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A report in Diario Libre by Marvin Cid on 27 May 2021 focuses on how illegal agriculture continues in the La Vega mountain area of Valle Nuevo National Park. Francisco Domínguez Brito when serving as minister of Environment agriculture in 2016 had ordered the end to farming in the national park area. Under his mandate, …

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The First Court of Permanent Attention of the National District judge ordered 27-year-old Ninoska Brito Montero to pay a fine of RD$500,000 and appear periodically before the judge. Judge Lisa Veras did not order Brito Montero to jail, but said the woman will not be able to leave the country. Brito Montero told the judge …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #433 reports 1,702 new PCR cases for the Tuesday, 25 May 2021 deadline. Greater Santo Domingo concentrates the most new cases. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 1,063, up from the previous day. As per Bulletin #433, with …

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President Luis Abinader was in southwestern Barahona on 26 May 2021 where a routine council of ministers and department directors meeting was held. He announced that the government would be investing RD$6.42 billion in infrastructure works for the southwestern provinces of Barahona, Bahoruco, Independencia and Pedernales, the Enriquillo Region. He said many of the projects …

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The Ministry of Public Health announced new lockdown schedules and restrictions for Greater Santo Domingo (National District and Santo Domingo province). There is a pronounced spike in Covid-19 spread in the capital city area. Lockdown as of this coming Thursday, 27 May 2021 will be from 8pm to 5am, with three free transit hours. That …

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The president of the Association of Private Educational Institutions (AINEP) reported that 200 private schools in Greater Santo Domingo started the process of a gradual and voluntary return to the classroom. All private schools in the Dominican Republic had been officially closed since March 2020. The Ministry of Education authorized the reopening of private schools …

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The Chamber of Deputies is expected to close for two weeks, given the spread of Covid-19 among members in Congress. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco says that at least a dozen of deputies have caught the disease. He says another 50 employees have tested positive for Covid-19. Pacheco, who was abroad …

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The Ministry of Public Health received another shipment of one million Sinovac/Coronavac vaccines and syringes from China. The batch brings the total of vaccines imported from China to 5,318,000. Vice President Raquel Peña, at the airport to receive the shipment, said the new batch was purchased at US$18 per dose. The new batch arrived on …

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The Second Court of Instruction of the National District imposed an electronic ankle shackle as an additional coercive measure on Marisol Franco, spouse of arrested drug trafficker César Emilio Peralta (César el Abusador). The court ordered that Franco continue under house arrest and that she cannot leave the country. She is accused of money laundering. …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #432 reports 644 new PCR cases for the Monday, 24 May 2021 deadline. Greater Santo Domingo concentrates the spike in cases. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 965, up from the previous day. As per Bulletin #432, with …

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