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In an interview with Listin Diario, Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez highlighted efforts to streamline the foreign service. He spoke of the excess in personnel he found at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. As an example, he said that while the US had 122 staff accredited to the United Nations, China had 99, Russia 78, the …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) issued ruling 001-2021 on distributing government revenues to political parties. The JCE ruled that only the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) have a majority status. The majority status means they will share of 80% of the total funds allotted to political parties. The ruling …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) issued Resolution 001-2021 establishing that the municipal elections will be held on the third Sunday in February 2024 (18 February 2024) and the presidential and legislative elections will take place on the third Sunday in May 2024 (19 May 2024). The JCE also announced the order for the political parties …

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America Economia Intelligence includes the Dr. Hugo Mendoza Pediatric Hospital in the National District in its top ranking of hospitals and clinics in Latin America. The list includes 63 hospitals. It is the first time that a hospital in the Dominican Republic is included. The hospital was built and funded by the government and is …

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The United States Embassy in the Dominican Republic says that as of 20 January 2021, Robert W Thomas, who served as deputy chief of mission since 16 July 2020, is the Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy after the departure of former ambassador Robin Bernstein. The embassy says that Thomas will remain in charge of …

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The Attorney General Office prosecutors announced they will continue investigating possible sexual harassment by the director of the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD), Leonardo Faña. The claim was presented by his former financial director, Maria Isabel Flores. She worked at the IAD from 18 August 2020 to 11 January 2021. Faña had said Flores resigned to …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved on Wednesday, 27 January 2021, the contract to purchase around 8 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines. The contract had already passed in the Senate on 19 January 2021. The contract establishes the Dominican government will purchase 7,999,875 doses of the vaccine at the cost of US$95,998,500. The contract establishes that Pfizer …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #314 reports 1,150 new PCR cases for the Tuesday, 26 January 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 1,333. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 207,455 for the 26 January bulletin. Labs carried out 5,020 first …

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President Luis Abinader swore in the four Constitutional Court judges. The new Constitutional Court judges are Maria del Carmen Santana, Eunisis Vasquez Acosta, Jose Alejandro Vargas and Manuel Ulises Bonnelly Vega. They replace judges Wilson Ramírez, Katia Miguelina Jiménez, Hermógenes Acosta de los Santos and Ana Isabel Bonilla whose terms had expired. Maria del Carmen …

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The Non-Financial Public Sector (NFPS) debt stood at US$44.68 billion at the close of December 2020, reports Diario Libre. The amount is an increase of US$8.74 billion over the US$35.94 billion at the end of 2019. This is the largest increase in debt recorded in the last five decades and reflects the Medina and Abinader …

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