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The government has budgeted RD$4.65 billion in shadow toll payments on the Samana toll highway in the 2022 National Budget Bill. Diario Libre follows up interviewing Enmanuel Esquea, the lawyer the Abinader administration hired to review the legality of the road concession contract. As reported, Esquea understands the government would win a legal case in …

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The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) has issued a statement demanding that President Luis Abinader explain offshore companies the party says he did not include in his wealth declaration. In a press conference, PLD Charlie Mariotti and Temístocles Montás, secretary-general and vice president of the leading opposition party, indicate that Abinader has placed a large part …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #565 reports 701 new cases, a new recent record since 5 July 2021. The total includes significant increases for Santiago and Greater Santo Domingo. The authorities are tackling the rise in cases. President Luis Abinader on 30 September 2021 urged people to get vaccinated, and those that already …

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Medical societies and the Dominican Medical Association met on 4 October 2021 with Public Health Minister Daniel Rivera and unanimously voted to vaccinate children 5 to 11 years. The government had previously authorized two doses of Pfizer vaccine for children 12 to 17 years. Vaccination stations have already been set up in hundreds of schools …

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Members of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) were majority in the three-day La Romana Hilton outing to provide a comfortable setting for the legislators to study the Penal Code. Diario Libre reports that of the 24 senators and deputies that participated, 11 were from the ruling PRM party. Diario Libre reports that the legislators …

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The Abinader government will seek to implement a series of measures postponed from past fiscal reforms. The Abinader administration has opened the discussions for tax reform pact, but there is no time because the National Budget bill needed to be presented in October 2021. El Caribe reports that the government contemplates executing policy measures left …

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A story in Diario Libre on 5 October 2021 reveals that the government has budgeted RD$4.65 billion to pay for the so-called “shadow toll” awarded in the controversial Samana toll road contract. The allotment is slightly lower than the RD$4.93 billion allocated in the 2021 budget. Diario Libre highlights that the total is more than …

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The father of Leslie Rosado, Jose Rosado told journalists: “People like him [Janli Disla Batista] do not deserve to even breathe on the street.” He spoke in frustration at the wake of his daughter who preliminary investigations reveal was murdered by police corporal Disla Batista. Rosado said Disla Batista fired several shots at the vehicle …

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Dominicans found themselves without access to Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram and all of a sudden had to use smart phones as telephones and call people instead. For around six hours, locals rediscovered the old voice technologies. The Monday, 4 October 2021 outage is described as the largest so far, affecting 3.5 billion users worldwide. The …

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