2021 – Page 131

The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) ordered the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to upgrade the People’s Force (Fuerza del Pueblo – FP) to majority party status. Now the political party founded by former President Leonel Fernandez in 2020 will receive a cut of the 80% of the taxpayer fund allotted to majority political parties. The FP …

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Judge Kenya Romero of the Permanent Attention Office of the National District is scheduled to hear on 2 July 2021 the pretrial custody request submitted by the Public Prosecutor Office (PGR) against former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez and six others under investigation for a major graft scheme. Rodriguez awaits the decision at the Palacio …

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Local emergency and weather authorities are monitoring Tropical Storm Elsa as it makes its way west through Caribbean Sea waters. The storm is expected to pass to the south of the country, bringing intense rains, especially for the Barahona and Pedernales provinces in the southwest. The national weather service (ONAMET) has issued a weather alert …

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TV journalist Jessica Hasbun presents “Quisqueyanos Valientes,” a four-part series on the little known struggles of Dominican athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics. The documentaries are airing since Sunday, 27 June 2021 on Colorvision, Channel 9 from 5:30pm to 7pm as a warm-up to the Tokyo Olympics. They tell the incredible stories of what these …

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The Dominican Republic men’s basketball team defeated the Philippines in an exciting game during the Tokyo Olympics qualifier in Belgrade, Serbia. The second quarter of the game ended 41-39 in favor of Philippines, but the DR remounted to win the game 94-67. The other teams are Italy and Puerto Rico. The winner gets the slot …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #469 reports 857 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 30 June 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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As of 1 July, a Pfizer Covid-19 booster dose begins to be applied in select vaccination centers around the country. Those vaccinated with Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines in the Dominican Republic are eligible for the third free jab. Getting the booster shot is voluntary. President Luis Abinader, Health Cabinet coordinator, Vice President Raquel Peña and …

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The United States government, through the US Southern Command, donated two state-of-the art mobile emergency operations centers and five medical defibrillators to the Center for Emergency Operations (COE). The grant is estimated at US$600,000. The US Embassy has donated US$12 million in assistance to the Dominican Republic for Covid-19 mitigation and disaster response and relief. …

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Eleven months after the debates opened, the Chamber of Deputies passed the around 400 articles of the revised Penal Code. The initiative received the vote of 128 legislators. Thirteen voted against, and seven deputies did not vote. The Penal Code continues to penalize abortion. The Dominican Republic continues to be among the very few countries …

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State prosecutors deposited a request for pretrial detention for former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez and six others under investigation in the Operation Medusa. The prosecutors request that the case de declared complex to give more time for the investigations. The former chief prosecutor is accused of being part of a network that defrauded the …

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