2021 – Page 112

The National Migration Council approved a 60 day window, starting in September 2021, for Venezuelans to normalize their migratory status. This is the second window authorized for Venezuelan migrants. A first was Resolution 00119-2021 that allowed for the registration of 44,500 Venezuelans to achieve temporary residence status. The programs seek to legalize more than 100,000 …

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The Dominican women’s volleyball team lost 3-2 to South Korea in the Tokyo Olympics, they had already lost to Serbia and Brazil. The team has yet to play Kenya and Japan, but is unlikely to move on to the next round. In baseball, the DR is scheduled next to play Mexico. The DR lost a …

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The country is experiencing lows in new cases and active cases. Yet, the Ministry of Public Health closely monitors the new variants and their impact in the Dominican Republic as curfew restrictions are reduced to a minimum. The government announced as of 2 August 2021, the National Dr. Defilló Lab has sequencing capacity to determine …

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Despite this being a pandemic year, the Dominican Republic can boast a 28% increase in its exports for January to June 2021. The volume of exports is also greater than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019. Exports for January to June 2021 were US$5.75 billion, according to the Customs Agency. Of the total, 60.16% were …

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While acknowledging that the Dominican Republic is one of the main recipients of foreign direct investment in the Caribbean and Central American region, a recent US Department of State report urges the country to do more to combat corruption and practices that affect doing business in the country. The report focuses on data for 2020. …

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The Ministry of Health announced that the government’s National Dr. Defillo Laboratory will begin genomic sequencing to identify Covid-19 strains as of Monday, 2 August 2021. The government has been sending samples to the US Center for Disease Control lab and another lab in Brazil. At a press conference, the head of the Ministry of …

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President Luis Abinader announced the new Office for the Development of Urban and Interurban Mobility Projects. The new government entity is in charge of designing, building and developing urban and interurban mass transportation projects, among other roles related to transport. The Office for the Development of Urban and Interurban Mobility Projects is a division of …

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President Luis Abinader appointed Bartolomé Yaque Pujals Suárez as the executive director of the Innovation Cabinet of his administration. Decree 465-21 explains the Innovation Cabinet is entrusted with the drafting of the National Innovation Policy of the Dominican Republic 2030. The executive act explains that the new cabinet is created to promote the comprehensive development …

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The Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the judges of the First Collegiate Court of the National District to sentence the six accused of receiving US$92 million in bribes paid by the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht to 10 and 5 years in prison. The members of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) …

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Dominican volleyball and baseball teams lost their games in Tokyo Olympics on 27 July, but not without battling to the end. The DR’s women volleyball team lost to Brazil in five sets (22-25, 25-17, 25-13, 22-25 y 15-12). The DR has yet to play South Korea, Kenya and Japan. The baseball team lost to Japan …

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