2020 – Page 77

Despite the impact of Covid-19, Central Romana declared a record harvest for this year. Central Romana Company is paying its around 6,000 farm associates RD$2.3 billion for the 2019-2020 harvest, RD$300 million more than was paid last year. The Central Romana mill processed more than 1,100,000 short tons of sugar cane. The company reported the …

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The Ministry of Public Health issued its first tourism destination bulletin on Monday, 22 September 2020. The bulletins seek to follow up on the spread of Covid-19 in tourist destinations and report on the cases of the virus detected at the international airports. The Ministry of Public Health reports that those testing positive in the …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #186 reports 494 cases tested positive to PCR tests over the past 24 hours. This relatively high number reflects an increase in tests. Some 3,350 first PCR tests were processed for the Sunday, 20 September deadline. The 14-day average for first PCR tests is at 3,730 …

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President Luis Abinader has scheduled meetings with government officers, business, community and civil society representatives to look into specific issues in the northeastern province. On his agenda is the inauguration of a sewage treatment plant and visit to a Samana municipal hospital. At 12 noon, he will visit the garbage landfill. Then he will meet …

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The state’s trial versus six accused of their involvement in the Odebrecht bribes reopens in a Santo Domingo court. The Brazilian construction company Norberto Odebrecht admitted in a New York City court to paying US$92 million in the Dominican Republic to obtain contracts worth millions between 2001 and 2014. The Attorney General Office had incriminated …

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Dominican President Luis Abinader Corona will address the United National Assembly on Wednesday 23 September 2020, just a month and a few days after taking office. However, contrary to former years, President Abinader and other global leaders will participate in a virtual United Nations general assembly. President Abinader will speak from the Presidential Palace at …

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The Abinader administration is well on its track to add two million Dominicans to full government medical insurance coverage by December 2020. Early on, President Luis Abinader announced his government seeks to have all Dominicans covered by insurance by the end of the year. In its first month in government, the Abinader administration has affiliated …

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The executive director of the Airport Department, Victor Pichardo ordered the continuing construction of the Barahona heliport. Grupo Orbe Dominicano is the company contracted to build the heliport. Pichardo says the airport is vital for health emergencies, resue, tourism and executive operations. Construction is 40% completed. The construction had stopped when a National State of …

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Marino Zapete says he will sue Maybeth Rodríguez Sánchez, the sister of former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez. Maybeth Rodríguez had sued Zapete for defamation. Zapete, a muck-racking journalist, had presented documents that evidence irregularities in government procurement. These were contracts signed by Maybeth Rodríguez. Days before the end of the Medina administration, she desisted …

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City Mayor Carolina Mejía and her transport expert, city government secretary-general Hugo Beras are working hard to improve transport in the National District, the capital city. A mobility week is announced and a new biking route was opened where cyclists get preference for moving through traffic jams. The additional 1.9 kilometers of biking lanes were …

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