2020 – Page 86

Attorney General Miriam Germán Brito announced on Monday, 7 September that she has appointed former National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso Gómez the general director for the prosecution of administrative crimes. The Superior Council of the Public Ministry named Wilson Camacho the Specialized Prosecutor for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca). He will replace Laura …

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Senator Antonio Marte (PRM-Santiago Rodríguez) is calling for the Ministry of Environment to act now and close 32 sawmills that operate in the area of Monción in the Central Mountain Range. For years, environmentalists have criticized the operation of the sawmills. These were installed to supposedly dispose of damaged trees, but with time have become …

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This is September, the peak time for tropical storms in the Caribbean region. Weather authorities are monitoring Tropical Storms Paulette and Rene as they move west on a path that will take them to cross the Caribbean. The storms are on their way from Africa. It is still too early to tell if they will …

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The Epidemiology Department of the Ministry of Public Health Bulletin #172, numbers show less persons are testing positive for Covid-19. For Bulletin #172, 2,854 first time tests patients were tested with a 19.80% positivity rate. The positivity rate over the past four weeks is still at 27.52%. The cumulative incidence continues to rise, indicating restrictive …

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President Luis Abinader traveled to Montecristi, the most northwestern province in the Dominican Republic, to meet with local authorities on the Manzanillo Port’s reconstruction works. President Abinader had announced that the government was seeking investors through the new Public-Private Partnership mechanism for the renovation and expansion of the port. Government officers that accompanied the President …

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Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera called on the National Environmental Protection Service (Sempa) to halt the illegal felling of trees in the watershed of the Las Damas River in Duverge, in southwestern Independencia province. The deforestation is in open violation of Environment Law 64-00. Jorge Mera instructed Colonel Omar Gitte, the Sempa commanding officer, to …

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Senator Eduardo Estrella (Santiago-DxC) reports that he will be working from home after being infected with Covid-19. He said his wife Arelis Cruz also tested positive. Estrella said both himself and his wife are asymptomatic. In his tweet making the announcement, he said they are putting themselves in the hands of God. Congress in general …

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The Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) met on Sunday, 6 September 2020, for more than six hours and then demanded a stop to announcements of irregularities in the past administration by new government officers. Speaking at the end of the meeting, acting president of the party, Temístocles Montás said the Abinader administration …

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The youngest deputy in the Chamber of Deputies, Jose Horacio Rodriguez (AlPais-National District) announced he submitted a bill in the Chamber of Deputies to ban child marriage. This is Rodríguez’s first bill. The bill would prohibit the marriage of persons under 18 years of age. The bill calls for amending Art. 144 of the present …

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The lack of tap water has become critical in several areas near the nation’s second-largest city, Santiago de los Caballeros. Some of the neighboring towns, such as the cigar manufacturing city of Tamboril, which depends on Santiago for its water supply, have gone some two weeks without a reliable supply. The main 20-inch pipeline to …

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