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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #347 reports 381 new PCR cases for the Sunday, 28 February 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 588. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 239,998 as of the 28 February bulletin. Labs carried out 3,095 …

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The Dominican Constitution orders the President of the Republic to present before Congress, at the opening of the first regular legislative session on 27 February, the ministries’ reports, and to render account of the administration during the previous year. President Luis Abinader is the first to represent a political party other than the Dominican Liberation …

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Dominican Presidents have a constitutional obligation to report to the National Assembly each 27 February. In general, this speech, which this year was more than 10,000 words, reviews events over the previous months and sets forth plans and programs for the coming months and years. Luis Abinader did not disappoint in this aspect. While he …

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Lawyer Francisco (Pancho) Álvarez wants the government to interrogate former Public Works ministers Miguel Vargas Maldonado and Víctor Díaz Rúa on the Autopista del Nordeste/Autopista Juan Pablo II road. The civil society spokesperson understands these two should be held accountable to the country for signing the contract with the onerous clause that obliges the Dominican …

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The head of the Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC), Ivan Garcia, says that prices for many essential food products are dropping. He attributed this to initiatives carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture under Agriculture Minister Limber Cruz Lopez. Prices of garlic, onions, beans, potatoes, plantains have been dropping. García says this is also because …

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The two provinces where schools could first be authorized to reopen are Monte Plata and Elías Piña. The Ministry of Public Health reports these have a positivity rate of under 5%. Elías Piña reports 4.16% and Monte Plata 4.42%. The Ministry of Education has given priority to distance learning programs rather than to prepare public …

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Late last week Dominican ARS companies notified their customers that 100% of the Covid-19 virus hospitalization costs were no longer covered. In fact, the companies, Humana, Monumental, Universal, Yunen, Simac and Mapfre, were going to request an up-front co-pay of some RD$26,000 for patients with the virus. According to Rafael Mena, the National Association of …

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Venezuelan Yurgen Ramírez is the winner of the 42nd version of the Vuelta Ciclistica Independencia. Ramírez became the most likely winner from stage 4 when his qualities as a mountain racer turned him into the race’s undisputed leader. The 23-year old athlete competed for the Futuro team. This was his first time competing in the …

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The two Dominican film crew kidnapped on 20 February 2021 when traveling with a film convoy in Haiti were released on Friday, 26 February, after six days in captivity. The Haitian Judicial Police (DCPJ) took time to interrogate Michael Enrique and Antonio Gerer Campusano Feliz in the presence of Dominican consul and Dominican military attache …

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The Ministry of Defense, the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC), the National Drug Control Agency and the Attorney General of the Republic are all investigating the emergency landing of a twin motor Piper Seneca in the cane fields of La Altagracia province last Friday, 26 February 2021. The aircraft carries a registration number from Brazil. …

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