2022 – Page 153

Dominicans did well in the 11th International Meet held in Savona, Italy on 18 May 2022. Dominican track star, Marileidy Paulino clocked in 22.59, a personal best in the 200m. Paulino is a silver medallist from Tokyo Olympic Games in the 400m. In the 400m, her teammate, Fiordaliza Cofil won the event in 51.36. In …

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The Ministry of Public Health says that the slight increase in cases does not qualify as a fourth wave. While still very low, the number of positive cases and active cases has been rising since the past week. HOMS in Santiago and Cedimat in Santo Domingo have reinstated Covid-19 preventive measures that had been relaxed …

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The Ministry of Public Works has begun the works to improve road connections at kilometer 9 of Duarte Highway. Once completed, at that point the main highway linking north and south of the country will have 14 lanes, up from eight at present. The works have a cost of RD$900 million and are scheduled to …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines concluded a tender to add 400MW from medium-sized generating units to the national electricity grid. As a result of the tender, the new generating units will begin to be installed and produce gradually from June 2022 to October 2022. The units are contracted to fill the present deficit in …

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The president of the Dominican Society of Infectology, Dr. Clevy Perez says she and her colleagues are now seeing one to four Covid-19 positive patients after several consecutive weeks without seeing a single case. In a statement issued regarding the increase in Covid-19 cases, the Society of Infectology notes that, in recent days, an increase …

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Calvin Smyre was expected any day now in Santo Domingo. He now instead will be going to The Bahamas. The White House announced it has appointed 75-year old Calvin Smyre its new ambassador to The Bahamas. This is the same Columbus, Georgia lawmaker who in September 2021 had been named ambassador to the Dominican Republic. …

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The Central Bank forecasts another good year in high remittance flows from Dominicans living abroad. The Central Bank estimates that remittance flows will reach close to US$10 billion by the end of 2022. The Central Bank reports that between January and April 2022, remittances received reached US$3.2 billion. The amount is US$877.7 million more than …

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The Haitian Embassy in the Dominican Republic has a new chargé d’affaires as of 16 May 2022. He is Luc Garvey Jean-Pierre. He replaces Ambassador Smith Augustin, who returned to Haiti after being requested by the Ministry of Foreign Relations of that country. Upon assuming the role, Jean-Pierre said he will focus on the development …

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The office of the Ombudsman of the Dominican Republic has issued a report stressing that the recent highly publicized deaths of three young men in Police custody could have been avoided. The report is published at a time when the director general of the Police has not been available for questioning. Instead, the Minister of …

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“The director of the Police should be questioned for deaths in the detachments,” Joseph Abreu, coordinator of the civic society group, Participación Ciudadana said during an interview with journalists of El Caribe newspaper and CDN media on Tuesday, 17 May 2022. He was accompanied by PC’s Sonia Díaz, board member and Fátima Lorenzo, executive director. …

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