2021 – Page 129

The government of President Jovenel Moise has named Ariel Henry to the post of Prime Minister. Henry was minister of interior and territorial communities in 2015 under President Michel Martelly. Ariel is the 7th prime minister appointed by President Moise. Haiti Libre reports that a decree with the information was published in the official newspaper …

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 The corpses of two pilots that died in a small airplane crash in the south of Haiti were sent to the Dominican Republic on 5 July 2021. Dominican consular officers received the corpses of Amin Abel Perez and Ronny Cedano Beras. The deceased worked as pilots in Haiti. They were on board a six-seater monomotor …

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Miss Dominican Republic, 23-year old Kimberly Jimenez announced her boyfriend, Italian Lukas Foiani proposed to her during her visit to Sorrento, Italy. Jimenez had made the top 5 of the Miss Universe pageant. Diario Libre reports that Jimenez had been very discrete about her relationship with the Italian businessman. Reports are that he markets luxury …

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A large Saharan dust cloud is moving slowly across the Caribbean and will begin to be felt in full as of Wednesday, 7 July 2021. It will bring high temperatures and hazy skies. Jean Suriel, weather forecaster for CDN News, forecasts the hot temperatures and hazy skies will continue through the weekend. Follow the story …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #473 reports 566 new PCR cases for the Sunday, 4 July 2021 deadline. The new restrictions have checked the spike of Covid-19 cases that is attributed to the entry of the more transmissible variants of the original coronavirus and the increased mixing of people, confounded with …

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The Health Cabinet challenges the people in the Dominican Republic to get fully vaccinated sooner than later. The Presidency announced on 3 July that it would consider removing curfew restrictions in municipalities where 70% of the people have at least two doses. 62% of the people over 18 years have received at least one dose. …

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President Luis Abinader signed the latest extension of the current National State-of-Emergency into law this weekend. There are some new twists to the provisions regarding the curfew hours and the time allowed to get home from work. Plus, in the new curfew schedule that goes into effect Wednesday, 7 July 2021, there is no longer …

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The Ministry of Hacienda submitted a complementary national budget (PGN2020) to the Chamber of Deputies. The changes call for readjustments in income, expenditures and financing and take into account the evolving of the macro-economic aspects in the current year. Hacienda expects an increase in tax collections but also says the government needs to spend more, …

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President Luis Abinader declared Monday, 5 July 2021, a day of official mourning for the death of politician Tirso Mejía Ricart on Saturday, 3 July 2021. Decree 420-21 orders the flag to fly at half-mast in military precincts and all public buildings. Mejía Ricart was a medical doctor. He was 85 years old and died …

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The board of directors of Grupo Puntacana named Frank Elías Rainieri Kuret the new president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. He replaces his father, the original developer and founder of the Punta Cana tourism destination, Frank Rainieri. Rainieri Sr. will continue to serve as chairman of the board. The company says the …

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