2022 – Page 123

The Permanent Committee on Economy, Planning, and Development of the Chamber of Deputies met with airline executives to see what they could do to cut the cost of fares to the Dominican Republic. It is a fact that tickets to San Juan, Puerto Rico or Miami cost as much as a budget ticket to Europe …

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A group of deputies in the Dominican Congress have suggested that Beata Island, a 28 km2 island that is seven kilometers off the very most southern tip of the Dominican Republic, Cape Beata, be turned into a high-security prison. They see the new jail as a solution to the very serious issue of overcrowding in …

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The general coordinator of Citizen Participation, Joseph Abreu warns that the Ombudsman Office contracting with the UNDP is being done outside the mandate of Procurement Law 340-06. Joseph Abreu joined those questioning the millionaire contracts that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has been obtaining in purchases and contracting of goods and services for the …

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The environmentalist Luis Carvajal denounced on Friday, 1 July 2022 that the Francisco Alberto Caamaño National Park is prey to more than a thousand active ovens used to manufacture charcoal. He criticized lack of action by the government to combat the continuous extraction of guayacán wood and that of other trees from the natural reserve. …

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The country is celebrating the life of marine biologist Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi. She was 90 years old when she passed away last week. From the forum of her classes at the state university (UASD) and through her research, Bonnelly made people aware that we are an island and we have to look to the …

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Miss Universe 2022 will not be held in the Dominican Republic. According to media reports, the event would have cost the Dominican government US$15 million. Nevertheless, the critical obstacle to the hosting of the event is that resorts in Punta Cana where the event would have been held are booked for the year. Andres Marranzini, …

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The outright number of cases of Covid-19 has been climbing in recent weeks, yet the Ministry of Public Health has reported no deaths from the virus for the past three weeks. The last death was reported in the 7 June 2022 bulletin. Most new cases are occurring in Santo Domingo/National District and Santiago. Although the …

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A failed migration attempt has turned into a Texas tragedy. As the news of the horrific discovery of over 50 persons dead from heat and de-hydration in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas began to appear in local newspapers, many families were prepared for the worst. At least the bodies of four persons from the …

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A movie script could be made of the events in Honduras this past week. A young and generally inexperienced team of Dominican soccer players, members of the U-20 national team, were vying for a spot in the FIFA World U-20 Championship. To punch that ticket they needed to defeat Jamaica in San Pedro Sula, Honduras …

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Entering the FIFA World U-20 Championship, the Dominican Republic soccer team was ranked 23rd of 41 countries in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) region. In a historic first, the Dominican Republic U20 men’s football team would make the cut for the 2024 Paris Olympics after defeating Guatemala 4-2 in …

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