2022 – Page 60

The Dominican Republic made the top four of Pool B to move to round phase of the FIVB World Championship happening in Netherlands and Poland from 23 September to 15 October 2022. The top four teams in Pool B were Turkey, Thailand, Dominican Republic and Poland. The DR defeated the host team, Poland and put …

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The 4-week Covid-19 positivity rate continues to drop and is now at 3.08%, with the 24-hour positivity at 9.26% as of Covid-19 Bulletin #927 dated 1 October 2022. The number of Covid-19 registered cases in the Dominican Republic for Bulletin #927 was 98 down from 133 on the previous day. The seven-day average (confirmed lab-reported …

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During an interview with the Corripio media group, Environment Minister Miguel Ceara-Hatton described as unsustainable the present economic, social and institutional production model of the Dominican Republic. He called for an abrupt change to the way the country handles its present ecological footprint of production, consumption and final destination of wastes. “The challenge is how …

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The Senate passed the bill for creating a state of emergency for a duration of 45 days in 12 provinces to mitigate damages caused by Hurricane Fiona. The bill already passed in the Chamber of Deputies. The state of emergency facilitates government contracting. The initiative was fully and unanimously approved by the 27 senators present …

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The media has been covering how students in several public schools are studying while sitting on the floor now that there are not enough desks to go around. The lack of desks came after major irregularities in a desk tender carried out by former Education Minister Roberto Furcal. President Luis Abinader finally changed Education Minister …

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Listin Diario reports today on how leading Haitian business people have major investments in businesses in the Dominican Republic. Listin Diario reports on the 12 men with economic, political and financial power in Haiti that live and do business in the Dominican Republic. As reported, Haitians have invested heavily in fueling stations in the Dominican …

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Santo Domingo senator Faride Raful (PRM-National District) hosted together with journalists Camila Duran and Diana Lora a panel on Tuesday, 28 September 2022 with the participation of experts explaining the nuances of what is happening in Haiti. The panel called for a change to the traditional focus that has prevailed in Haiti and has not …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) together with a number of social organizations held a protest march in Santiago, the country’s second largest city, on Wednesday morning, 28 September 2022. The physicians demanded the end to the health plans and pension funds with the ARSs and AFPs contracted to local finance companies. The march started at …

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The top brass of Ambev beer brewery in the Dominican Republic says the Brazilian company is going ahead with its plan to produce here the grains it now imports to produce beer. The company imports 30,000 tons of corn to produce its beers. Ambev vice president Luis Alvarez said the company is also going ahead …

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Hugo Beras, the new director of the National Institute of Transport & Transit (Intrant) is optimistic citizens will soon see positive outcome from the implementation of the Support to the Greater Santo Domingo Urban Sustainable Mobility Plan (Aipmus). On occasion of the Week of Sustainable Mobility, Beras made a presentation accompanied by Minister of the …

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