2020 – Page 41

In this day and age, the Dominican Republic has more cell phones than it has population. Yet, the executive director of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Julissa Cruz Abreu says that only 27% of homes are connected to the Internet. Another 73% rely on mobile phones to connect. Claro has 57% market share and Altice …

Read more…

The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) announced that starting Tuesday, 10 November 2020, it is releasing US$200 million of country hard currency reserves into the foreign exchange market. The injection of cash is in addition to the regular flow of hard currency via the Electronic Currency Trading Platform. The Central Bank says that …

Read more…

The National District city government announced signage is going up to implement the changing of road direction plan. 42 road sections in the Polígono Central, a major commercial and residential area in Santo Domingo, are changing vehicular circulation direction. The changes are effective starting 14 November. Citizens are given several weeks to get accustomed. Changes …

Read more…

On Friday, 6 November 2020, the Haiti-Dominican Republic market reopened. The market had been closed since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 virus. From 8am, the authorities allowed Haitians to enter in groups of 50. This continued throughout the day. The market will now be open on Mondays and Fridays from 8am to 5pm The …

Read more…

Tourism Minister David Collado noted that visits to the Dominican Republic were down by 76% in October, but domestic travelers responded and filled up resorts this past Constitution Day long weekend (6-9 November 2020). Collado said that occupancies of 75% were nationwide. The Ministry of Tourism, in coordination with the Ministry of Public health, assigned …

Read more…

The Procurement Agency announced the annulling of a 25-year contract signed in 2015 by the governmental agency, Corphotels with Varma Business Group. Former Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado is said to be the owner of the entity. The government purchasing agency determined that the contract was illegal because it had irregular public-private concession clauses. The …

Read more…

Vladimir Dotel, the manager of the popular music group, Ilegales, has gone on record asking a question that is on everyone’s minds. Why are political crowd gathering events allowed, when artistic presentations are not. Dotel used his Instagram account to complain about the situation. “It is incredible what is happening in our country. You know …

Read more…

Late last week, the Senate of the Republic finally selected the members of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the agency that controls presidential, congressional and municipal elections and the civil registry. The five new members will be sworn in on Wednesday, 11 November 2020. These new members are: Román Jaquez Liranzo, who was on the …

Read more…

The Embassy of the United States of America will reopen for a limited number of student, exchange student and Dominican resident visas. The US Embassy says that it would take requests for F and M type visas with an I-20 form or a DS-2019 approval for those family members that qualify for F-2 or M-2 …

Read more…

As reported, Michael Jordan was in the Dominican Republic to vacation and check out possible investments in tourism properties. He has been here on several occasions in the past. Jordan has played golf in Cap Cana in Punta Cana, at Casa de Campo in La Romana and Playa Grande in Rio San Juan in the …

Read more…