2021 – Page 97

Expo Cibao, a five-day event focused on the central Cibao region, will be held from 29 September until 3 October 2021 at the Santiago Central Park (the old airport grounds on Bartolome Colon Ave). The activity has been scaled back for Covid-19 protocols and this year there will be but 140 exhibitors. This year’s theme …

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During his 18 August 2021 first year speech, President Luis Abinader urged the amending of the Constitution. Overtly, Abinader is arguing the need to strengthen the justice system and make it more independent. The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) does not have the two-thirds majority in Congress to do so and must secure the vote …

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A report in Listin Diario observes that two of the lead accused in the Operación 13 (case of the rigged National Lottery draw), and the Operación Medusa on corruption at the Attorney General Office under Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez have not turned themselves in. State prosecutors are on the trail of Leonidas Medina Arvelo …

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The director of the Center of Seismology at the state UASD university, Ramon Delanoy urged Dominicans to inspect their homes for earthquake vulnerabilities and correct them. The warning to secure homes is again made now that a second major earthquake hit in southern Haiti, just around 10 years after a first. Historically speaking, a major …

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Since 17 July 2021, the Ministry of Public Health bulletins account for much less than 400 new Covid-19 cases. This week there is a record four days of no fatalities and the number of active cases has been declining significantly. The past four days, there have been no deaths reported for Covid-19. The Health Cabinet …

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Vaccinations have been slow in happening in August, and the seven-day rolling average from 13 August to 19 August is now at 26,020 compared to 65,440 for 13 July to 19 July, a month ago. But the carrot of curfew-free times is being dangled to encourage Dominicans to get vaccinated. President Luis Abinader has said …

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President Luis Abinader recognized the contributions made by Dominican businessman Felipe Vicini to sports in the Dominican Republic. President Abinader delivered a plaque to Vicini at the Presidential Palace and recognized the difference the Vicini-masterminded Creando Sueños Olimpicos (Creso) and Programa Olimpico Dominicano de Beisbol (Probeisbol) programs have had in the country’s winning five Olympic …

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The prevalence of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic continues on the downward trend begun in July after the May Mother’s Day spike. The national 4-week positivity rate has dropped again and is now at 5.38%. The 24-hour positivity for the day was 5.78%, down from the previous day. The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department …

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The Dominican government announced on Thursday, 19 August 2021 the buyback of the 49% shares Venezuela had purchased in the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa). The government paid US$88.1 million to resume full control of the state company. As reported, Venezuela had paid US$131 million for its 49% ownership in 2010. Hacienda Minister Jose Manuel Vicente …

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Two-time silver medalist Marileidy Paulino received her RD$8 million check for her 400 m run in Tokyo 2020, plus a fifth of the RD$8 million check she shared with four members of the silver-winning 4×400 mixed relay in the Olympics. President Luis Abinader delivered the checks on Thursday, 19 August 2021 at the Presidential Palace. …

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