2022 – Page 27

The remittances are sent back by industrious expatriate Dominicans that live mostly in the United States and Spain. The Central Bank reports that remittances were US$8.12 billion through the first 10 months of the year. The total for the first ten months is US$2.25 billion more than remittances received in the pre-pandemic year 2019. Remittances …

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The Road Right of Way Control Unit (Codevial), attached to the Military and Police Commission (Comipol) of the Ministry of Public Works, reported that it has demolished or dismantled 114 constructions that violated the right of way on highways in different parts of the country. Overall, 381 works were notified, construction stopped, dismantled or demolished …

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The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development reports that growth projections have been revised upwards for 2022, due to the good performance of economic activity in recent months. The Ministry of Economy reports an expansion in real terms of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between 5.0% and 5.5% is projected. Expectations are the year will …

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The Superintendency of Insurance announced that the government will assist owners of cars that were damaged during the flash floods on Friday, 4 November 2022 in Greater Santo Domingo with up to RD$100,000 in payments per vehicle. Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ignacio Paliza, the Superintendent of Insurance Josefa Castillo Rodríguez and Hugo Beras, …

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The legal counsel to the Abinader administration, Emmanuel Esquea has stated Dominican past ministers of public works have acted in collusion with asphalt (AC-30) vending company, Sargeant Petroleum LLC in accepting changes to the contracts outside of what was contracted. Esquea says the company on several occasions has modified conditions after the bidding had been …

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Minister of Superior Education Franklin García Fermin continues to back amendments to Norm 09-15 to reduce requirements that seek to raise the bar in regards to the level of public school teachers. García Fermín is a former rector of the state university. The state university, UASD, is the main recipient of students from the public …

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The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Senén Caba says that the guild will be soon extending the ban on accepting private medical plans to all ARS health providers. Already, physicians are not receiving the medical plans of the two largest ARS health insurance companies. The affiliates to Universal (Banco Popular) and Mapfre …

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Planet Earth’s Baby 8 billion is recorded as having been born in the Dominican Republic. The symbolic selection has been globally assigned to baby Damian, born in the Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia public maternity hospital in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Baby Damian received a celebratory t-shirt. He weighed 2.7 kilos and was …

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The delivery company, PedidosYa says that the last call for work the late Luisinky Mojica Capellán had received was at 11:34am on Friday, 4 November 2022. Media reports have indicated that he had been attending to a Pedidos Ya call when he was swept away by rising waters in the flash floods of 4 November …

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Preliminary reports are that 38-year old Noelis Gómez was crushed to death when a tree fell on his vehicle. He was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe, around 4:30pm on Calle Santo Tomás de Aquino near the intersection of Wenceslao Alvarez and Juan Sánchez Ramírez streets in the National District. Gómez was said to be an …

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