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The president of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), Fanny Carolina Salinas Fernandez, said Thursday, 17 June 2021 when visiting in Santo Domingo that for one of its members to lose parliamentary immunity, a request from the Supreme Court of Justice of the defendant’s country needs to be made. “At this moment we do not have …

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The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) of the Dominican Republic continues to approve regular and charter flights requests to the Dominican Republic. Swoop Airlines of Canada is one of the most recent to get clearance. The JAC approved 148 winter season flight operations from November 2021 to April 2022 from Ontario destinations to Punta Cana for …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #455 reports 982 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 16 June 2021 deadline. There is a spike of Covid-19 cases attributed to the entry of the more transmissible variants of the original coronavirus and the increased mixing of people. As has been happening since the start …

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President Luis Abinader was at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new Miami Marlins Baseball Education and Training Center in Boca Chica on Wednesday, 16 June 2021. The Marlins are investing US$12.5 million in the new academy for training prospects to be signed for play in Major League Baseball. President Abinader was received …

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The Polígono Central area of Santo Domingo now has its Ochoa hardware store. President Luis Abinader was present for the inauguration on Monday, 14 June 2021. The hardware store opened at Av. 27 de Febrero almost corner Av. Tiradentes. Ochoa had a Santo Domingo location, but this was in West Santo Domingo. The inauguration of …

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Sports Minister Francisco Camacho said the government will condition the Quisqueya Ball Park to prepare it for the Caribbean Series in February 2022. The stadium has been closed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Sports Minister Camacho made the announcement after meeting with the president of the Dominican Baseball League (Lidom), Vitelio …

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The Senate approved on Wednesday, 16 June 2021 the second reading of the bill that regulates customs regime in the Dominican Republic. The bill passed with the vote of 27 of 30 senators. Senator Alexis Victoria (María Trinidad Sánchez), author of the initiative, congratulated the work of the Industry, Commerce and Free Zones Committee in …

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Participación Ciudadana, the civic watchdog group, is backing Attorney General Miriam German Brito in her request for more funds to fight administrative corruption. German Brito has explained that the cancellation of many resource-producing activities due to Covid-19 has resulted in the actual resources of the Attorney General dropping to 40% less than in 2020. This …

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The Judicial Branch received a donation for the digital storage and backup of its data from the US Embassy. The counselor of the Judicial Power, judge Bionni Zayas Ledesma said the donation makes possible a gigantic step towards the digital transformation of the justice system. The Acting Minister-Counselor of the US Embassy, William Swaney, highlighted …

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The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, through the Agency for International Development (USAID), signed a memorandum of understanding with the Special Programs Agency of the Presidency (PROPEEP) to support the remediation and closure of open landfills and develop new state-of-the-art regional infrastructure as part of a Solid Waste Master Plan. The memorandum was signed …

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