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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #658 with the deadline of 5 January 2022 reports 5,307 new cases, up significantly over the previous day. The increase reflects the impact of the new-to-country Omicron variant. At the same time, the death rate continues to drop and is now at 0.98%, one of the lowest in …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #657 with the deadline of 3 January 2022 reports 5,201 new cases, up significantly over the previous day. The increase reflects the impact of the new-to-country Omicron variant. At the same time, the death rate continues to drop and is now at 0.98%, one of the lowest in …

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Three Kings Day is on 6 January 2022. The National District Firemen have announced the traditional El Conde Street Parade will be on Friday, 5 January afternoon, leaving at 5pm from the Av. Mella fire station down Palo Hincado and onto Calle El Conde, a pedestrian street. The Ministry of Labor has announced the holiday …

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Schools in the Dominican Republic are scheduled to reopen on 11 January 2022 after the Christmas, New Year and Three King holidays. But, the country is smack in the middle of the fifth wave of Covid-19 virus. The Omicron variant is the fastest spreading of all that have circulated. The Health Cabinet and the Ministry …

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Juan Manuel Rosario, deputy minister of the Ministry of Interior & Police, says that the grace period for the regularization of foreign workers has expired. He said that companies are now subject to fines of five to 30 minimum wages for employees that violate the ultimatum given by the National Migration Council of the Ministry …

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A delegation of the Carabineros of Chile is meeting on Wednesday, 5 January 2022 with President Luis Abinader and Interior & Police Minister Jesus Vasquez Martinez as part of local efforts to improve the National Police. Director General of the Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez Reveco came on Tuesday. Also on his agenda in the Dominican Republic …

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After deputies voted “no” to the Penal Code in the session on 16 December, those in favor have maneuvered and have reintroduced the bill. The bill with changes was sent to a 24-hour special committee that is scheduled to render its report on 5 January. The plan is for the bill with the amendments to …

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President Luis Abinader named Menni Lolin Cuevas Gonzalez as new consul in Haiti by Decree 803-21. He replaces Celilia Vidalia Rollins Tolentino. Cuevas González who had been serving in government as deputy director for the Development of the Southwest (Indesur) since being appointed on 8 September 2020. The new Dominican consul in Haiti is an …

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Fredis de Jesús Reyes Agüero, director of the Salvador B. Gautier University Hospital resigned effective 10 January 2022 motivated by the lack of support from the National Health Service (SNS). The SNS is the government entity that manages public hospitals. Reyes Aguero is the second director of a major public health center to resign in …

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What was initially thought to be a farm, the 3,399 tareas (approximately 2.1 million square meters) purchased in cash by Francisco Pagan, director of the Supervisory Office of Public Works Engineers (Oisoe) under the Medina administration, was really a lucrative aggregate quarry. Diario Libre reported that Pagan paid the governmental Banco de Reservas RD$5,948,250 for …

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