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The Abinader administration has upped the National Budget allotment to the Dominican Rehabilitation Association (ADR) from RD$84 million to RD$140 million. ADR is the leading rehabilitation center in the Dominican Republic. For years, it did the work of the government. In 2020, Rehabilitación provided 810,551 services in the different modalities and treatments, or 61% of …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #411 reports 389 new PCR cases for the Monday, 3 May 2021 deadline. The cases reported compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 369. As per Bulletin #411, with the deadline of 3 May 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has …

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President Luis Abinader announced the relaunching of the National Jobs Committee from the platform of the Presidential Palace on 3 May 2021. He proposed a national dialogue with productive sectors to create at least 600,000 jobs by 2024. He is entrusting the Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Industry & Commerce, and Ministry of Economy to …

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The governor of Dajabón announced the suspension of a meeting between Haitian and Dominican authorities on the irrigation canal under construction in Haiti to divert the Masacre River waters. On the Haitian side of the river, a canal has been dug to irrigate farmland in Ouanaminthe, Haiti.  The Masacre River is born in the Dominican …

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First Lady Raquel Arbaje and Vice President Raquel Peña received the first doses of their Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, 3 May 2021. Both fall in the 50+ age group that is now open for vaccinating. First Lady Raquel Arbaje received her vaccine in the Club San Carlos. Both she and her husband, President Luis Abinader, …

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Resilience is a characteristic of the Dominican people. Private school communities are no exception. The parents, students, teachers and owners of private schools have decided to find a way around the Ministry of Education ban on in-person learning in Greater Santo Domingo. Groups of students are meeting in shopping mall food courts and fast food …

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US Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY 13th Congressional District) has written to US Vice President Kamala Harris asking for her backing to prioritize Caribbean and Central American countries for future distribution of surplus Covid-19 vaccines. Espaillat is also chair of the Congressional Friends of the Dominican Republic Caucus. Espaillat wrote to US Vice President Harris in …

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The Dominican Republic is recognized as the exception to all countries that gave their backs to Jewish refugee immigrants in the heydays of the Nazi regime. Ronald Lauder, president of the Jewish World Congress, recently had praise for the DR. He spoke of the Dominican Republic as the exception to the rule at a time …

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The Dominican Republic is the host country for the ALTA CCMA & Aircraft MRO Conference, the main annual technical purchasing and maintenance conference of the aviation sector. The conference will take place 22-24 August 2021 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana. The conference organizer, ALTA is the Spanish acronym for Latin American …

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Singer Manny Cruz has his wife, dancer Yeri Peguero and their newborn baby Montserrat again at home. Peguero caught Covid-19 at the end of her pregnancy and gave birth to Montserrat who was born prematurely. But then Peguero’s fight for her own life began. Despite being a dancer and fit, the virus grabbed her lungs …

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