2021 – Page 87

The Dominican Republic has donated 101,000 and 304,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Honduras and Guatemala, respectively. President Luis Abinader had announced last week the donation of around 500,000 doses of vaccines. The Dominican Republic has a surplus of vaccines because the first batches contracted with pharmaceuticals did not arrive on time and the Health …

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The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), through a change of criteria, considered that the mandatory tip provided for in Article 228 of the Labor Code should not be included in the bills for meals and beverages that are sold for consumption outside of the premises where they were purchased. According to …

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An estimated 4 million people will be affected by the suspension of medical services to insurance plan affiliates in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) confirmed that Dominican Medical Association (CMD) affiliated physicians will not accept ARS insurance plans on 8 and 9 September 2021. The association is protesting the low fees the …

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Technicians from the Faculty of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) said that the Punta Catalina power plant should not be converted to operate with natural gas because the procedure would be very costly and the 752 Mw twin power plant would not increase its efficiency. On the contrary, the efficiency would …

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Thais Herrera became the first Dominican woman to climb Mount Elbrus and place the Dominican flag there. At 5,642 meters, Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe and marks the border between Europe and Asia. An industrial engineer, Herrera had already climbed the Aconcagua in Argentina, and mountains in Bolivia, Ecuador and the United …

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24-year old Emmy Peña, the representative of the Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís) province, was crowned as the new Miss Dominican World 2021, on Saturday, 4 September 2021 at the Bávaro Convention Center of the Barceló Grand Resort in Punta Cana. During the same pageant, Celines Santos was chosen as the Dominican representative in the …

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Major League Baseball celebrated the 40th homerun by Dominican young baseball star Vadimir Guerrero Jr. 22-year old Guerrero batted the homerun in the Toronto Blue Jay’s 8-0 smashing win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. This season, Vlad Jr. is third in the Majors in home runs behind Salvador Perez (41) and Shohei …

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The spread of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic continues under control. The authorities, nevertheless, are closely monitoring the virus and its variants. The national 4-week positivity rate for the 5 September 2021 Epidemiological Bulletin #536 is at 5.84%, up from the previous day. The 24-hour positivity for the day is 9.71%, up from the day …

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President Luis Abinader was photographed saluting families, couples and tourists as he toured the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, walking from Atarazana street to the Columbus Park on Friday, 3 September 2021. The Presidency last month announced the start of a US$90 million InterAmerican Development Bank program that will renovate a large number of the …

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The Abinader administration reports a surplus of RD$6.66 billion for the first semester of the year. As reported in El Dia, revenues reached RD$409.85 billion, up RD$82.56 billion, corresponding to 43.3% compared to 2020. Total spending was RD$403.19 billion. The government has executed 45.2% of the approved National Budget. 93% of the budget is current …

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