2022 – Page 177

So no one may doubt that Easter Week (10 April to 17 April 2022) is vacation time in the Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Public Administration announced public offices will close at 4pm on Wednesday, 13 April 2022 and remain closed until reopening the next Monday, 18 April. For the most part, resort areas will …

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Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera spoke of the advances in forest coverage experienced in the Dominican Republic from the 80s to present times during his participation in the Regional Congress on Forests and Sustainable Landscapes held in Panama last week. He said studies in the 80s revealed the forestry cover of the country was of …

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The Ministry of Public Works is looking to contract the rehabilitation and expansion of Manzanillo Port in the municipality of Pepillo Salcedo, Montecristi. The Interamerican Development Bank is making available US$100 million for the project that seeks to improve competitiveness and socioeconomic growth in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic by modernizing port logistics …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines has reportedly narrowed down to two locations in Sánchez Ramírez province the site where Barrick gold would build its second tailings dam. Sánchez Ramirez is the present location of the Barrick Gold Pueblo Viejo gold mine and the first tailings dam. Barrick says the second tailing dam is necessary …

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Some powerful economic interests are said to be behind the building of a drainage canal through a protected area of mangroves in Montecristi. The land, part of the protective areas covered under Environment Law 64-00, is located inside the Estero Balsa Bay area of Manzanillo. The land is adjacent to the highway that connects Montecristi …

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The Pro Pedernales Trust sent by the Presidency had already passed in the Chamber of Deputies. This past week, senators voted in favor. The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is majority in both houses. Opposition senator Yvan Lorenzo (PLD-Elias Piña) alerted that the Pro Pedernales Trust now approved in the Senate violates fundamental norms and …

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Discussions continued this past week on the Ministry of Labor draft resolution to regulate the hiring and work conditions of domestic help in the Dominican Republic. The Ministry of Labor issued the draft to adapt the conditions to the general guidelines of International Labor Organization Convention 189 on Domestic Workers. The Dominican Republic is a …

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As of 15 March 2022, the Migration Agency (DGM) has ordered all foreigners, 18 years of age or older, to have a personal identification card, known as the “cédula.” The obvious exceptions are diplomats, consular officials and tourists. To obtain the “cedula” you must first obtain a resident’s visa, either temporary or permanent. Foreigners may …

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The Ministry of Education (Minerd) has just announced 8th and 12th grade students will again have to take the National Standardized Tests. The passing of the tests have been a requirement to enter universities here that was relaxed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, for nearly two years school children have been …

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An article written by former President Leonel Fernandez that appears in Listin Diario newspaper on 11 April 2022 looks into the bill that recently passed in the Chamber of Deputies that would eliminate taxes on 67 food staple imports for six months. In the analysis, Fernandez explains it creates a unilateral free trade scheme for …

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