2021 – Page 145

Driving on the defensive is a must in the Dominican Republic. The country is ranked tops on the list of highest traffic fatalities per 100,000 population. Late last week, there was a tragic accident on the Autovia del Este near San Pedro de Macoris, a reminder of the need to exercise preventive driving. The net …

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The recent, and ongoing, rains have taken around 25 municipal water systems out of service. According to the Center for Emergency Operations (COE), nearly 300,000 persons were left without potable water. Several provinces were under a Yellow Alert with landslides reported and flooding rivers and streams reported. Provinces such as Monte Plata, Greater Santo Domingo, …

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Dominicans contributed RD$3,267,000 to the children’s causes of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in the Dominican Republic. Unicef organized the fundraiser, Grand Telethon “Together for Children” on Sunday, 13 June 2021, to support the UN agency social programs in the country. Unicef director Rosa Rosa Elcarte explained that the pandemic has resulted in job …

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The Dominican Republic’s women’s volleyball team, known internationally as the “Queens of the Caribbean,” is seventh in the Nations League tournament standing. The event is serving as a warm-up for the July 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Team Dominican Republic is one of the 12 women’s volleyball teams competing in the Olympics. The Dominican Republic picked up …

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Pfizer vaccines are finally available in the Dominican Republic. Jabs can be had in Santo Domingo and Santiago. A batch of 228,150 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines arrived to Las Americas International Airport on Friday, 11 June 2021. Vice President Raquel Peña, Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ignacio Paliza and Superintendent of Health and …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #451 reports 803 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 12 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 young people. As has been happening since the …

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The Presidency announces that the Ministry of Hacienda has carried out a liability management transaction in the local market that will reduce the debt service of RD$74.9 billion for the period 2022-2027. The transaction also reduces the cost of financing by 66.2 basis points and increases the average maturity of the local peso bond portfolio …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the beginning of feasibility studies for three roads to facilitate travel to the new tourism developments in the Miches beach area of El Seibo province in the east. He announced a 102 km road would link the Autovía del Este with the towns of Vicentilla and La Cuchilla and …

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) approved a US$100 million loan (IADB-DR-L1141) for the rehabilitation and development of Puerto Manzanillo, the northwestern-most port closest to the United States, the main market for Dominican trade. The program’s objective is to improve the facilities of the port of Manzanillo, contributing to the competitiveness and insertion of regional and …

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After months of debates, the Senate committee proposed Pablo Ulloa for ombudsman and the Senate voted yes on Thursday, 10 June 2021. The votes of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) joined those of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) to enable the electio given that no party had enough votes to single-handedly impose a candidate. …

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