2022 – Page 51

The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate continues to drop and is now at 1.78%, with the 24-hour positivity at 4.21% as of Covid-19 Bulletin #937 dated 11 October 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #937 was 49, down from 53 on the previous day. The seven-day average (confirmed lab-reported …

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President Luis Abinader has named Vice President Raquel Peña president of the Electricity Cabinet. From the start of his administration, President Abinader has sent the Vice President to coordinate the most difficult government departments until the flow of activities within these is resumed. Peña oversaw the Health Cabinet during the difficult times of Covid-19. She …

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The director of the National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant), Hugo Beras says he will receive the licenses of transporters if they cannot accept that a driver accused of the recklessness be prosecuted. Representatives of bus drivers in the East have been defending the driver, Franklin Nin Perez, accused in the Bavaro accident where four …

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The Puerto Plata Chamber of Commerce (CCPPP) and the Foundation You Are the Country (Tu Eres el Pais – Funtueep) announce the start of an effort to instill driver safety in the people of Puerto Plata. The Puerto Plata city government, the Traffic Agency (Digesett), the Tourism Police (Politur) and the Ministry of Culture, neighborhood …

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The Dominican Republic gets the brunt of the impact of an increase in undocumented Haitian migration and reduction in exports as the multidimensional crisis escalates in Haiti. Constitutional lawyer Cristobal Rodriguez writes today in Diario Libre highlighting the migration challenges ahead for the country. Read more in Spanish:Diario Libre 12 October 2022

The 13 police agents who were being held in preventive custody in Barahona for an alleged robbery of a cocaine shipment seized from traffickers last year, were released on 11 October 2022 after the judge found there was insufficient evidence, and argued the actions committed did not constitute a criminal offense, El Dia reports. The …

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The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Senen Caba announced a protest march against the pension fund and health providers. The demonstrations will be next Tuesday, 18 October 2022 in the northeast and south of the country. The CMD calls for the Social Security Law to be amended to improve the conditions for …

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Deputy Jorge Cavoli Balbuena (PRM-María Trinidad Sanchez) is asking the authorities to identify the Cabrera illegal boat trip organizers. The trip ended with two corpses found, four people rescued by fishermen and 11 people missing of 17 who paid for the one-way ticket to Puerto Rico. Read more in Spanish:Noticias SIN 12 October 2022

The judge of the Second Court of Instruction of La Vega varied the coercive measures regarding Miguel Arturo López Florencio (Miky López) and two other alleged members of a drug trafficking and money laundering network. The judge ordered the removal of their electronic bracelets and instead ordered them to present themselves periodically to the court. …

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The Ministry of Culture announces the celebration of the 11th International Week of Poetry. The event is scheduled for 20-26 October 2022. This year it is dedicated to poets Mariano Lebrón Saviñón and Antonio Fernández Spencer. Culture Minister Milagros German made the announcement at the Manual Rueda auditorium in the National Music Conservatory. She highlighted …

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