2020 – Page 30

The Ministry of Education has announced a public tender for the refurbishing of some 570 public schools. The Ministry is optimistic in person classes will resume sooner than later and wants to be ready. The government expects to spend RD$3.5 billion to improve the schools next year and take advantage of the extra time now …

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Many of the highest government officials are from the city of Santiago de los Caballeros and the Cibao region. So it is not strange that the new Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera announced that the clean up of the Yaque del Norte River that crisscrosses Santiago’s city is one of the Abinader government’s top priorities. …

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The PLD government instated dozens of laws and regulations to combat administrative corruption. Nevertheless, in government procurement loopholes and sheer negligence in complying with the laws and regulations were what prevailed, as Carlos Pimentel, the new director of the Procurement Agency (DGCP) reveals in an interview with El Dia. Pimentel explains that complicity between private …

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The Ministry of Labor has released the 2021 holidays calendar and, in a country that loves long weekends, there are only two holidays that are being moved to create extended vacation time. Curiously, both of the long weekends are in January, which is perhaps a good thing as people recover from the Christmas and New …

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The executive editor of the Listin Diario was named Journalist of the Year. Members of the Dominican Association of Journalists (Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas) and the Ministry of Education voted to choose Franjul, a career journalist with a practice of over 50 years. The CDP announced the decision on Saturday, 21 November 2020. Read more …

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71-year old Attorney General Miriam German is interned at the Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud. She was hospitalized on Saturday, 21 November 2020 after feeling ill. Dr. Nepomuceno Mejía Severano, spokesman for the hospital, said the patient suffers from high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus 2. Read more in Spanish:El Dia 23 November …

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The Latin Music Tours became the first paid live performance in the Dominican Republic during the pandemic. It took place over two nights with a smaller audience than usual at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana. The hall can accommodate almost 4,000 people, yet it was set up for less than 800, keeping …

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The director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Ronald Skewes conditioned returning to a version of in-person learning at schools nationwide to when the Covid-19 positivity rate drops to under 5%. Today the positivity rate hovers around 10%. Dr. Skewes said that for weeks the rate had been gradually descending, but now …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #248 reports 640 new PCR confirmed cases. The previous 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 669 cases. The increase reflects more testing is being carried out. 5,615 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the 21 November report deadline. The government is …

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The manager and five players of the Licey Tigers have tested positive for Covid-19. Diario Libre reports that the Ministry of Public Health announced the team is suspended at least until Sunday, 22 November from playing in the winter baseball championship. The teams are playing subject to health protocols established in coordination with Major League …

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