2020 – Page 53

Contractors have resumed improvements on the Carretera Turistica Gregorio Luperón, the alternate mountain road to eastern Puerto Plata. The mountain road has been under construction for years due to the constant sinking and landslides. Works are 90% finished. The contractors are working in the Yásica district in Puerto Plata province, where new drainage is being …

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More the exception than the rule when management changes in a government agency. The new authorities at the government Institute of Technical Vocational Training (Infotep) recognized the work of past general manager Rafael Ovalles (2014-2020) and its business sector representative Francisco Capellán (2011-2020). The Board of Directors of Infotep on Wednesday, 22 October 2020, honored …

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A Brazilian court has ruled that Odebrecht must continue paying a bribery fine to the Dominican Republic. The court did not accept the debt being listed for restructuring due to the Brazilian construction company’s bankruptcy reorganization proceedings. The company had only paid US$60 million of the US$184 million it had agreed to pay when it …

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Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez says that in September he canceled contracting with the Waterlux Enterprises catering company with ties to his nephew, Marcelo Guzmán. He said the company had been offering its services to the Ministry of Foreign Relations since 2018 and had sold RD$14 million to the ministry in services. He said the company …

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President Luis Abinader named Frank Hans Dannenberg Castellanos as the new Dominican ambassador to Russia. Dannenberg for years had been the Dominican ambassador in India. Other appointments are Alejandro Arias Zarzuela to Peru, Faruk Miguel to Haiti, Sandra Macebo to Honduras, Also Julio César George Encarnación top El Salvador, Manuel Morales Lama to Egypt, and …

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US Ambassador Robin Bernstein urges all to take breast cancer seriously. In a message on occasion of October, Breast Cancer Awareness month, she shared her own experience after being diagnosed this January 2020 and overcoming the disease. She recalled in the message on Facebook that earlier this year she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. …

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President Luis Abinader received the credential letters of the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, France and Haiti. These are Mockbul Ali for the United Kingdom, Eric Fournier for France and Smith Augustin for Haiti. Read more in Spanish:Listin DiarioN Digital 22 October 2020

Smith Augustin, Haiti’s new ambassador to the country, is a specialist in Haitian-Dominican relations, a jurist, philosopher and sociologist. He is a specialist in Dominican-Haitian relations. Augustin studied philosophy at the Centro Bonó, the Jesuit organization that has assisted impoverished Haitian immigrants. He studied social sciences at the Institute of Technology of Santo Domingo (Intec). …

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A fire broke out around noon at the first floor of the Ministry of Public Health located at Av. Tiradentes, Ensanche La Fe in the National District. As reported, the fire affected the areas of purchasing and payroll. Seven fire trucks intervened to put the fire out. A fire truck was conveniently already at the …

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Listín Diario broke the news after the couple posted on Instagram. “The champions have fallen in love!” Dominican-American Félix Sánchez and Dominican-Bulgarian María Dimitrova are engaged. Sánchez is always remembered for all the emotion that came with his winning his second Olympic gold medal in London 2012. The SuperSanchez writes: “2020 in spite of everything …

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