2020 – Page 61

Rosa Encarnación, a reporter at Noticias SIN, the leading TV news program, denounced on 13 October 2020 that her sister, who worked at the National District’s Municipality, was fired after Encarnacion had reported on TV that the city government was serving as guarantor for personal loans. “What has happened to me is the living example …

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She was very effective at what she put her heart and soul to. Kinsberly (Kimberly) Taveras graduated as a chemical engineer from the state university (UASD), moving from student politics to local politics, winning the city government of her small town, and then that of bigger town Pedro Brand. As a rising young star in …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #208 reports 165 new confirmed cases. 1,525 PCR tests were carried out in time for the bulletin deadline. This is the lowest number of tests carried out after the authorities’ change at the Ministry of Public Health. It compares to the 14-day average of 3,649 tests, …

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Azua public school student Melany Sharay was chosen to represent Dominican girls for Girls’ Day at the Presidency on Sunday, 11 October 2020. The event was staged at the Presidential Palace to motivate girls to develop their full potential. The Dominican Republic is tops in the region in child unions and teenage pregnancies. First Lady …

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Tuesday, 13 October 2020 is an official day of mourning, honoring the life of Ivelisse Prats Ramírez de Pérez. Prats died on Sunday at 89-years of age after suffering a fall at home that resulted in health complications. She is recognized for her career as a professor and politician. She was secretary of the Secretariat …

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The director of Ethics for the Abinader administration, former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch has asked the Chamber of Accounts president Hugo Alvarez Perez to stay on the job until the appointment expires in February 2021. On Thursday, 7 October 2020, President Luis Abinader had asked the Chamber of Accounts members to resign as they …

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The Procurement Agency (DGCP) published a list of 113 mayors and city councilors, two judges and four government officials whose permits to sell goods and services to the Dominican government are suspended. This list includes the director of the DGCP himself, Carlos Pimentel, and two high-ranking DGCP officers, Crystal Fiallo and Ruth Henríquez The DGCP …

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The Procurement Agency (DGCP) announced it is suspending the state suppliers registry (RPE) of current Youth Minister Kinsberly (Kimberly) Taveras Duarte. The Procurement announced that they have begun “an ex-officio investigation” into the 32-year old’s relations to companies that are state suppliers. The agency took the decision to suspend the supplier license after Nuria Piera …

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Senator Antonio Taveras Guzmán (Santo Domingo-PRM) became the first senator to formally reject receiving more than RD$1 million a month in extras. The Santo Domingo province senator Antonio Taveras Guzmán on Monday, 12 October 2020 officially resigned the perks. Taveras says he will not benefit from the “Social Compensation Fund.” He said he will concentrate …

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US$1.3 billion in Chinese investment has made possible the exploitation of the country’s first underground copper and zinc concentrate mine located in Maimón, in the province of Monseñor Nouel in the center of the country. The Chinese company is Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Company Limited (NONFEMET) that specializes in the production of non-ferrous metal In …

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