2021 – Page 6

The 10th National Census of Population and Housing, normally taken every ten years, was supposed to have happened in 2020, but the pandemic and the national presidential elections teamed up to make this unfeasible. As a result, the census has been rescheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022. According to Victor Romero, the head of …

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Understanding that 2021 was a rebound year for the Dominican Republic, the last meeting of the Council of Ministers met at the Presidential Palace with President Luis Abinader. Their reports on the economic recovery process indicate the country is firmly on the way to recovery. The economic indicators, such as poverty reduction and public debt …

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Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera has announced a major effort to improve several major rivers, including the Nizao, Haina, Yuna and Camú, during 2022. The efforts are aimed at re-channeling these rivers back to their original riverbeds. The program includes educating people who live close to these rivers. Sand and gravel extraction by construction firms …

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The Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture will receive technical advice from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) to develop sustainability actions in agricultural work, mitigate the environmental impact of this important sector and develop forestry in the country. Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera described this cooperation as transcendental, highlighting Embrapa’s experience …

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Former senator Charlie Marriotti read a statement on Sunday, 19 December 2021, where the former ruling party, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) distances party leader Danilo Medina Sánchez from his brother, Alexis Medina Sanchez. Alexis Medina Sánchez is in preventive jail in Najayo waiting for trial in the Operacion Anti-Pulpo (Anti-Octopus Case). The Specialized Prosecutor’s …

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The United States Senate confirmed Dominican-born Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón as the new US ambassador to Spain and Andorra. The senators voted in a session that ran after midnight on Friday-Saturday, 17-18 December. Reynoso is confirmed together with 41 other ambassadors US President Joe Biden had nominated to ambassador posts. In the same session, the US …

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The president of the Dominican Civil Aviation Board (JAC) Jose Marte Piantini said that the two black boxes of the Helidosa Aviation Gulfstream jet were sent to the US National Transportation Safety Board in Washington D.C. to determine the causes of the 15 December 2021 aviation accident. Six US citizens died when the plane crash …

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The Real Academia de la Lengua Española officially registered the word “mangú,” for the popular mashed plantain dish typical of the Dominican Republic on 16 December 2021. The RAE says the word is used in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The definition is: “Mashed boiled green plantains with oil or butter.” …

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Leones del Escogido and Aguilas Cibaeñas are playing today, 20 December 2021, in the Quisqueya-Juan Marichal ball park in Santo Domingo at 7:15pm. The teams are tied for the fourth-place slot in the six-team Dominican Winter Professional Baseball league (Lidom). The Gigantes del Cibao won the regular season. The other teams that made the cut …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #640 with the deadline of 18 December 2021 reports 272 new cases. The overall low in Covid-19 cases in the Dominican Republic is occurring at a time when the Delta variant dominates. The Ministry of Public Health says it is possible that the new Omicron variant is already …

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