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The Senate of the Republic approved on 7 January 2021 the extension of the state of emergency for 45 days. The Chamber of Deputies had already approved the extension. The Presidency has yet to publish the executive act with the details on the extension. The government also has pending to release the instructions for next …

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The nation’s economic authorities forecast 6% growth for 2021. Manufacturing, free zones, mining, construction have recovered. Yet, the tourism industry has been the slowest to return to some kind of normalcy. In 2019, the DR received 6,446,036 million non-resident tourists, for around 17% of all tourism to the insular Caribbean and Central America. In 2020, …

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Journalist Josefina Medina writing for Hoy reveals the difficulties she confronted to find where a PCR test could be made in Greater Santo Domingo. Abinader administration Health Cabinet head, Vice President Raquel Peña said during a press conference at the Presidential Palace that there were sufficient tests for all who needed them. Deputy Minister of …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #294 reports 1,115 new PCR cases for the Wednesday, 6 January 2021 deadline. The 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases is 879, down from the previous week. Labs carried out a low 3,568 first tests, slightly above the already low 14-day average that is 3,372. …

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President Luis Abinader congratulated his economic team for delivering better fiscal results than expected. In a press conference from the Presidential Palace, Abinader announced that the year ended with the deficit at 7.7% of Gross National Product, compared to the budgeted 9.4%. He highlighted this is well below the average statistics for the region. Abinader …

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President Luis Abinader published Child Marriage Law 1-21 that eliminates legal marriage for those under 18 in the Dominican Republic. Previously, parental and judge authorization allowed girls 15-17 to marry.Child Marriage Law 1-21 amended various provisions in the Civil Code (Law 659-94) and now prohibits persons under 18 years of age from getting married. The …

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The Dominican Republic posted a statement on its social media platforms condemning the attack by Trump extremists on the US Capitol on Wednesday, 6 January 2021. The attack occurred when US legislators were in session to confirm the electoral college voting that gave the presidential election win to President-elect Joe Biden. “The Dominican government condemns …

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The Metropolitan Office of Bus Services (OMSA) announced the public transport buses would not be running over the weekend of Saturday, 9 January and Sunday, 10 January 2021 due to the curfew schedule. By Decree 740-20, the Abinader administration has reduced commercial activities from 5am to 12 noon. The longer curfew seeks to contain the …

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After President Luis Abinader appointed Jaime Marte Martínez the president of the National Drug Council, the press was prompt to recall the missing vehicles scandal when the latter served as Police chief.Marte Martínez was police chief during the last two years of former President Hipólito Mejía’s administration, from 2 January 2002 to 16 August 2004. …

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The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) clarified that the CMD is not calling for rejecting the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero says the CMD understands the vaccine is less effective and the government should have given priority to purchasing the Pfizer vaccine. Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero had said on …

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