2021 – Page 134

A car wash employee apparently went for a joy ride with a car entrusted to his care. But, unfortunately, he would run over Marilitza (Kika) Villar, the widow of the former El Seibo fireman chief, Carlos Valera Castillo, on Av. Manuela Diez Jimenez and then crash the Grand Cherokee SUV into a light post. The …

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Retired General Salvador (Chinino) Lluberes Montas says he is a victim of an insider job that cost him US$6.4 million in life savings. He had the money in safe boxes in his property in Casa de Campo, La Romana. He says the caretaker at his house and several others are under arrest, but he hasn’t …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #466 reports 872 new PCR cases for the Sunday, 27 June 2021 deadline. The new restrictions have apparently controlled 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 …

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President Luis Abinader was in Nagua over the weekend to announce the start of the construction of the Nagua boardwalk and seawall and meet with the community. The works are expected to take a year and a half. Work has begun on the construction of the Malecon at a cost of approximately RD$2.7 billion. The …

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With most of the Dominican Republic undergoing remote learning for more than 16 months, the Ministry of Education has been scrambling to provide laptops, tablets and other electronic gear to as many of public school students as possible. There are many other considerations to be taken into account, of course, such as electricity, access to …

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The Ministry of Environment together with other institutions is working on the drafting of new regulation to deal with electronic waste. According to a report by the German company Statista, which specializes in market and consumer data, by 2019 the Dominican Republic was the tenth largest generator of electronic waste in Latin America and the …

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Three manatees, Juanita, Pepe and Lupita are now on their own after the Ministry of Environment removed the net that separated their protected area of 4,150 m in Bayahibe from the open Caribbean Sea. The manatees had been rescued by the National Aquarium that cared for them for years, feeding them vegetables. The decision was …

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Current price increases of many farm products, the 10.5% 12-month inflation rate, and the prospects of ever increasing food prices for staples such as poultry, beef and wheat products have pushed the administration of President Luis Abinader to re-think his government’s farmers market program. As a result, the government now is pushing forward farm to …

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The National Traffic and Ground Transportation Institute (Intrant) has issued Resolution 01-2021 banning the civilian use of any of the lights, horns or sirens usually identified with police or rescue/ambulances. These horns and flashing lights have become more frequent of late as people strive to get from one place to another in the hellish traffic …

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The Presidential Health Cabinet, chaired by the Vice President Raquel Peña, announced last week that there would be a third round of vaccinations as part of the administration’s efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Dominicans were prompt to respond in favor and against. The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) is in favor. Other …

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