2020 – Page 82

Santo Domingo Motors is celebrating its 100th anniversary this 2020 with the best deal for purchasing a vehicle in these Covid-19 virus times. The company is offering a 100-month financing plan at a fixed rate of 10% a year and free maintenance up to 100,000 kilometers. In an interview with Diario Libre, Miguel Barletta, president …

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Mariasela Alvarez is a graduate in architecture who after winning Miss World (1982) chose to make a career as a TV host in Spain and the Dominican Republic. Curfew has increased the audience for the interviews on timely topics she delivers from 8 to 9pm, Monday to Thursday on Channel 9. On Saturday, 13 September …

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A wrongfully convicted man who won around US$14 million after settling his case against New York City was murdered in Las Caobas, Santo Domingo on Friday, 11 September 2020. 57-year old Ruddy Quezada was enjoying his wealth and was known to flaunt his turn of fortune after spending 24 years in jail for the murder …

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Historically September is the peak time for hurricanes in the Caribbean. Yet this 2020 there is only one more name on the list of names published by the National Hurricane Center. 20 named storms have come our way. Paulette, Rene, Sally, Teddy and Vicky were named in the past seven days. Only Wilfred remains on …

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Now under new authorities, the Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #179 has yet to get anywhere near its announced objective of 7,000 PCR tests per day. For Bulletin #179, 2,743 persons came out positive with their PCR test. This is below the past 14-day average of number of first PCR tests that …

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From Friday to Sunday, President Luis Abinader visited Santiago, the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic, for meetings with the community and his cabinet. He had a very full schedule. President Luis Abinader held a press conference at the Hotel Gran Almirante at the end of his three-day work weekend in Santiago. He announced that …

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As part of his three-day visit to Santiago province, President Luis Abinader approved the project to construct the Amber Highway in a public-private partnership. The road will reduce the connection time between Puerto Plata and the rest of the country, generating employment and benefits to various economic sectors. President Abinader assuaged concerns regarding private participation …

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Federico Dominguez, the president of the Dominican Free Zone Association (Adozona) called for government support in short term funding to create 11 million square feet of new manufacturing space as a major step in encouraging industrial consolidation and expansion in Santiago. The request was made during meetings with Industry & Commerce Minister Victor (Ito) Bisonó …

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With Decree No. 466-20, the Abinader administration creates a multi-sector committee to work out the country brand strategy and prepare the campaign to launch the Dominican Republic country brand. On the committee is President Luis Abinader, the ministers of Tourism, Foreign Relations, Industry & Commerce, Culture and the director of the Center for Export and …

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In a meeting with the Tourism Cabinet, before leaving for Santiago, President Luis Abinader asked hoteliers to reopen for business around 1 October to get the sector back on the road to success. The President noted that the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Relations has strengthened the country ties with the United States, the “country’s most …

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