2021 – Page 149

For decades, the Dominican Republic foreign policy has been to remain neutral in hot topics in neighboring countries. Recently, the Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez has used his twitter account to establish a country position on these internal affairs. Recently, Alvarez condemned the arrest of Nicaraguan presidential pre-candidates, Cristiana Chamoro and Arturo Cruz. This has occurred …

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Haitian ambassador Smith Augustin thanked the Dominican government for its decision to allow undocumented foreigners to be vaccinated. Haitians make up the largest population group of undocumented people living in the Dominican Republic. The vaccinating teams are now allowing foreigners with a fixed domicile in the Dominican Republic to be vaccinated even if they do …

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President Luis Abinader declared official mourning (Decree 363-21) on Tuesday, 8 June 2021 to celebrate the life of Leandro Guzman Rodríguez. He passed away on Saturday, 5 June 2021 at the age of 89. He was a founding member of the 14 June Movement, an movement that combatted the Trujillo regime. Guzmán Rodríguez was the …

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Aerodom, the Vinci Airports concessionaire at Las Americas International Airport, announced the installing of a modern security camera system at the Las Americas International Airport. Several youths are accused of penetrating the restricted areas of the terminal to steal part of the electrical cables of the runway lighting system, affecting airport operations in May. Aerodom …

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The Ministry of Superior Education (MESCyT) and the Association of Superior Education Institutes (AIES) announced that they will be requiring their students, teachers, administrative and support personnel to be properly vaccinated and to show their vaccination cards to return to the classroom. Superior Education Minister Franklín García Fermín and the rectors of all the universities …

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The pro-education non-governmental organization, Educa estimates that school desertion could have increased from 13 to 18% now that most public schools have been closed for in-person learning since March 2020. Educa says before the pandemic, school desertion was already high at around 9%. Public schools only began to open for in-person learning in April 2021 …

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The new Corredor Núñez de Cáceres (CNC) bus route, a monopoly of a Conatra-related company, is not working out as planned. The management of the Núñez de Cáceres Corridor (CNC) announced in a press release that in the first four months of operations of the pilot plan (from 25 January to 3 June 2021), it …

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The Supreme Court of Justice ruled that before banks or financial institutions debit people’s accounts, the account holder must be duly notified, even when the funds were erroneously deposited. The decision (0961/2021) states that no banking or financial entity may debit from the accounts of depositors any value without due notice, authorization or knowledge of …

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The prices of lumber, rebar, zinc, aggregate and other construction materials is up more than 50%, reports the Dominican Federation of merchants. It calls on the Ministry of Industry & Commerce to meet with hardware stores and importers to find a solution to the rising cost of construction. In the case of lumber, prices are …

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A major robbery at the facilities of the newly-remodeled Barahona Port, early on Monday morning (7 June 2021) affected its operations. The vandals stole the wiring system that gives energy to the machinery that lifts the freight containers unto the cargo ships. According to an El Nuevo Diario source, operations at the dock terminal were …

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