2022 – Page 199

On International Women’s Day, eight leading Dominican journalists joined Edith Febles and Carolina Santana, regular interviewers on El Dia on Channel 11, to interview President Luis Abinader on women-related issues. The other journalists participating in the interview were: Patricia Solano, Edith Febles, Altagracia Salazar, Zenaida Mendez, Marien Aristy, Esperanza Ceballos and Martha Florian. The President …

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President Luis Abinader spoke to the nation on the evening of Monday, 7 March 2022 to announce new measures to attack imported inflation and counteract the direct and indirect effects of the Russia-Ukraine war. Among the measures: Fuel prices will remain unchanged for four months, and as long as the barrel of West Texas oil …

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ProConsumidor, the local consumer protection agency, gave the new venture, Tasty Diks a boost this past week when it inspected the new Colonial City bakery and ordered it shut down on Friday, 4 March 2022. The store sells pastry in the forms of the penis and vulva, and in the forms of hearts, too. The …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #718 with the deadline of 6 March 2022 reports 54 new cases, down from 66 on the previous day. The death rate is at 0.76%, one of the lowest in the Americas. Around weeks after the President announced an end to “all restrictive measures” in an address on …

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President Luis Abinader announced he will address recent developments through the social media channels of the Presidency on Monday, 7 March 2022. The President is expected to address what the government is doing to counteract the exacerbation of imported inflation now due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is also expected to explain new …

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Interviewed by Pablo McKinney for the late evening television program “McKinney” on Color Visión, Channel 9, presidential economic advisor Pedro Silverio addressed the present global uncertainties and summarized the short, medium and long-term effects of the “genocide in Ukraine.” During the interview, he spoke of the political, social and economic impacts the present risk-filled times …

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Without a doubt, the combination of the conflict in the Ukraine and US retirement from energy self-sufficiency has driven up oil prices around the globe. Gasoline is now over US$6.00 in some places in the United States, and here, in the Dominican Republic, premium gasoline is closing in on the RD$300.00 level (well over US$5.00). …

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A first humanitarian flight left with 282 Ukrainians that had been stranded in the Dominican Republic. The Ukrainians had flown here to vacation primarily in the Punta Cana area to find themselves without return flights. A first United Airlines flight was arranged to fly the Ukrainians to Amsterdam, Holland. Llona Oleksandrivna, honorary consul for Ukraine …

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Vice President Raquel Peña returned to the Dominican Republic on Sunday, 6 March 2022 after attending the Expo 2020 Dubai world fair. During her stay in the United Arab Emirates, the Vice President stressed the favorable climate for investment, clear rules, and macroeconomic stability in the Dominican Republic. The Presidency reported that during Vice President …

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Deputies and senators have a lot of work to do. With the Dominican Congress getting back to work on 27th of February, news sources highlighted the dozens of major bills languishing in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for months, even years. Alfredo Pacheco, the head of the Chamber of Deputies told reporters from …

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