2020 – Page 58

The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #211 reports 384 new PCR confirmed cases. 3,906 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the bulletin deadline. The 14-day average is 3,630 tests. The 24-hour positivity rate is at 9.83%, the lowest so far this year. The 4-week positivity rate continues to decline …

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Has Jean Luis Rodriguez, the new executive director of the Dominican Port Authority, opened a Pandora’s box? Rodríguez is setting an example that many government officials will find tough to follow. He understands the extras are illegitimate and untimely in these Covid-19 days Rodríguez turned down US$10,000 a month in personal expenses. He was not …

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Hacienda Minister José Manuel (Jochy) Vicente announced that the Dominican government received US$47 million from the Barrick Gold mine in tax advances. Vicente said Barrick will pay another US$95 million in 2021. The Dominican government is benefiting from the windfall in profits as gold exports yield high prices in international markets. Vicente said the conditions …

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US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) chief executive officer Adam Boehler and President Luis Abinader signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the US and the Dominican Republic to promote investment and bolster the local economy. The plan is to collaborate to mobilize investments in energy, tourism and other infrastructure projects that will strengthen key …

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The American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AmChamDR) presents its 28th edition of Dominican Week from October 19 to 30. The Dominican Week this year will be held online. The discussions and talks focus on competitiveness and how to improve the investment climate. Learn more about the US plans for the country and …

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Dominicans who caught abroad when airports shut down in March 2020 made it back by the thousands in August. But by September, the numbers had declined somewhat. Foreign tourists are gradually returning, understandable in these difficult Covid-19 times. Central Bank tourism report numbers show the foreigners have begun to return, but slowly. In its January-September …

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The Chamber of Deputies selected deputy Victor Fadul (PLD-Santiago) to be the PLD representative in the National Council of the Magistracy. With the naming of Fadul, the only seat missing to be named is the Senate’s second majority political party. The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), the People’s Force and the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) …

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When she was an opposition deputy in the Chamber of Deputies, young legislator Faride Raful was very vocal speaking up, calling for an end to corruption, more checks and balances in government, and eliminating the slush fund in Congress. The fund delivers legislators upwards of RD$300,000= US$1 million + a month for use at their …

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The commander of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Program (COBA) of the Ministry of the Interior and Police in La Altagracia, Roberto Antonio Silverio Castillo, denounced higher up military officers are making life impossible for his patrols. He said that generals, colonels and other high-ranking military officials allow businesses to stay open after curfew to continue …

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The executive vice-president of the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus) Servio Tulio Castaños has again gone on record with the legal think tank organization’s opinion on who can sell to the state. Recently the case has been back in the news after TV journalist Nuria Piera presented on TV how the scheme of selling …

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