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The vaccinating with the second doses of the AstraZeneca and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines is underway. Reports are that people are visiting the vaccination sites as programmed. The second dose inoculation drive will continue during the Easter Week holidays. Read more in Spanish:El Caribe Presidency Hoy Listin Diario 29 March 2021

He had tied with Puerto Rican Rafael Campos during the third round of the PGA Tour at the Corales Golf Course in Punta Cana. Yet the wind played to his advantage. So, it was US golfer Joel Dahmen who would receive the trophy for the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship on Sunday, 28 March …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #374 reports 401 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 27 March 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 360. For more than a month now, the number of PCR reported cases has kept under 1,000. As per …

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The Ministry of Tourism issued Resolution DJ-007/2021 with special regulations for the industry during the Easter Week, the peak time for domestic tourism. The Ministry says that hotels are reporting 70% occupancy and is concerned this could result in a spike in Covid-19 cases in the country. Most Dominican hotels have reopened, and several that …

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The National District’s city government is inviting to a public hearing on the proposal to turn Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill avenues into one-way avenues. Public transport would be improved on these avenues. The plan is to reduce traffic congestion. On Friday, 26 March 26 at 10am in the Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi Session Hall, the …

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Senate president Eduardo Estrella created two working committees to choose the Chamber of Accounts’ plenary and the Ombudsman and their alternates. The Chamber of the Accounts is the government body in charge of auditing government entities. The committee that will work on the shortlists for members of the Chamber of Accounts is composed of Senator …

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The Chamber of Deputies announced on Wednesday, 25 March 2021, it will resume the reading of the amendments incorporated in the Penal Code next Monday, 5 April 2021 at 2pm. The first reading covered from Art. 1 to 76 and passed in the Chamber of Deputies. The deputies are reading 75-100 articles a day to …

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The National Transportation Council (Conachotrán) represented by Fredermido Ferreras Díaz and Leonel Ferreras González sent a motion to the Constitutional Court on 12 March 2021 asking it to declare as article 101 of the by-laws of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) that prohibit presidential re-election in the party in violation with the Dominican Constitution. …

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The Attorney General Office gave Jompéame seven days as of 24 March 2021 to remove publications that it says affect children and adolescents’ rights. It gave the non-profit seven days to comply with the order. Olga Diná Llaverías, head of the National Agency for Children, Adolescents and Family at the Attorney General Office, signed the …

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Dominican businessman Eduardo Pellerano Nadal is suing former Minister of Hacienda Donald Guerrero for alledgedly taking advantage of his position in government to carry out maneuvers that divested him of his ownership of AutoGermana, the local dealership for BMW vehicles in Puerto Rico. Pellerano Nadal is also shareholder in AutoGermánica, the BMW dealership in the …

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