2022 – Page 4

This Wednesday, 21 December update is the last to be issued this week. Headline news over the Christmas holidays will be compiled for the Monday, 26 December 2022 issue. DR1 Forums will continue to be open for posting comments and news throughout the holidays. Keep safe and have a merry Christmas! Read more:DR1 Forums 21 …

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The Ministry of Public Health, through its Mental Health Department, urges the population to take preventive measures seriously during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Patricia Grullón, Director of Nutrition at the Ministry of Public Health urged that citizens see the Christmas season as a period of integration and family time and not for excesses. …

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Christmas Eve dinner is a tradition that Dominicans share with family and friends every year. Reporters for N Digital estimate that a simple Christmas dinner of a lower middle income six-person household will cost around RD$7,000. N Digital reports that the traditional fare for Christmas is rice with green pigeon peas, Russian salad (with beets, …

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2022 has ended with the Dominican economy with good growth, record figures in tourist arrivals, job recovery, good flows in exports, in the net foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank, the receipt of remittances and foreign direct investment. The Central Bank expects hard currency inflows to surpass US$39 billion by the end of the …

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The Senate approved borrowing US$140 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance road infrastructure rehabilitation and maintenance programs in the country. The loan had already passed in the Chamber of Deputies. The bill moves to the Presidency for enactment. Read more in Spanish:Noticias SIN 21 December 2022

With 20 votes in favor and zero against, the Senate approved on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 the second reading on the bill that modifies Electoral Regime Law 15-19. The bill, which was declared of urgency, regulates and establishes the scope of action for the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the government entity in charge of organizing …

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After more than a decade of stagnation in the National Congress, the Senate finally passed the Land Use bill. The bill was drafted by senators Ricardo de los Santos and Felix Bautista. The objective of the Land Use Bill is to organize the territory at the different political-administrative levels, in accordance with the guidelines of …

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The first container with 40,000 lbs of industrial hamburger meat was shipped to the United States. The symbolic shipment marked the reopening of the US market to Dominican beef. Beef exports had been banned for two decades. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) had announced the DR would be eligible to export raw intact beef …

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Santiago continues to take firm steps forward as it establishes itself as one of the leading medical tourism and health centers in the Caribbean and Central America. The Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago recently received international accreditation for health services from Accreditation Canada (ACI) in the gold category. Héctor Sánchez Navarro, deputy general director of Homs, …

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The office of Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly announced on 20 December 2022 that Canada is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations in response to acts of significant corruption that are fueling the crisis in Haiti. These sanctions target two high-profile elites in Haiti – former ministers Berto Dorcé …

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