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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #355 reports 252 new PCR cases for the Monday, 8 March 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 511. For 19 consecutive days, the number of PCR reported cases has kept under 1,000. The nationwide 4-week positivity …

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President Luis Abinader and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs recognized the contributions of 14 outstanding women with the Medal of Merit. The government held the event in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater. Those honored as of Decree 143-21 were: Education: Quénida Lora; Culture: Inés Páez (Chef Tita); Professional, Science and Technology: Vivian …

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The Dominican Embassy in Paris and the City of Paris unveiled a plaque commemorating the Mirabal Sisters. The activity was on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Acento reports that since early in the morning, political personalities and the diplomatic corps accredited in France gathered at the Dominican Republic Plaza in Paris, where the ceremony …

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The three grounds for exceptions to the banning of abortion in the Dominican Republic are a trending topic as the country celebrated International Day of Women on 8 March 2021. Protest groups have urged Congress to include the three grounds in the Penal Code. The Chamber of Deputies president Alfredo Pacheco (National District -PRM) has …

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Rosa Elcarte, the local representative for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, acknowledges governments are sovereign in taking decisions such as when to return to in-person learning in schools. She said the recommendation of Unicef is for schools to reopen under hygiene protocols. She made the comment when interviewed for the La Cuestion radio talk …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations and Migration Agency issued a resolution easing requirements for Venezuelans to regularize their migratory status. Migration will now accept expired passports of Venezuelan nationals who are in Dominican territory and seek to regularize their migratory status. Resolution number 02-DGM-2021, signed by Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez and Migration Agency director Enrique …

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The Migration Agency (DGM) director stressed the Abinader administration is holding talks for the construction of a security fence on the border, not a “wall.” The Dominican government is in conversations with suppliers from Spain and Israeli. Migration director Enrique Garcia Vargas made the remark when visiting vulnerable crossing points on the border. “It is …

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President Luis Abinader and Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez hosted a selection of Haitian and Dominican journalists at the Presidential Palace on Monday, 8 March 2021. Abinader answered questions of the Haitian journalists during the activity. Dominican ambassador to Haiti, Faruk Miguel, and José Singer, special advisor to President Abinader, were at the lunch. Former …

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According to the annual report presented by the Superintendence of Pensions, workers in the Dominican Republic have accumulated RD$801.46 billion in the National Pension Fund as of October 2020. The total is 17.57% of the Gross Domestic Product. Most of the funds are deposited in Dominican government bonds managed by the Central Bank and the …

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Dominican exports to Commonwealth countries were US$913 million, while imports were US$1,003 million, said Fernando González Nicolás, speaking on the Global Commonwealth Day that takes place on the second Monday of March each year. During the activity, he read a message from Queen Elizabeth II. Also participating was Roberto Herrera, vice president of the Commonwealth …

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