2022 – Page 75

As reported in El Nacional, the fuel scarcities in Haiti have resulted in Haitians purchasing all the stocks in the city of Pedernales gas stations on the Dominican border with Haiti. El Nacional says the situation is affecting farm producers and fishermen in the area and the people who live in these communities. Misael Pérez …

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President Abinader has ordered a ban on entry of Haitian politician Claude Joseph and 12 persons known as gang leaders in Haiti. Joseph served as Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship from 4 March 2020 to 24 November 2021, and served as acting Prime Minister of Haiti from 14 April 2021 to 20 July …

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The Dominican Republic is the geographical center of the Americas. The country has the most aviation and maritime connections between the Americas and the rest of the world. The same geopolitical and geographical openness in place for decades have created the conditions for the country to become a crossroad for the transnational cocaine trade between …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #902 was 356, up from 216 on the previous day. This number compares to the seven-day average of daily infections (confirmed lab-reported cases) that is now 286, down from the previous day. The number of active cases is 898, down from 1,065 on the previous day, and 1,096 …

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Vice President Raquel Peña met with 25 education sector non-governmental organizations and agreed to wait to receive specific projects for the use of RD$4.25 billion that would be cut from the Ministry of Education budget. The Ministry of Hacienda argues the projects for which the funds would have been used will not be implemented this …

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Diario Libre reports that of the budget reshuffling requested by the Ministry of Hacienda, most will go to programs directly under the Presidency of the Republic. The propaganda department directed by Homero Figueroa will get a big chunk of the resources (RD$1.83 billion) that now are allocated to the Ministry of Education in the 2022 …

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The director of the Innovation Cabinet of the Abinader Administration, Bartolomé Pujals has tweeted urging the government to put aside its intentions to cut funding to the education sector. The Ministry of Hacienda has presented a bill to Congress whereby RD$4.25 billion would be cut. At the same time, RD$1.83 billion would be reassigned to …

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The Ministry of Labor has yet to issue the resolution establishing the per day wage for domestic work in the Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, Deputy Minister for Social Security of the Ministry of Labor Juan Estevez told Diario Libre reporters that people can figure the per day rate on the base of the new RD$10,000 per …

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Inflation continues to drop in the Dominican Republic. The Central Bank reports that the Consumer Price Index in August 2022 increased 0.21%, the lowest monthly increase in the past 27 months. The Central Bank reports that the CPI has kept a downward trend over the past four months. The Central Bank explains that the downward …

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Dominican Air Force (FAD) Colonel Floreal Suarez Martinez is the new director of the Specialized Airport and Civil Aviation Security Corps (CESAC). He replaces Major General Carlos Febrillet Rodriguez, who was promoted to Commander General of the Dominican Republic Air Force (FARD) on 16 August 2022. Previously, Colonel Floreal Suarez Martinez was the director of …

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