2021 – Page 121

Commercial activities at the border with Haiti are back to normal. The border was closed on 7 July 2021, following the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez confirmed to reporters after a government council meeting on 14 July 2021 that “trade is already flowing.” The Abinader administration had already reported …

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The Santo Domingo Metro Office (OPRET) announces that as of Wednesday, 14 July 2021 the schedules for the Santo Domingo and Metro services are back to normal. The decision is taken after the Presidency issued Decree 432-21 starting the second phase of the Plan for the Flexibilization of Covid-19 Restrictive Measures that calls for a …

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Law 122-21 transforms the National Export Bank into the Development and Export Bank (Bandex). The new role of Bandex is to channel resources to support projects of high economic and social impact for the Dominican Republic. Bandex will now offer financing with longer terms and grace periods than commercial banks. General manager Juan Mustafa Michel …

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The president of the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Fedomu), Kelvin Cruz and Tourism Minister David Collado signed on 14 July 2021 a collaboration agreement to promote local tourism. The agreement calls for promoting the attractions of the municipalities through Ministry of Tourism channels. Collado is a former mayor of the National District. The signing ceremony, …

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Dominican tourism has recovered 80% of the pre-pandemic number of visitors. Non-resident air arrivals in June were 462,536. 75% of the travelers came from the United States, says the Ministry of Tourism. June travel is 19.6% more than in May. Non-resident air arrivals have been increasing since March 2021. The numbers as of the 21st …

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The Ministry of Public Health reports that the province of La Altagracia could soon qualify to be curfew free. La Altagracia is where Punta Cana, the largest vacation destination of the Caribbean is located. The Abinader administration has announced that provinces where 70% of the population is vaccinated with a second dose could be relieved …

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Haiti received its first batch of 500,000 vials of Moderna vaccine on 14 July 2021. The medical authorities of the country had previously rejected an earlier dispatch of AstraZeneca vaccines. The first vaccines received in the Dominican Republic were AstraZeneca vaccines with which front line medical workers were vaccinated. Thousands of Haitians have been vaccinated …

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The Central Bank reports that remittances in the first half of 2021 were 51.5 % more than in 2020. Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a record year in remittances, with Dominican expats sending home more than in 2019. Between January and June of this year, remittances have totaled US$5.26 billion, US$1.78 billion more than for …

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Former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez was sent to Najayo Jail during the early morning of 14 July 2021. The day before, he was sentenced to serve 18 months of pretrial custody in the San Cristóbal jail. The news became the trending topic for the day. People also referred to the case of the “plantains” …

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Colombian media has been sharing details on what could have happened in Haiti since day one when it was known that Colombians had been at the scene of the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. The Haitian government early on has accused the Colombians of their involvement in the murder on Wednesday, 7 July 2021. …

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