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The Third Collegiate Court of the National District issued this Monday an acquittal sentence in favor of those involved in the case of the Super Tucano airplanes, declaring them not guilty of the crimes of administrative corruption for which they were accused. The full sentence of the Super Tucano case will be released on 12 …

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The Supreme Court has ruled that banks cannot deduct from payroll deposits any cardholder debt of their customers or past customers. The Supreme Court says this applies even if the cardholder signed off authorizing the deduction when accepting the card from the bank. The Civil and Commercial Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) …

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The director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health urged people to test and those who test positive to remain in isolation until cured. Dr Ronald Skewes also called for people to get their third and fourth boosters. He explained that people who test positive for the coronavirus need to remain isolated to cut …

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The director of the National Lottery, Quico Tabar extended to 6 June 2022 the date for betting shops to regularize themselves. Tabar has complained of the reticence of several of the companies to be transparent about their operation. Read more in Spanish:Diario LibreDiario LibreDiario LibreDiario Libre 31 May 2022

The number of cases has been steadily increasing. The number of cases for Bulletin #802 was 299, up from 264 on the day before. This number compares to the 7-day nationwide average for confirmed lab-reported cases that is 322. The Ministry of Public Health recommends people to get the third and fourth booster vaccines. The …

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President Luis Abinader has a lot of issues on his plate but he is certainly betting on the success of his development initiative for the distant province of Pedernales, on the border with Haiti. Abinader had returned the day before at 8:30pm from his participation in Switzerland in the World Economic Forum and showed up …

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Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez signed an investment promotion and protection agreement with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund for International Development. The signing took place on 27 May 2022 at the OPEC Fund headquarters in Austria. Alvarez signed for the Dominican Republic and OPEC director-general Abdulhamid Aikhalifa for the OPEC Fund. Present was …

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The Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre (LAC4) officially opened on 26 May 2022 with an inaugural conference at the Centro Indotel in Santo Domingo. The LAC4 inauguration week is the result of a joint effort by the European Union and the Dominican government, namely the EU CyberNet project implemented by Estonian Information System …

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Public Health Minister Daniel Rivera announced late last week that the negotiations carried out by Vice President Raquel Peña and other members of the Health Cabinet have resulted in an agreement by which the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company will substitute the undelivered but paid for Covid-19 vaccines with other medicines for ailments as asthma, blood pressure …

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The crude oil used as a reference for fuel prices in the Dominican Republic is known as West Texas Intermediate. It is currently above US$110 a barrel. However, it has been a recent policy of the Abinader administration to temper the local fuel price through government subsidies. The government reports having spent over RD$15.7 billion …

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