2021 – Page 124

President Luis Abinader announced late last week that all the nation’s schools would be opened to students in September. He made the announcement after receiving a report from Minister of Education Roberto Fulcar, who stated that preparations for the re-opening are far enough advanced. The remote classes will be discontinued. Education Minister Roberto Fulcar noted …

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President Luis Abinader praised the Primor Ecotourist Estates in Jarabacoa, in La Vega province during a visit he made to the mountain development on Friday, 9 July 2021. The mountain real estate development is promoted by former President Hipolito Mejia. Mejia said the development is for people who want to live there year long and …

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On 9 July, two more shipments of Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines arrived at Las Americas International Airport. The shipments were a batch of 3 million doses of Sinovac/Coronavac vaccines from China and another of 149,760 doses of Pfizer vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech in the United States. As of 9 July 2021, the Dominican Republic has received …

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Tourism Minister David Collado says passengers arriving from Spain need to present a negative PCR or antigen test starting next Wednesday, 14 July 2021. The results need to have been obtained 72 hours before the flight. Spain is a major source of tourists from the DR with many direct flights. In June, the DR began …

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The head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), Wilson Camacho has caught the Covid-19 virus. This explains his absence from the hearing for coercive measures against former attorney general, Jean Alain Rodríguez and the other seven implicated in the Medusa Operation case. Panky Corsino, in charge of communications for …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed, after a single reading, the bill that creates the Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings (Mivhed). The bill merges the Office of Public Works Supervisory Engineers of the Presidency (OISOE) with the National Housing Institute (INVI). The bill had passed in the Senate to where it now returns after the …

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The Ministry of Public Works has closed dozens of illegal and highly dangerous crossings, access roads and turnarounds on the Duarte Highway between Santo Domingo and Santiago. These informal, and deadly improvisations, generally made by locals, have caused a great number of accidents and fatalities when drivers suddenly appear or suddenly slow down to cross …

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Most of the 34 dams in the Dominican Republic were built over 30 years ago, with the oldest and smallest, Jimenoa in La Vega, some 71 years old. The newest, La Piña in Dajabón and Palomino between the provinces of San Juan de la Maguana and Azua, were inaugurated in 2020 and 2012, respectively. Most …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic says the 10.3% yearly inflation seen in the first five months of the year is ceding, and in June had fallen to 9.32%. Nevertheless, the Central Bank acknowledges the rising cost of living in the country. It explains that the cost of a typical family’s food basket has …

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Former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez had shared a video taken in the Las Americas International Airport where he strongly protested the migration alert that impeded him from leaving the country. Less than a week after he would be arrested and charged for major corruption in office. At the time, Rodríguez argued the practice was …

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