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The Ministry of Labor reported over 1.49 million workers will be impacted by the recent minimum wage agreement that went into effect starting Friday, 16 July 2021. A new classification creates categories according to volume of sales and number of employees Read more:Listin Diario DR1 News 19 July 2021

Experts on urban studies are amazed at how quickly urban areas become fetid slum areas while authorities seem to just watch. There are areas that one sees from the bridges across the Isabela and Ozama rivers or from some of the major thoroughfares. They are often nestled up against areas considered high-cost and up-scale. Others …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced that the Baní beltway is 55% completed. Public Works Minister Deligne Ascención expects the road to be in operation by September 2022. The road calls for an investment of RD$2.2 billion. It will be 19.6 km long. The bypass will enable through traffic to avoid the congestion in the …

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Administrative corruption top prosecutor, Wilson Camacho was sent home on Sunday, 18 July 2021 to complete his recovery from Covid-19. Camacho caught the disease despite on 9 June 2021 he had received the second dose of the vaccine. Read more in Spanish:El Nuevo Diario 19 July 2021

Thousands of Haitians poured into the re-opened bi-national markets in Pedernales, Dajabón and Jimaní, all along the border. People came on foot and by vehicles, to buy and sell, just like always. The binational markets reopened on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 after the shutdown for security reasons after the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations issued a note calling for the international community to contribute as much as possible to the creation of a favorable environment for internal dialogue in Haiti. The note stresses this is necessary to overcome the current crisis. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mirex) expresses the Dominican government’s concern over the …

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There continue to be more questions than answers as more is known on the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Haiti has had 20 governments in 35 years. Investigative journalist Nuria Piera traveled to Haiti with the backing of the Dominican Embassy in Haiti. She reported what appeared to be normalcy in the streets of …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) announced the seizing of 862 packages of presumably cocaine, in two interdiction operations deployed over the weekend at the Caucedo Multimodal Port. Caucedo port security forces also participated in the actions. Anti-narcotics agents and military personnel, with the cooperation of the Colombian Police and international organizations, had profiled several …

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Overall, about 49% of the Dominican population has at least a first dose of Covid-19. The mass vaccination campaign underway in the Dominican Republic places the country in the top 10 countries in the Americas in number of vaccine doses applied. The Pan American Health Organization lists the Dominican Republic 9th in the Americas in …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #486 reports 428 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 17 July 2021 deadline. Health authorities closely monitor the new variants and their impact in the Dominican Republic as curfew restrictions are reduced to a minimum. The Health Cabinet has challenged the people in the Dominican Republic …

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