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The Senate approved on 18 May 2021 the presidential request for a 45-day extension of the National State of Emergency from 30 May through 13 July 2021. The bill now passes to the Chamber of Deputies for approval. The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is the majority in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. …

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The US Justice Department announced the arrest on 17 May 2021 of Dominican deputy Miguel Andrés Gutierrez Díaz. 58-year old Diaz is a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the province of Santiago. He represents the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party. He was arrested when arriving on the evening of 17 May 2021 to the …

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The Chamber of Deputies issued a note giving its position on the arrest on drug trafficking charges of ruling Modern Revolutionary Party deputy, Miguel Gutiérrez Díaz. Gutiérrez Díaz was arrested when arriving to Miami International Airport. A grand jury in Miami had indicted him on 11 March 2021. The arrest took place in coordination with …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) announced the firing of five of its agents for acting in an unjustified and excessive manner against a family traveling in a vehicle on the evening of 18 May 2021 in the province of La Romana. The family is named as Aneudy Pilier, his wife Rosangela and four children. …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #425 reports 630 new PCR cases for the Monday, 17 May 2021 deadline. The cases reported compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 820. As per Bulletin #425, with the deadline of 17 May 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has …

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President Luis Abinader was at the Ciudad Sanitaria Luis Eduardo Aybar (Morgan) for the formal delivery of new facilities at the medical center, the largest in the country. The maternal (B1) and child care (B2), security, and forensic pathology are in operation. During his participation in the event, President Luis Abinader said new hospitalization units …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved the addendum for an additional 2,000,115 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the contract with Pfizer Free Zone Panam for US$24,001,380. This increases the contract that was originally for 7,999,875 doses dated 29 January 2021. The Abinader administration is purchasing 9,999,990 doses of the vaccine for a total of US$119,999,880. Each …

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President Luis Abinader was in Moca, a prime farming area in the northcentral province of Espaillat, for the celebration of the National Farmers’ Day. He spoke with pride on the extensive planting that has taken place since the start of his government in August 2020. “Today we can say that the Dominican countryside is sown …

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Public Health Minister swore in Dr. Eladio Perez as Deputy Minister of Collective Health on Monday, 17 May 2021. The appointment was made by Decree 279-21. He replaces Dr. Ivelisse Acosta Reyes, who resigned. Dr. Perez is a graduate of the state university UASD medical school, Cum Laude. An epidemiologist, he also has a master’s …

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Labor Minister Luis Miguel de Camps clarified during an interview with Edith Febles on Monday, 17 May 2021, that private labs continue to authorize only one free PCR test per affiliate a year. The announcement came following the National Social Security Council (CNSS) decision that ordered the Superintendency of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril) to …

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