2021 – Page 8

A Helidosa Aviation Group Gulfstream jet crashed at 5:25pm in the grass field near the main runway of Las Americas International Airport. On board were six passengers and three crew. The private plane had departed at 5:09pm from La Isabela International Airport in northern Santo Domingo on a flight to Orlando, Florida. The pilot reported …

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The Ministry of Interior and Police is calling for prudence to avoid a Covid-19 outbreak and other unfortunate situations during the Christmas holidays. The call comes with the announcement of the extending for two hours of the sale and serving of alcoholic beverages in restaurants, bars and colmados. The government clears the sale now from …

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Major General Juan Manuel Méndez García, the director of the Center for Emergency Operations (COE) announced the traditional Christmas and New Year safety programs. The program is to be known this year as: “Conciencia por la Vida, Navidad y Año Nuevo 2021-2022.” During a press conference held on 15 December 2021, Mendez García said that …

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The ministries of Environment and Economy, the German Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and dozens of scientists, government officers, environmentalists and tourism sector representatives have joined forces for the Coralmania 2021, the largest massive coral transplant exercise in the Central American and Caribbean region. This December, three countries (Costa Rica, Honduras and the Dominican Republic) are …

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The deal the Abinader government reached with the owners of the Samana toll road concession continues to make headlines. Now it is known that the government accepted not to prosecute the concessionaires in exchange for the ending of the contract that would have expired in 2038. Emmanuel Esquea Guerrero, the lawyer the government had hired …

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The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons (PETT), in coordination with the Prosecutor’s Office of the district of Higuey obtained a 10-year prison sentence for three men who last year attempted to transport 45 Dominicans and Haitians to Puerto Rico illegally. The defendants were arrested in May 2020 for …

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Filming crews caused havoc in Santo Domingo’s Piantini neighborhood and environs this Wednesday, 15 December 2021. The crews were shooting the Netflix TV show Suriname. One of its leads, Park Hace-soo worked in the hugely popular series Squid Game, which is famous worldwide, and has an assured role in the Korean version of The Paper …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #636 with the deadline of 14 December 2021 reports 206 new cases, up from the previous day. 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 …

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President Luis Abinader announces at least 22 flights of the new-to-market low cost carriers Sky Cana and Eastern Airlines from John F. Kennedy and Newark international airports in the New York and New Jersey area to Santo Domingo and Santiago. The fares on these flights will not exceed US$500 round trip, including the taxes and …

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President Luis Abinader ordered strict controls in the National Police and the Armed Forces to avoid waste and mafias in the dispatch of fuels and other administrative areas. A recent Chamber of Accounts audit revealed significant irregularities in fuel transactions at the military and Police. The President said that given the new findings, the Comptroller …

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