Odebrecht representative Angel Rondón said he was paid US$79.2 million for his work on behalf of the company. He denied the payment was for bribes. He told the First Collegiate Court of the National District that is hearing his case …

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The state of health of the 71-year old Attorney General Miriam German Brito is “stable within her condition”, as reported yesterday by Dashira Martinez, communications manager of the General Hospital of Plaza de la Salud. German Brito was admitted to the hospital because of a urinary tract infection and pneumonia that became complicated due to …

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The Tigres del Licey and Gigantes del Cibao baseball teams will resume playing in the Dominican Professional Baseball Championship this coming Friday, 27 November 2020, said Health Minister Plutarco Arias. As reported, 13 players in the Licey and 10 in the Gigantes del Cibao tested positive. The teams are under a protocol that requires constant …

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The Ministry of Public Health is hopeful the national Covid-19 vaccine campaign will begin no later than March of next year. Interviewed on El Dia TV on Channel 11 by journalists Huchi Lora, Edith Febles and Carolina Santana, Health Minister Plutarco Arias said the first vaccines should arrive in February. Dr. Arias is confident the …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #249 reports 419 new PCR confirmed cases. The 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 660 cases. 3,514 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the 22 November report deadline. The government is reaching out to the population in shopping malls, government offices …

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The government of Luis Abinader is getting a 70% positive rating, according to the November 2020 poll carried out by Gallup. Only 10% have an unfavorable opinion of the first three months of the Abinader government 78.2% of Dominicans approve of how the Abinader government has tackled the Covid-19 disease. 67% believe the Abinader government …

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President Luis Abinader has announced a RD$1 billion program to promote coffee growing, reduce poverty in rural areas, and improve Dominican coffee’s overall quality. Many people do not know that the coffee rust wiped out almost 100% of Dominican coffee trees. Coffee farms that weathered the blight were the exception, not the rule. The truth …

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The Abinader administration announces a very large government program will focus on vulnerable persons between the ages of 14 to 24. The program will offer scholarships and work opportunities. The United Nations and Unicef are helping the Social Policy Cabinet build the new program. Tony Peña Guaba, who is the Social Policy Cabinet coordinator, said …

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The president of the Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC) says that consumers should see savings in essential imported food products next year now that the government has changed procedures for issuing import permissions. Ivan García, president of the FDC, said on the D’Agenda TV program with Hector Herrera Cabral, that in the past government import …

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Angel Rondón, the man who was the agent for Odebrecht in the Dominican Republic and was paid to expedite government procurement, is talking again. Rondón said in court he received more than US$200 million from Odebrecht for subcontracting, commercial representation, rental of equipment, and other concepts. Rondon spoke for almost an hour during the resuming …

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