2020 – Page 40

The Abinader administration has postponed on two recent occasions the signing of an economic and technical cooperation agreement with the People’s Republic of China. The Dominican government and the Embassy of China had scheduled the signing of the agreement on 27 October, and then on 10 November 2020 As reported in Listin Diario, neither the …

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New York City-Santo Domingo and New York City-Santiago flights are among the 25 flights JetBlue announced to support Thanksgiving holiday demand. Over the peak Thanksgiving weekend, the airline will be adding nonstop flights from New York to Santiago and Santo Domingo. The flights will operate between 20-30 November and are part of JetBlue’s strategy to …

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The Executive Branch extended the Covid-19 curfew for 20 more days, from 12 November to 1 December 2020 by Decree 619-20. The curfew schedule will be the same. It runs from Monday to Friday from 9pm to 5am and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 7pm to 5am. The curfew seeks to discourage gatherings of …

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Public Health Minister Plutarco Arias was at the Galeria 360 shopping center to open a temporary Covid-19 testing station. The PCR testing station is part of the Ministry of Public Health’s new effort to raise awareness among Dominicans on the importance of early testing and preventive measures to avoid the spread of Covid-19. The Minister …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #236 reports 528 new PCR confirmed cases. 3,467 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the 9 November report deadline. The 14-day average is 4,056 tests. The 4-week positivity rate is now at 10.09%, slightly more than the previous day. The Ministry of Public …

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President Luis Abinader sent a tweet to President-elect Joe Biden in the United States on 7 November 2020 after the election was called in the United States. “Congratulations to US president-elect @JoeBiden and to vice-president-elect @KalamaHarris, the first woman to hold that office in the US. We share the same democratic values as those held …

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Envisioning increased demand for manufacturing, President Luis Abinader announced renovations and expansion of industrial capacity seeks to add another 1,000 jobs in La Vega this year. He made the announcement when in La Vega over the weekend. He visited the La Vega industrial free zone park. Proindustria (the Center for Development and Industrial Competitiveness) is …

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President Luis Abinader and Vice President Raquel Peña presided over the government cabinet session on Friday, 6 November. They met this time in San Cristóbal to commemorate the 176th anniversary of signing the first Dominican Constitution on 6 November 1844. The government council approved several infrastructure works proposed in the San Cristóbal Development Plan. Among …

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Public Works Minister Deligne Ascención reported start of construction in January 2021 of the ring road that will connect Los Alcarrizos with the Santo Domingo ring road that originates near Haina Port and ends near Las Americas International Airport Ascención explained that the Los Alcarrizos bypass will relieve traffic in that area. It will be …

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The Ministry of Education has distributed 126,000 laptops for elementary and high school students in Santiago in time for the start of classes this week. Previously, the government distributed 51,000 laptops in the province. Parents are getting online training, too. They had to sign in for the computers at the Santiago’s Pontifical Catholic University Madre …

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