2021 – Page 209

Google Maps has incorporated the name of Little Dominican Republic to a large area of Upper Manhattan. The area was officially given the name in September 2018. The footprint goes from 145th Street to 220th Street. Uptown Collective, an online news site, and the Rick H. Podcast sent out tweets on Tuesday, 24 March celebrating …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #371 reports 389 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 24 March 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 427. For more than a month now, the number of PCR reported cases has kept under 1,000. As per …

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President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado were in Miches, in the eastern province of El Seibo, for the presentation of the Pro Miches development project on Wednesday, 24 March 2021. The project contemplates the construction of 3,128 hotel rooms and 1,423 residential vacation units. The project as initially contemplated, would create 9,000 jobs. …

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Spain’s Secretary of Trade, Xiana Margarida Méndez Bértolo spent two days in the Dominican Republic meeting with government ministers to address ways to increase cooperation, investment and trade between the two countries. She highlighted that the trade deficit is compensated by remittances of Dominicans living in Spain and the thousands of Spaniards that vacation in …

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Román E. Caamaño, director of the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC), says that the Dominican Republic has one of the highest rates of aviation recovery in the world. Caamaño highlighted that the country already has restored flights with 32 international airports. On a supervisory tour of the Punta Cana International Airport, Caamaño observed that at …

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President Luis Abinader risks being the big loser if he continues to back a referendum to decide if the three grounds for abortion are approved for the Dominican Republic, says Nelson Espinal, a national expert on negotiating.  Espinal sees the President would be losing an exceptional opportunity to consolidate his political leadership. “When people vote …

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The government of Panama established new regulations for the granting of tourist visas to Dominicans. The visa application mechanism for those interested in traveling to Panama now needs to be made in the person’s country of origin and/or residence or through legal proxy before the Panamanian National Migration Service. Since 2018, only a tourist card …

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The judges of the Second Collegiate Court of the National District sentenced 26-year old Gabriel Villanueva to 20 years in prison on Wednesday, 24 March 2021. He was found guilty of causing the death of his girlfriend, 21-year old Andreea Celea by throwing her from the eighth floor of the hotel where they were staying …

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The Ministry of Culture, the Delegation of the European Union in the Dominican Republic and the Fundación Sinfonía, Inc. announced the winners of the Festival Lírico del Caribe 2021. The event promotes cultural exchange among young, up-and-coming lyric singers in the Caribbean. 116 lyric singers participated and eight were chosen for the closing concert performance. …

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The Covid-19 advisor of the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Eddy Pérez Then, explained that the country registers a “slight increase” in the transmissibility of Covid-19. Dr. Pérez urged people to keep the protective measures of physical distancing, mask-wearing, keeping in areas with good ventilation, and hand hygiene. Dr. Perez Then said that the rate …

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