2022 – Page 111

Industry & Commerce Minister Victor (Ito) Bisonó visited the headquarters of Bon Ice Cream in Herrera Industrial Zone. Bon is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The general manager of Helados Bon, Luis Fernando Enciso, highlighted the plans to expand the company’s operations in his explanations to the Minister of Industry & Commerce. During the …

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Eleven students from the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture and Design schools of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) won the grand prize for Best Seismic Performance at the 19th Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.The competition was held in conjunction with the 2022 National Conference of …

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Dominicans will be able to watch the live stream of the finals of the 400m women’s event of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon this Friday, 22 July 2022 at 10:15pm. This is the first time the Dominican Republic qualifies two women for a finals in the 400m. Marileidy Paulino qualified for the finals with …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #853 was 461 down from 601 on the previous day. This number compares to the seven-day average of daily infections (confirmed lab-reported cases) that is now 561, 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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President Luis Abinader announced a stop to the programmed increases in the tariffs of the government power distributors – EdeSur, EdeEste and EdeNorte. The President said he favors an amendment to the Electricity Pact ruling that calls for increases in the tariffs every three months to remove the electricity subsidy gradually. President Abinader said he …

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For months, the Extinction of Domain Bill that would allow the forfeiture of assets obtained through illicit means, including drug trafficking and government corruption, was studied in a committee made up by representatives of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. At the end, the bill would pass in the Senate and move to the …

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The Ministry of Public Health notified on 19 July 2022 two new confirmed cases of monkeypox (MXV) in the Dominican Republic. These are the cases of a 51-year-old female resident in Santiago de los Caballeros and a 19-year-old male resident of Monte Plata. In both cases, specific data are being withheld for ethical and privacy …

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The director of the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital, Dr. Clemente Terrero says that in only one week there have been 2,742 cases of dengue nationwide. The number is four times the 722 cases that occurred during the same week in 2021. “This means the disease has been increasing little by little,” he said. He …

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The Presidency has not responded to corruption in government revealed by investigative report aired by Alicia Ortega on procurement by the Strategic and Special Projects Agency of the Presidency (Propeep). After a first program with revelations on irregularities in contracting for waste, Alicia Ortega presented irregularities in the “Pinta tu Barrio” government welfare program by …

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Muckraking journalist Marino Zapete explained during an interview for the Esta Noche con Mariasela TV program on Channel 9 that the judiciary is moving on the denounced case of RD$1 billion in asphalt irregularly signed by former Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo during the Danilo Medina administration. Castillo would go on to become the …

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