2022 – Page 71

Heavy rainstorms are forecast especially later this week. A tropical storm is moving our way and is expected to bring heavy rains as it moves north west north over Puerto Rico and then the Dominican Republic as of Saturday, 17 September 2022. Tropical Storm Fiona was named on Thursday, 15 September 2022. Saharan dust keeps …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #909 was 319, down from 409 on the previous day. This number compares to the seven-day average of daily infections (confirmed lab-reported cases) that is now 284, down from the previous day. The number of active cases is 1,389, up from 1,245 on the previous day, and 1,055 …

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President Luis Abinader travels on Wednesday, 14 September 2022 to Washington, D.C. for meetings on Thursday, 15 September with US Vice President Kamala Harris and other US government officials. President Abinader from day one has pleaded for the international community for support to contain the violence in Haiti, citing its impact is regional. Abinader has …

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The Dominican Electricity Industry Association (ADIE) is concerned that the Russia vs Ukraine war could further affect the sourcing of natural gas in the Dominican Republic. ADIE says it is in talks with the Dominican government authorities as the country monitors the present international energy situation and explore possible alternaties to mitigate negative impacts. According …

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Diario Libre publishes today that President Luis Abinader had issued Decree 270-22 in May 2022 whereby his administration gives Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Jersey 2 Limited five years to present feasibility studies for the expansion of the gold production in the province of Sanchez Ramirez. The Presidency has not uploaded the link to the decree on …

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For years in the Dominican Repubilc, the custom has been to judge corrupt government people in the media and let them off in the Dominican justice. The civic group Participacion Ciudadana expresses concern this practice is continuing in the present administration. President Luis Abinader won the Presidency in 2020 campaigning that he would put an …

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Conservative Popular Party of Denmark leader of Denmark, 50-year old Soren Pape Poulsen is making headlines in the Dominican Republic now that it is known he is married to a Dominican, Josue Medina Vasquez. Poulsen, a strong contender for prime minister of Denmark, is criticized in the Danish media for visiting then President Danilo Medina …

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A councilman is among the five men who were arrested last weekend with a stash of 810 pounds of marijuana inside a pickup truck in the southwestern border province of Elías Piña. The report says that when the vehicle was searched, eight cream-colored sacks containing 83 bales of marijuana were found in the back of …

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The defense bar for Miguel Cruz de la Mota has resigned. Cruz de la Mota announced that Juan Amador Gonzalez will now be his lawyer. The naming of a new defense lawyer delays the advance of the case in the judiciary. Cruz de la Mota is accused of the murder of former Minister of Environment …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #908 was 409, up from 242 on the previous day. This number compares to the seven-day average of daily infections (confirmed lab-reported cases) that is now 289, up from the previous day. The number of active cases is 1,245, up from 1,021 on the previous day, and 984 …

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