2022 – Page 110

The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #855 was 532, up from 461 on the previous day. This number compares to the seven-day average of daily infections (confirmed lab-reported cases) that is now 516, down again from that of the previous day. The Ministry of Public Health confirmed the overall downward trend during the 20 …

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The Presidency reports President Luis Abinader will be in Samana on Thurday, 21 July 2022 to start the Samana cruise ship dock construction. The Presidency announced the cruise ship pier will be built at Tiro al Blanco area of the Samana boardwalk. The entire Atlantic Ocean fronting area of Samana city will be subject to …

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President Luis Abinader declared 15 August 2022 as a Day of Popular Rejoicing to commemorate the centenary of the coronation of the protector of the Dominican people, Our Lady of Altagracia. The commemoration does not suspend official or private work. The Virgin of Altagracia is considered by the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic as …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed the bill that creates the National System of Protection and Integral Attention to Early Childhood and creates the National Institute of Integral Attention to Early Childhood. The law was approved unanimously with a vote of 148 deputies who were present at the session, now it goes to the Executive Branch …

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The Dominican financial system has the lowest level of credit risk in the Central American region. A report released by the Superintendency of Banks (SB) indicates that the Dominican Republic stands out for low levels of non-performing loans, lower delinquency and solvency of local financial system. As of December 2021, the delinquency indicator for the …

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The Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies, the two institutions that created Free Access to Public Information Law 200-04 some 18 years ago, are currently the entities that most frequently violate compliance with this regulation, Listin Diario reports. Since 2020 to date, Listín Diario reports it has requested on 12 occasions information …

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The United States and Dominican Republic issued a joint statement in which the two countries pledge to cooperate to address shared cyberspace threats. The statement, issued after a cyber capacity building meeting for implementing the 2030 Digital Agenda for the Dominican Republic, reaffirms mutual support for an open, interoperable, secure and reliable Internet. The US …

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The US government recommends the Dominican government document Haitian immigrants. Most Haitians do not have any legal official documentation. The US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report recommends the Dominican Republic fill the void left by the Haitian government and issue or re-issue identity documents to Haitians in border communities and Haitians already in the …

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Experienced former Canadian ambassador to the Dominican Republic, John W. Graham, in a recent overview on the failed state situation in Haiti, urges the removal of the criminal gangs and securing of world support for recovery from the damages of acute climate change in Hispaniola island. Graham acknowledges the United Nations has lost interest after …

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Several environmental and community organizations have asked the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic to join the multidisciplinary team that the Ministry of Public Health will form to carry out an investigation to establish the magnitude of the damages to health caused by the power generation barges operating in the Ozama River. The barges …

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