2020 – Page 96

Coronavirus Bulletin #157 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology shows the Dominican Republic has 91,161 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 600 new cases. The accumulated incidence of the disease per 100,000 inhabitants as per confirmed PCR tests is highest in the National District and these top 10 provinces: National District (2,482), Pedernales (1,231), …

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New National Budget director Jose Rijo Presbot says that the Ministry of Public Works and the Office of Engineering Supervision of Works of the Presidency (OISOE) paid RD$21.5 billion during the transition period without these funds being budgeted or supported by documents from the National Controller or the National Treasury. As reported in Listin Diario, …

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Presidente Abinader confirmed retired Mayor General Juan Manuel Méndez at the Center for Emergency Operations (COE). He had been placed in retirement after being promoted to mayor general by former President Danilo Medina. The now retired general will continue as director of the COE, but he will only receive his retirement wages. During the meeting …

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Coronavirus Bulletin #155 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology shows the Dominican Republic has 89,867 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 857 new cases. The accumulated incidence of the disease per 100,000 inhabitants as per confirmed PCR tests is highest in the National District and these top 10 provinces: National District (2,447), Pedernales (1,231), …

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President Luis Abinader issued Decree 358-20, extending the government relief programs Fase I and II, Quedate en Casa (Stay at Home) and Pa’Ti (For You) through 31 December 2020. The programs feature cash payments to help small companies and low-income families deal with the present economic crisis. Read more in Spanish:El Dia 21 August 2020

With Decree 362-20, President Luis Abinader removed the Dominican ambassadors to Turkey (Elias Serulle), Germany (Maybe Sanchez Caminero), Sweden (Victor Grimaldi), Korea (Humberto Salazar), Cuba (Bolivar Marte), United Arab Emirates (Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez), Honduras (Marino Beriguete), Israel (John Guiliani Valenzuela), Japan (Hector Dominguez Rodríguez), Russia (Jose Manuel Castillo Betances), Peru (Daniel Guerrero), Ecuador (Jose …

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President Luis Abinader named a new director of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) by Decree 360-20. He is Rear Admiral Jose Manuel Cabrera Ulloa. At the time of his appointment, he was director of the Center for Information and Joint Coordination (CICC) at the DNCD. He had been in the post for four years. …

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Acento news portal publishes the background on the new Army, Armada (Navy) and Air Force commanders. These are the generals Julio Ferian Pérez in the Army, Ramón Gustavo Betances Hernández in the Armada and Leonel Muñoz Novoa for the Air Force. Read their background in Spanish at:Acento 19 August 2020

Decree 368-20 closes the Office of the First Lady, a mega government department with a budget for 2020 of over RD$907 million. First Lady Raquel Arbaje had said earlier she could do with a staff of around five people. The decree places the program for special needs (CAID) handled by the First Lady Office under …

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The Dominican Armada has a new 85-foot coastal guard vessel, named Betelgeuse (102). The ship is a donation by the US Department of State and the US Southern Command. The aluminum cutter was one of 13 built under a US Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales program. The vessel is fitted for search and rescue …

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