2020 – Page 88

The National Senate approved the RD$202 billion complementary budget to provide additional funds to deal with increased spending for the Covid- 19 virus. Health spending alone in the bill is for RD$90 billion through December 2020. The bill authorizes the government to take on new loans.It now moves to the Presidency for enactment. Read more …

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Marcio Juliano, director general for Presidente beer in the Dominican Republic, says that beer sales collapsed 70% in March and April of this year. He made the remarks when inaugurating a new distribution center the Cervecería Nacional Dominicana has opened in Sánchez, in Samana province. Since May, Juliano said sales have gradually recovered, but these …

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Attorney General Miriam Germán Brito met with the president of the Supreme Court of Justice Luis Henry Molina at the offices of the chief justice. As reported by the Supreme Court of Justice, the meeting was part of the coordination between the Judiciary and the Public Ministry for the justice administration system’s proper functioning. Molina …

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Coronavirus Bulletin #168 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology shows the Dominican Republic has 96,629 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 1,002 new cases. The lull in cases has more to do with problems in testing at the government and private labs after the changes in command at the Ministry of Public Health, rather …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) announced the circulation of a RD$2,000 bill that incorporates new security measures. As reported, the security thread changes in color from green to blue with a drop effect of undulating sand. The year of the printing is at the bottom of the front of the banknote to …

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President Luis Abinader called for private investors to participate in public-private alliances to build needed infrastructures in the Dominican Republic. He announced the signing of the legal framework for Public Private Partnership Law 47-20. The ruling was needed for the drafting of the agreements between government and private investors. “The health emergency is an opportunity …

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Spending for petrol declined by 47.1% between January and July 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The Dominican Republic imported US$1.21 billion in fuel during the first seven months of the year, according to the Customs Agency (DGA). The total compares to US$2.29 billion for the same time frame in 2019. The decline is US$1.08 …

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Education Minister Roberto Furcal says the government’s Plan A is digital learning. The government is set on providing public school teachers and students with devices for the online programs in time for the start of the school year. The Ministry is also building traditional television and radio distance learning programs, its Plan B for schools …

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The new director of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Nelson Arroyo threw a bucket of ice water on those dreaming about digital learning being the standard. Arroyo says the reality is that the prevailing poor connectivity is making virtual learning difficult for this school year. He said the focus should be on distance learning programs …

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Investigative journalist Altagracia Salazar calls for less press conferences on alleged corruption in government and more prosecution. In her morning talk show, Altagracia Salazar Sin Maquillaje, the veteran journalist asks government officers to get to work and prosecute the acts. Yesterday, the new director of the Social Policies Gabinet of the government, Tony Peña Guaba …

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