2021 – Page 9

As part of the agreements reached during the meeting of the Presidents of Costa Rica, Panama and Dominican Republic for the Puerto Plata Summit and the Declaration of Puerto Plata on 11 December 2021, a High-Level Business Council (CEAN) is created among the private sector of the three countries. These three countries make up the …

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The Central Bank (BCRD) reports accumulated inflation for the year is at 7.71%. The Monthly Price Index (CPI) variation was 1.08% in November 2021. The Central Bank says that in terms of the past 12 months (November 2020 to November 2021) inflation is 8.23%. The BCRD report states that the results of the general CPI …

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Those traveling on Dominican main roads have the backing of the Ministry of Public Works road patrols, in addition to 911 Emergency Service. On Tuesday, 14 December 2021, the Ministry presented its Asistencia Vial MOPC App. Public Works Minister Deligne Ascención and the general director of the Military and Police Commission (Comipol), Brigadier General Rafael …

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The recent awarding of cushioned pensions to people in the political and show business spheres is generating controversy. N Digital reports the pensions have met with rejection by the population because the beneficiaries are people who are known to be economically well off. Among those favored with the pensions granted by the Executive Branch are …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Pacheco (PRM-National District) is confident the 419-clause Penal Code will pass in Congress before the end of the year. The Chamber of Deputies has just completed the reading of the Penal Code approved by the bicameral committee and the Senate. Now the bill passes to the floor …

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Experts and economists, who participated in the Think Economics annual economic event of the Swiss-Dominican Chamber of Commerce and Tourism (CCTDS) agreed that the reactivation of public investment, using public-private partnerships, will be key in achieving results above what is projected in 2022. The theme of the Think Economics meeting this year was “The Next …

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“In the fight against corruption and impunity, citizens must take the first step and, fortunately, that is happening in the Dominican Republic,” said Deputy Prosecutor Wilson Camacho on Tuesday, when participating in the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) held in Egypt. According to a Attorney General press release, …

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National District judge Kenya Romero sent five of the accused in the Coral 5G corruption case to serve 18-month preventive custody at the Najayo Jail in San Cristobal. The defendants are accused of running a corruption and asset laundering network. The case was declared complex. The Coral 5G case is a part two to the …

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Four of the 12 accused in the Operation Coral 5G administrative corruption case have become the new “Girones” of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, N Digital reports. Major Raul Alejandro Giron Jimenez was the first to tell all during the arraignment of several high ranking military for the opening of the Coral Operation case, the first …

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Dominican media continue to follow up on the freight truck accident in Mexico with at least eight Dominicans now identified to have died when the truck overturned on a curve in Chiapas. The Dominicans were mainly young people from the provinces of Peravia and Azua that had paid thousands of dollars to make the illegal …

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