2022 – Page 169

Dr. Mario Lama, the executive director of the National Health Service that manages hundreds of public health facilities in the Dominican Republic, told reporters of the Listin Diario that there is an abundance of “collateral businesses” going on in the public health system. He said these interfere with the successful operation of an efficient health …

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President Luis Abinader received the letters of credence of the new ambassadors from eight countries at the Presidential Palace last week. This is the letter that designates a diplomat as ambassador to another sovereign state. President Luis Abinader was accompanied by Vice President Raquel Peña and Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations Jose Julio Gomez, representing …

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Ambassador Hans Dannenberg Castellanos presented credentials to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and became the first Dominican diplomat accredited to the Central Asian country. In addition to Dannenberg Castellanos, the ambassadors of Cuba, Bangladesh, Argentina, Peru, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Rwanda and Laos presented their credentials. Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia …

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The Ministry of Education allocates around RD$375 million every year to non-government organizations, most of which are unrelated to education, reports Diario Libre. The newspaper looks into the funds allotted to the foundations that have the names of the late politicians – Joaquin Balaguer, Juan Bosch and Jose Francisco Peña Gomez. The investigative report mentions …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has responded to the recent Listin Diario articles on the high fees charged by Dominican consulates in Haiti and New York City. In regards to Haiti, the investigation showed that between 2015 and 2020, the five consulates that operate in Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Juana Mendez/Ouanaminthe, Anse-A-Pitre, Belladere and Cape Haitian) charged …

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The Abinader administration has eliminated or merged nine government agencies so far in this administration, as reported in N Digital. The government recently announced the effective shutdown of the State Sugar Council (CEA) that oversaw the lands belonging to the old, state-owned, sugar mills. The CEA also controlled a huge number of cattle under the …

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A doctor at a leading burn unit in Santo Domingo has commented that the Dominican Republic is the world leader in fatalities caused by electrocution. The Ministry of the Interior and Police recently released numbers seem to confirm this. Nearly 900 persons perished by electrocution in the five years between 2017 and 2021. In 2021 …

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Followed by an aura of questions, the super luxury yacht The Flying Fox has left the San Diego Terminal of Sans Souci Port in Santo Domingo. The ship had reportedly been detained at the request of the US Homeland Security and left port on Friday, 22 April 2022. The boat had been in port for …

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All the promotion around the value of the works of late Dominican surrealism painter Ivan Tovar seemingly has produced a taker. Since early April, the country’s first immersive experience promotes in 3D the works of Ivan Tovar, the painter and sculptor who made a name for himself in Paris, France and thanks to the exhibition, …

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Dominican fashion designer Arcadio Diaz died on Saturday, 23 April 2022 of a heart attack. He reportedly suffered a heart attack before traveling to Miami, Florida and was assisted at the Las Americas International Airport medical clinic where he was pronounced dead. Diaz was best known for his tropical chacabanas (guayaberas) he created for men, …

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