2020 – Page 65

After 16 years at the helm of Diario Libre, Adriano Miguel Tejada is retiring as executive editor of the leading Dominican newspaper. He is 72 years old. He is one of the newspaper’s founders and turned it from scratch to be the most read newspaper in the country in its print and digital versions Tejada …

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Luz García is the host for the first season of “The Voice Dominicana.” Casting for the show began 21 September. The date for the show to go live, nevertheless, has not been revealed. The announced judges for the reality show include merengue singer Milly Quezada and Spanish producer, singer and electronic music DJ Juan Magán. Read …

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The Ministry of Hacienda confirmed that the man who fell from floor 14 of the Government Offices Building (El Huacal) is 43-year old Juan Francisco Núñez. El Huacal is located at Av. Leopoldo Navarro in the National District. The accountant was employed as a quality analyst in the Planning and Development Department at the Ministry …

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The Ministry of Public Health explained yesterday the Covid-19 outbreak in La Altagracia province. Bulletin #202 lists 166 new confirmed cases for the eastern province. The top rank of the Ministry of Health explained the situation is now under control. Health Minister Plutarco Arias, Deputy Minister for Collective Health Ivelisse Acosta, Dr. Eddy Pérez Then, …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #202 reports 777 new confirmed cases, up from 317 the previous day. There were 4,599 PCR tests were carried out, compared to 1,881 PCR tests for the previous 5 October deadline. The 14-day average is 3,368 tests. The 24-hour positivity rate is at 16.89%; the 4-week …

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President Luis Abinader announced he has scheduled to speak on Thursday, 8 October 2020 at 9pm. He said he will address concerns regarding the 2021 National Budget. There has been widespread opposition to the announcement of new taxes that will directly affect the middle class. Among these are taxes on the Christmas wage, Amazon, Netflix …

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President Luis Abinader was present for the formal opening of Scotiabank’s second Global Services Campus. The business service center is at the Las Americas Free Zone Park in eastern Santo Domingo province. It is the second campus in Latin America. A first opened in Bogotá, Colombia in 2018. Scotiabank vice president Marcela Giraldo says the …

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Attorney General Miriam German held a press conference to answer questions of journalists. She explained the department needs time to prepare the cases. Nevertheless, she used the conference to make the general public aware that her department needs more funds to prosecute crime, corruption and impunity. She says the RD$7 billion allotted to the department …

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Former President Danilo Medina inherited a Communications Department of the Presidency with a budget of RD$83.8 million when taking office in 2012. Eight years later, the budget had increased to RD$458 million under Presidency press director Roberto Rodriguez Lamarche. During the Medina administration, thousands of small media operations were created thanks to government funding. The …

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The Embassy of Germany celebrated the 30 years of Germany’s unification by sharing with the Dominican people a symbolic tribute by the Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra to the milestone 3 October date. In a five-minute video, the Philarmonic Orchestra of Berlin plays the Dominican and German anthems and the German ambassador and Dominican foreign minister speak. …

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