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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #622 with the deadline of 30 November 2021 reports 223 new cases, a record low only comparable to the very start of the pandemic in March 2020. The low in Covid-19 cases in the Dominican Republic coincides with the outbreak of the Omicrom variant in Europe and Africa. …

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President Luis Abinader announced a one-stop construction window will be in operation by the first quarter of next year through the Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings. The new facility will cut red tape so that non-complex projects can get all their permits in 60 days. Complex project paperwork would take 120 days. He said …

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Vice President Raquel Peña, who heads the Health Cabinet, says the country has mechanisms in place in case of the entry of the new Omicron variant. She spoke when attending the Casa de Campo Global Forum. She acknowledged the new variant could delay the return to normality for the Dominican people and the world. Peña …

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The director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine and Global Health of the Iberoamerican University (UNIBE), Dr. Robert Paulino Ramirez understands that the current vaccines in theory should be effective against the new Omnicron variant. Dr. Paulino Ramirez was interviewed by Huchi Lora and Carolina Santana for the El Dia TV news program. “We have …

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Roberto Herrera, president of the American Chamber of Commerce, introduced Attorney General Miriam German at the presentation at the Opal Room of the Embassy Suites hotel. German Brito gave the speech “Transformation of the Public Ministry in light of the new institutional Vision,” explaining the objectives of the new authorities at the Attorney General Office. …

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Attorney General Miriam German Brito spoke for the audience of the American Chamber of Commerce and stressed that the Attorney General Office is immersed in institutional transformation to strengthen capacities to prosecute crime but more government funds are needed. “We are aware of the financial limitations that the country and the world are going through, …

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Coming out of a pandemic year, the Dominican Republic is posting a notable accumulated average of 12.4% for the first 10 months of 2021. The inter-annual variation for October is 9.7%. Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu held a virtual press conference on 30 November 2021 to report that the expansion of the Dominican economy …

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Spokesmen for the Association of Suppliers of Electrical Materiales (Asume) oppose privatizing the management of the power distribution companies in the Dominican Republic. The three largest utilities are owned and run by the Dominican state after the privatizing of these (Union Fenosa) during the Leonel Fernandez government did not work out. The suppliers advocate that …

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Investigative reporters Addis Burgos for Desclasificado and Alicia Ortega for El Informe present two cases where privileges are irregularly being granted for companies to carry out operations in violation of the law Addis Burgos tells the plight of Henry Butler who has set up a green industry to recycle batteries here but has found that …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #621 with the deadline of 29 November 2021 reports 138 new cases, a record low only comparable to the very start of the pandemic in March 2020. The pronounced drop of Covid-19 cases in the Dominican Republic coincides with the outbreak of the Omicrom variant in Europe and …

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