2021 – Page 76

47-year old Enrique Figueroa, a resident in New York, was arrested after threatening on social media to kill President Luis Abinader who is in New York to attend the 76th UN General Assembly. Abinader is scheduled to speak on Wednesday, 22 September at the UN. ABC News journalist was first to tweet: “A man arrested …

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Media reports record attendance at public schools nationwide for day one in school. Around 2.8 million students are enrolled in public schools nationwide. In-person learning resumed on 20 September 2021 in all schools nationwide. Previously, most private schools had already reopened for face-to-face classes. Schools in the Dominican Republic had been closed since March 2020. …

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The Superintendence of Electricity announced that as of October 2021 there will be increases in power tariffs nationwide. Resolution 075-2021 announces new rates and says that these will be revised every three months. More than 90% of electricity users are expected to be impacted with the higher rates. The resolution affects consumers that receive the …

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Local media is reporting that the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (Intrant) is giving motorcyclists until 20 October 2021 to get their papers in order. The measure covers motorcyclists that used the vehicles for personal transportation to motoconcho (motorcycle taxis), deliveries and couriers. The government agency has allowed motorcyclists to pay a single …

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Santiago judge Iris Borges postponed the arraignment and preventive custody hearing for first cases in the Operation Falcon drug trafficking and money laundering scheme for a third time. The hearing was for around 23 people that are under arrest while others are under investigation in the case. The new hearing is set for Wednesday, 29 …

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Juan José de la Cruz-Morales, of the Miches area in the east, accused in the drug trafficking and money laundering case Operation Falcón, is the first to be extradited to Puerto Rico to face criminal charges in the US justice. He was known as the “Cacique del Este”. A special airplane landed at San Isidro …

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The spread of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic continues under control, despite the confirmation that the Delta variant is in circulation. The authorities are monitoring the virus and its variants. The national 4-week positivity rate for the 19 September 2021 Epidemiological Bulletin #550 is at 6.37%, down from the previous day. The 24-hour positivity for …

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President Luis Abinader is in the New York area for a series of encounters with the Dominican diaspora and to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, 22 September 2021. He returns on Thursday, 23 September. An estimated 1.5 million Dominicans live in the New York area. New York is regarded as the …

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Public schools reopen on Monday, 20 September to in-person learning all around the country. In the protocol for the reopening, the Ministry of Education has set a distance of 1.5 meter between each desk and prevalence to well-ventilated classrooms. Classrooms that use air-conditioning, must naturally ventilate the rooms several times a day, and daily sanitizing …

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The director of the largest pediatrics public hospital, the Dr. Robert Reid Cabral in Santo Domingo, and the president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) are open to vaccinating children 6 to 11 years. The Delta variant now in circulation in the Dominican Republic has been known to affect younger children more than the other …

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