2021 – Page 162

Investigative journalist Nuria Piera dedicated her Saturday investigative report on Channel 9 to look into the draws carried out by the National Lottery, the state lottery. The report carried statements by Dominicans living in New York who said they had paid to participate in the earnings of winning tickets in past raffles. The director of …

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The Fourth Court of Instruction of the National District accepted an objection submitted by lawyer Guido Gómez Mazara against the filing of the investigation against the economist Andrés (Andy) Dauhajre, who is implicated in the US$92 million Odebrecht bribes scandal. Gómez Mazara said judge Solange Vásquez revoked the file ordered when Jean Alain Rodríguez was …

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Many famous comedians have made jokes regarding the longevity of women versus men. In the Dominican Republic, this is also very true, according to a recent report from the National Statistics Office (ONE). By 2025 the difference in the number of women versus the number of men is estimated to be around 30,000, but by …

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An observant cybernaut posted pictures of the Dominican $2,000 peso notes and said that one of them must be counterfeit. The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic was quick to refute the claim, informing the public that the most observable difference between the two bills is that the 2019 series has a green security stripe …

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The International Tourism Fair (FITUR) 2021 held last week in Madrid, Spain became the first big global tourism trade show to take place since the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s event, marked by the many protocols to avoid the spread of the virus, was attended by the Dominican Republic, one of 55 country delegations, a stark …

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Days before the start of summer, strong winds and heavy rains have drenched much of the central Cibao Valley. Historically, May is the month of thunderstorms in the Cibao Valley. Farmers fear them because they knock down fruit-bearing plants such as bananas and plantains and bruise other crops such as coffee and avocados. This past …

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The Justice Department reports an important rise in cybercrimes affecting Internet users in the Dominican Republic. The pandemic has apparently made people more vulnerable to extortion (with a new variety called “sextortion” aimed at men for the most part) and swindles. The online scams have targeted the elderly and women. The schemes are usually about …

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Millions of Dominicans chose to be vaccinated with “the one available.” As a result, most Dominicans are vaccinated with the Chinese Sinovac/Coronavac vaccine. Now new research says it is very effective. The biomedical research division of ProFamilia, a local NGO, shared findings of a study among its staff with the Health Cabinet. The study shows …

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The Ministry of Public Health says that 80% of those who have caught Covid-19 disease recently had not been vaccinated despite the availability of vaccines. The pace of young people getting vaccinated is slower than expected. The Ministry attributes the present spike to the high mobility in Greater Santo Domingo and the relaxing of preventive …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #430 reports 1,044 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 22 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 934, down from the previous day. As per Bulletin #430, with …

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