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The Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) reports March 2021 statistics show 263,857 non-resident foreign air arrivals. This is a 56% increase over February 2021 arrivals and 3.4% over March 2020. Air traffic was shot down in March 2020. The Ministry is optimistic that the numbers in April 2021 will surpass those in this March. US citizens …

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The president of the business for education group, Educa (Acción Empresarial por la Educación), Samuel Conde said over the past seven years the government built 42,500 classrooms, considerably increased wages of teachers and added more sections in pre-school, elementary and secondary levels, and improvements in vocational learning programs.He says these have been “fat years” for …

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The Abinader administration is requesting an extension of the National State of Emergency for another 45 days. The present National State of Emergency expires on 16 April. The Chamber of Deputies approved the extension and sent the bill to the Senate. The declaring of a National State of Emergency allows for the government to carry …

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The Presidency issued Decree 211-21 and Decree 212-21 dividing into three phases the plan for disarmament of the population. Phase 1: The Ministry of Interior and Police will promote the legal procedures for granting weapon permits. Phase 2: The implementation of the plan for voluntary handing in of firearms and ammunition. The handing in will …

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Parents of several of the six arrested in the case of the patrol that fired 32 shots against a Kia vehicle, killing two on board (Eliza Muñoz and Joel Díaz) and injuring a third of four occupants on the evening fo 30 March 2021. The chief of the Police said in an Alicia Ortega interview …

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The president of Alianza País, Guillermo Moreno expressed his indignation at the recent killing by Police of two religious pastors in Villa Altagracia, San Cristóbal province in what the Interior & Police Minister described as a “confusion.” Moreno described the National Police as “a rotten and corrupt body that is not worth reforming.” He said …

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The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Pepca) requested the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) declare inadmissible and reject the nullity of the search warrant as filed by the lawyers of the Chamber of Accounts. Pepca argues that the nullity of an act proceeds when irregularities of form and substance have been proven, which has not occurred in …

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The Embassy of South Korea and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) have donated 500,000 facial masks to the Ministry of Education for use as part of the protective gear for classroom learning in 48 municipalities. The Ministry of Education authorized a semi return to in person learning in those municipalities. The Ministry of Education …

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“Women will make the change happen, or there will not be change,” writes Nelson Espinal Báez in an op-ed piece on Wednesday, 7 April in Diario Libre. He is an expert on negotiations. He explains it was Dominican women who led the Marcha Verde movement in 2017. The movement was ignored by the then ruling …

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Gulf Oil announces it will be expanding its operations to the Dominican Republic. Gulf Oil is a leading distributor of motor fuels in the United States with a growing international division. Gulf Oil International is present in 160 countries and has around 3,000 stations around the world in both retail fuels and lubricants. The company …

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