2020 – Page 48

President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado were in Punta Cana on Thursday, 29 October for the announcement of the Latitud 18° Santo Domingo at the Hard Rock Punta Cana. Rodrigo Chapur, voice for the Mexican hotel group, Grupo RCD, announced two high rises of 20 floors each are part of the project set …

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The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) revoked the permit that the previous administration had issued for the construction of the Bavaro International Airport. The airport would go up in northern Punta Cana, but would be just 18 km from the Punta Cana International Airport. The IDAC said there had been irregularities in issuing the permit …

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Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Este (EDEEste), the government-owned eastern power utility, announces its new hotline is Tel 809 596-1099. Agents at an expanded call center will be handling calls from all around the country. There is no charge for calls made from anywhere in the Dominican Republic. EdeEste serves clients in eastern Santo Domingo, …

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The Ministry of Public Health said the police and fire department investigation revealed that the fire affecting the first floor of the Ministry of Public Health resulted after a short circuit caused the fuse to blow, affecting, in turn, the 8kw inverter in the technology room of the Financial Management Department. Major Edward Helena of …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) forecasts increases in cloudiness and rainfall for the weekend. Downpours are forecast mostly for the northeast and the Central Mountain Range. On Thursdays, there were heavy rains in Santo Domingo. For Friday, 30 October 2020, a tropical wave is expected to bring increases in rainfall, with gusty winds at times. …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #224 reports 343 new PCR confirmed cases. 4,141 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the deadline of Bulletin #224. The 14-day average is 3,646 tests. The 24-hour positivity rate is at 8.28% and the 4-week positivity rate continues to decline and is at …

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President Luis Abinader announced the creating of the Presidential Table for Industrialization (Mesa Presidencial de la Industrialización). The plan is to reactivate free zones and the industrial sector to add 200,000 jobs, attract investment, and compete in international markets. Abinader spoke during an event streamed from the Presidential Palace on 28 October 2020. “Despite the …

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President Luis Abinader was in Nigua, in southcentral San Cristóbal province for groundbreaking for a new industrial free zone park – the Global Industrial & Logistic Park. The park seeks to attract medical, pharmaceutical and electronic clients for its manufacturing lines. Industries located there are estimated to employ around 10,000 people, most living in Haina, …

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President Luis Abinader attended the start of construction of the first Iberostar hotel built outside of a beach destination in the Dominican Republic. Iberostar, the Spanish hotel chain that has operations in Punta Cana (5), Puerto Plata (1) and Bayahibe (1) beach destinations, announces it will build the Iberostar Heritage Mercedes Hotel in the historic …

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The Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud (HGPS) announced a successful pancreas transplant to a diabetic patient with chronic renal disease. The patient, 27-year old Suleika Perez Suero suffered from diabetes type 1, and was insulin-dependent since she was 10 years old. The patient had been undergoing two years of hemodialysis. Dr. Julio …

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