2020 – Page 36

The Governor of the BCRD Hector Valdez Albizu rendered an outlook of the Dominican economy to investors meeting for a videoconference on Central America and the Caribbean organized by the Bank of America Securities, the multinational investment bank. Domestic and international bank and investor analyst groups have already forecast the Dominican Republic is on its …

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Hugo Beras, secretary general for the municipality of the National District, is doing the media rounds to explain the pilot plan underway to improve traffic in the Polígono Central, the business and residential district. Residents have a 90-day grace period to get to know the new direction of the first 14 streets of 42 that …

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This year the National Archives is hosting conferences and talks online to celebrate the 7th Dominican History Book Fair. It will take place from Monday, 16 November through Friday, 20 November 2020. The event is dedicated to Dominican women historians. Historians Mu-Kien (Adriana) Sang Ben, Carmen Duran and Lusitania Martinez are the women honored this …

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Minister of Public Health suggests Christmas Eve lunch rather than dinner. Public Health Minister Plutarco Arias has proposed declaring Christmas Eve a holiday so that Dominicans can gather for a Christmas lunch instead of the traditional evening dinner. While Christmas Day already is a holiday, Christmas Eve has always been a working day. This 2020, …

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The Seguro Nacional de Salud (Senasa) has affiliated 1.7 million more people to the plan since August 2020. President Luis Abinader had announced at the start of his government that two million people would be affiliated as the government sought universal health coverage. The director of Senasa, Santiago Hazim says that 3-4% of those who …

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The operations director at the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewage Corporation (CAASD), Luis Salcedo says that all Greater Santo Domingo aqueducts are operating at full capacity. He explained the recent heavy rains have been a blessing. He said drinking water production has been steady at above 400 million gallons a day, even when some systems …

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The Unique System of Beneficiaries (Siuben) has agreed to share their database with the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel). Indotel expects to use the information to enhance poor people’s quality of life through telecommunications. Siuben gathers information on the poor in the Dominican Republic. Siuben will share information on age, sex, number of homes, percentages with …

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Ferries del Caribe is suing the government of Puerto Rico for shutting them down again after clearing their return to operation. The ferry said the Puerto Rican public health and port agencies had notified them on 7 November they needed to stop operations by 13 November 2020. The company complains that on 6 November they …

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President Luis Abinader threw the first ball to inaugurate the 2020-2021 Dominican Professional Baseball Championship on Sunday, 15 November. The Licey Tigers won the game against the Escogido Lions (8-3) at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo. A Dominican President hadn’t done so since 1978, when the late President Antonio Guzmán did the honors. …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #241 reports 499 new PCR confirmed cases. 4,021 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the 14 November report deadline. The 14-day average is 3,559 tests. The 4-week positivity rate is up slightly to 10.02%, while the 24 hour positivity is 12.41%. The number …

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