2021 – Page 99

The Ministry of Defense announced it has shipped food and medicines to Haiti for the earthquake victims. Navy ships and Air Force aircraft have been traveling to Haiti with the dispatches of food and medicines. The Ministry of Defense press release explains that the Social Plan of Social Assistance of the Presidency and the Economic …

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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 5.70%. The 24-hour positivity for the day was 5.36%, up from the previous day. The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department …

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President Luis Abinader reprogrammed the annual presidential rendition of accounts for this Wednesday, 18 August 2021 at 9pm. This time around, the speech will be aired from the Presidential Palace. A large stage has been set up for the presentation. Several TV stations have put together news teams to comment on the speech. The rendition …

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Diario Libre reports Sports Minister Francisco Camacho removed 626 persons from the payroll of the Ministry of Sports after the change of administration. The payroll of the Ministry in August 2020, the first month of the Abinader administration, was RD$57,787,795 and had dropped to RD$43,381,044 a month for payroll. But now new staff has been …

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When 10-year old , John Martez received a scholarship to study music at Berklee College of Music. The musician-to-be was told he had to wait until he was 18 years old to travel to Berklee. Now that he is 18, he has the scholarship and his supporters have organized a fundraiser at the Casa de …

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Banco Popular Dominicano’s institutional advertising campaign “El Lado Positivo” (The Positive Side) won the gold medal for the best Communications and Public Relations Campaign in the Public Service of the Year category at the 18th edition of the prestigious Stevie® Awards. A jury composed of 260 executives assessed the campaign as “a great contribution to …

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The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) took advantage of the change of administration and authorities at the Victoria Jail to lobby for the release of the so-called Luis Peña Valdez, a man who spent 12 years in the jail despite never having been legally charged. Peña Valdez was never declared by his parents. He was …

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In 2010, Dominican medical and rescue teams traveled to Haiti from day after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Haiti. The Dominican teams were the first to arrive to help rescue and treat earthquake victims. This time around the situation is different. Back in 2010 there were no kidnapping gangs. Today, kidnappings are described as …

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The National Symphony Orchestra will pay tribute to the memory of Margarita Copello de Rodríguez and to maestros Julio de Windt and Ramón Antonio (Papa) Molina in the season opening concert scheduled for Wednesday, 25 August 2021 at the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater. The National Symphony Orchestra season was cancelled in 2020. …

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After the rains brought by two passing storms, Fred and Grace, the sun is again shining for most of the Dominican Republic. It is time to dry the clothes in the sun and dry out home furniture affected by flooding. It is time to improve roofing and other preventive measures to prepare for bad weather …

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