2021 – Page 109

Goya Foods has agreed to distribute Industrias Banilejas (Induban) products in northeastern United States. Induban is the producer of Café Santo Domingo. Café Santo Domingo will now be available at thousands of points of sale such as independent supermarkets, regional supermarket chains and national chains. Joseph Pérez, vice-president of Goya Foods and Manuel Pozo Perelló, …

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Marileidy Paulino won her heat in the 400m preliminaries in 50.06 and turned in the competitors’ best time. Her season best is 49.99. Paulino is ranked 25th in the world in the event. She will compete on Wednesday, 4 August at 6:30am in the semifinals. The final is scheduled for 6 August. Paulino already has …

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With a bronze in -87 kg weightlifting, Crismery Santana made sports history for the Dominican Republic. She lifted 267 kg in the snatch and clean & jerk events. She placed behind China’s Zhouyu Wang and Ecuador’s Tamara Salazar. President Luis Abinader was prompt to congratulate her on Instagram:“DR making history! Crismery Santana wins bronze in …

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The number of active cases has declined over the past 14 days from 53,402 to 14,470, a more than 70% drop. The Dominican Republic continues to experience lows in active cases and new cases. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health closely monitors the new variants and their impact in the Dominican Republic as curfew restrictions …

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Last Wednesday, 28 July 2021, an 81-year old man died quite suddenly from a massive heart attack. His name was Juan de Dios Ventura. His stage name was Johnny Ventura, and he was a legend. As his life accomplishments were reviewed extensively in the media, Dominicans learned the incredible life achievements of the beloved orchestra …

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Minister of Economy Miguel Ceara Hatton has reported that estimates of Dominican GDP growth vary from an optimistic 11% to a more conservative 6% for the Dominican economy this year. The minister spoke in these terms while also urging people to continue with the vaccination process, since a new spike would affect the economic recovery. …

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In what must be one of the most highly frustrating announcements of recent weeks, the Deputy Minister of Education, Rafael Alcantara told reporters that the graduates of many of the government-sponsored teacher training programs in different universities will not be eligible to compete in the application process to choose 15,000 new teachers for Dominican public …

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The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will fund US$200 million for national budget support. The money will go towards health, social and economic issues created to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic. There will be money to assist small businesses. Another part will go towards maintaining basic services and measures that will assist in the economic recovery. …

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Cotubanamá National Park (formerly National Park of the East) has been admitted to the Protocol for Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife—commonly referred to as the SPAW Protocol. The protocol is part of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (the Cartagena Convention). The Ministry of Environment …

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The director of the National Institute of Transport and Transit (Intrant) Rafael Arias shed light on all the cameras that have been installed on city streets in central Santo Domingo. He told Diario Libre in an interview that the Intrant is preparing to implement a photo enforcement system. The modality has been effective in other …

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