2021 – Page 244

The senator for La Altagracia province, where Punta Cana is located, has begun a campaign to tell the world that Bayahibe is in La Altagracia province. For years, Bayahibe, a small beach resort town, has promoted itself as part of La Romana province. Now Senator Virgilio Cedano wants to get the people of Higuey, the …

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Mangú, is a traditional Dominican breakfast and dinner food. It is the Dominican equivalent of mashed potatoes. Mangú is served with fried Dominican sausage or white cheese and sunny side up eggs. Now a campaign is underway to motivate the Real Academia Española (RAE) to include the Dominican word in the RAE Spanish language dictionary, …

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Distance learning is the norm, yet state university (UASD) professors are on strike, affecting thousands of students around the country. Rector Polanco says the strike affects more than 166,000 students that enrolled in the school year. The government has made millions available to the state university for online classes. The rector of the university, Emma …

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The government could have built three Samana tolls roads with what taxpayers have already paid the builders. And the concessionaires still have a contract that ensures them billions in profits for years to come. Alicia Ortega reported in her El Informe con Alicia Ortega on Monday, 8 February 2021 that the Dominican government has already …

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90-year old Manuel Salvador Gautier Castillón passed away on Monday, 8 February 2021. He is revered as an inspiring teacher by generations of architects in the Dominican Republic. He was a professor of architecture for over 20 years, sharing what he had learned throughout his prolific career. His own buildings and homes set their mark …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #326 reports 721 new PCR cases for the Sunday, 7 February 2021 deadline. The Sunday bulletin is usually well below average. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 1,291. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 224,119 for the …

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The Senate committee on tourism met late last week with high-ranking officials of the Dominican Armada (Navy) to discuss issues relating to a bill that would reduce factors affecting the country’s growth of nautical tourism. The Bill for Incentives for Nautical Recreational Tourism has the support of senator Jeanette Bournigal (PRM-Puerto Plata), who told reporters …

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The Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP) president Xiomara Guante says the conditions do not exist for return to teaching. She is speaking for the public sector. Last week, Education Minister Roberto Furcal and Health Minister Plutarco Arias said the government has talks ongoing to return to in-person classes. The Ministry of Education had …

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Protests in Haiti calling for the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse did not keep many people from attending the bi-national markets that were held on Friday, 5 February 2021 in Pedernales and Dajabon. In Dajabon, the market day was normal, only marred by the absence of merchants from nearby Cap Haitian. However, the people …

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Diario Libre publishes today a report on 4,500 political appointees in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The political appointees cost taxpayers RD$611 million a year. Since the change of government, several reports have appeared on parallel payrolls used for political favors. The report points out that several on the payroll were close relatives of …

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