2020 – Page 4

The Government of the People’s Republic of China donated eight vehicles for military use and 140 motorcycles. The vehicles are being assigned to the Armed Forces, the Army, the Armada, the Air Force and the National Police. Spare parts and accessories were donated for the maintenance of the new equipment. The Chinese Ambassador to the …

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President Luis Abinader issued Decree 708-20 with the names of new Dominican ambassadors abroad. They are: Sweden: Lourdes Gisela Antonia Victoria-KruseAustria: Laura Virginia Faxas VargasEcuador: Milady Altagracia Cuello Ortiz de CabralCanada: Michelle Cohen de FriedlanderTrinidad & Tobago: Wellington Dario Bencosme Castaños Laura Faxas was previously Dominican ambassador in Sweden, and Lourdes Victoria was ambassador in …

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The Abinader administration, acting through the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), called for a public bidding for the contracting of the services of a firm of independent auditors to determine the total cost of the Punta Catalina thermoelectric plant. The plant is the most important infrastructure built from scratch during the past Medina administration (2012-2020). …

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Carlos Pimentel, the Procurement Agency director, says Maxy Montilla, brother of former First Lady Candy Montilla, could legally sell to the state. Companies related to Maxy and Alexander Montilla Sierra, the brothers of the wife of former President Danilo Medina, are under investigation. They sold billions to the state-owned power utilities, EdeNorte, EdeSur, EdeEste and …

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Some stores are now opening at 6am for people who want to be able to avoid traffic jams. The simple problem is that there are too many vehicles for the city streets. To get places without traffic takes 10 minutes is now taking over an hour. El Dia editorializes on 23 December 2020 on “the …

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The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) ruled to revoke Environmental License 0373-19 granted for the Ritz Carlton Reserve’s construction in Boca de Yásica, Cabarete in Puerto Plata province during the Medina administration. The Ritz Carlton Reserve promoter is Connemara SRL and its principal shareholder, Ian Schembri Sant. The TSA decided against the development since it is …

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Travel has picked up at Dominican airports. Thousands of Dominicans are traveling and more people are arriving. Airports are meeting the challenge of Covid-19 health protocols in peak travel times. The Tourism Cabinet met and agreed on a series of measures taken to ensure Dominican and foreign travelers’ safety during the peak time of the …

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The Dominican Republic authorized three special humanitarian flights from the United Kingdom. The announcement comes after the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) banned flights from the UK due to the fast-spreading mutant strain of Covid-19 affecting that country. Public Health Minister Plutarco Arias says that all arrivals on those flights will have to remain in quarantine …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), under new authorities since August 2020, continues to report successes in drug interdiction nationwide. The number of drug confiscations is night-to-day from the previous government. The DNCD reported on 22 December 2020, recovering 156 packages of cocaine from Caribbean Sea waters. The drugs were recovered in a joint operation …

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Juan Luis Guerra is scheduled to present new remakes of several of his most popular songs and two local premieres from his new Privé album. The concert will be streamed on YouTube and will be shown on Color Vision, Channel 9 at 9pm on 25 December 2020. The Perelló Cultural Center and the Induban coffee …

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