2020 – Page 75

The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #188 reports 468 cases of persons testing positive to PCR tests over the past 24 hours. The health ministry announced the processing of 3,337 first PCR tests in time for the Tuesday, 22 September deadline. The 14-day average for first PCR tests is at 3,816 PCR …

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The Presidency announced President Luis Abinader will be in La Vega province this coming Thursday, 24 September for the celebration of the Mercedes Day religious holiday. The holiday celebrates the religious patron of the Dominican Republic, a heritage of the Spanish colonial days. He will participate in the celebration at the Nuestra Señora de Santo …

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The Ministry of Public Health announced during the 22 September coronavirus press conference that two more hours would be added to the weekday and weekend schedules once the present curfew expires on 27 September. The keeping of the reduced curfew will depend on if health variables continue to show the disease is under control. Curfew …

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President Luis Abinader dedicated time on Tuesday, 22 September to call for increased awareness on femicides. He called for all to join the government in a renewed effort to end this national tragedy. He announced the installation of 12 new shelters and the renovation of three others. He announced women in conditions of social and …

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The Senate committee in charge of preparing the vote to elect the five members and five alternates for the Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced that 393 persons applied by the 22 September 2020 deadline. The committee head, senator Ricardo de los Santos says they will first discard applications that are incomplete or do not meet …

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Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez was the keynote speaker for the first of a series of online talks on relations between the Dominican Republic and Italy organized by the Dominican-Italian Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Italy in the Dominican Republic. The name of the talk was: “Foreign and Commercial Policy of the Dominican Republic, …

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The newly appointed director of the government bus company, Omsa, Radhamés González disagrees with the government bus entity being funded under the Public-Private Partnership Law 47-20. Sigmund Freund Mena, the director of the PPP Agency had recently said the Omsa was on the list of state entities that would benefit from the new law. González …

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Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta, the military official who was irregularly accused of the electronic glitch in the failed municipal elections of 16 February, has been promoted to direct the Ground Transit Agency (Digesett) by Decree 490-20. Recently he was promoted to brigadier general. Brigadier General Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta was referred to by his accusers …

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Several major generation plants have been on and off the grid, and this has caused frequent blackouts. As reported, over the weekend, the deficit in generation reached a high of 1,200 megawatts of the 2,461 MW demand. The control center for the Interconnected Electricity System (SENI), the national grid, reported that by Monday, 21 September …

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Colombia announces it has authorized direct flights to the Dominican Republic to resume. On 19 September, aviation authorities in Colombia approved flights to resume from Cartagena to Fort Lauderdale in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Likewise, Colombia aviation authorities also announced on Monday, the authorization for direct flights from and to Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, …

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