2022 – Page 129

The number of cases for Bulletin #826 was 941, up from 875 on the previous day. This number compares to the 7-day nationwide average for confirmed lab-reported cases that is now 778, up again. Nevertheless, active cases were 3,702. Ronald Skewes, director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health says that in context the …

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President Luis Abinader and outgoing rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Emma Polanco Melo were at the inauguration of the UASD Health Sciences School Simulation Center on 22 June 2022. The government invested RD$125 million in the new center at the state university. The Simulation Center meets high-quality standards and state-of-the-art technology …

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The fourth edition of AS/COA and Control Risks’ CCC Index positions the Dominican Republic as fifth best ranked among 15 Latin American countries. The ranking explores the countries’ ability to detect, punish and prevent corruption. The survey is in its fourth year. Rather than measuring perceived levels of corruption, the CCC Index evaluates and ranks …

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The Senate approved two loans submitted by the Presidency on the 22 June 2022 session. With the favorable vote of 19 senators of the 22 present, the senators approved the credit agreement, signed on 9 December 2021, between the Dominican Republic and the French Development Agency (AFD), for EUR86 million to be used to increase …

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The president of the Dominican Exporters Association (Adoexpo), Elizabeth Mena is rallying exporters to increase trade with the Caribbean. “There is a great business opportunity there. Obviously, it is not just about selling once, it is about maintaining the market, that is the great challenge,” she said when speaking during the Corripio Communications Group weekly …

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The Institute of Lawyers for the Protection of the Environment (Insaproma) has filed a request before the Attorney General for the Defense of the Environment Francisco Contreras calling for the conclusion of the investigations into the claims that two Seaboard Transcontinental barges are violating Environment Law 64-00. The Seaboard power barges are located in the …

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The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) of the Dominican Republic is participating in the investigations into the crash landing at Miami International Airport of a Red Air airplane on Tuesday, 22 June 2022. The JAC said the airline has complied with the protocols after the incident. Meanwhile, Red Air announced the suspension of its flights, offering …

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The Public Prosecutor’s Office issued an arrest order against the former head of the “Canódromo El Coco” Vehicle Retention Center, Police Colonel Ysabelita de los Santos Pérez, and six other subordinates. These are accused of committing a cybercrime when they deleted information from a cell phone of a reporter of the Listin Diario newspaper. In …

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Dominican Republic’s Olympic silver medallist Marileidy Paulino stated it all when she told El Caribe about her training for the Oregon World Athletics Championship. “It looks so simple, but it’s not easy,” she says. Training in Bayaguana, Monte Plata, Paulino says she is at the point in her competitive life when she does not waste …

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Tokischa, Francisca, Romeo Santos, Juani Féliz, Amara la Negra, Natti Natasha, Yailín and Loudes Stephen are the eight Dominicans included the 2022 list of the 50 most beautiful people published by the Spanish version of People Magazine. This year, the magazine divided its beautiful people in four categories – music, beautiful moms, artists that leave …

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