2022 – Page 76

Ruling party senator for La Romana, Ivan Silva announced he has deposited a habeas corpus legal recourse to the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) after the Ministry of Energy & Mines failed to comply with a request for information on the companies that extract gold in the Dominican Republic. The request was made through the freedom …

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In an interview with Diario Libre, the president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Senen Caba has been emphatic. “There should not be any ARS,” he said. The ARSs are the health insurance companies, the intermediaries with physicians. Major financial entities own most ARSs and AFPs in the Dominican Republic. Their operation has been …

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Government child care programs have been making headlines after two children in state care homes have died in less than a week. Maikel Esmil Castro Alvarez, a year and 10-month child, died on Friday, 2 September 2022, at the Centro de Atencion integral a la Primera Infancia (Caipi) daycare center in Pueblo Nuevo, San Francisco …

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Reportedly a short circuit in a home led to a major fire in the Colonial City. General José Luis Frómeta Herasme, chief of the Fire Department, says the prompt arrival of the fire units to the reported location in the Colonial City at around 7pm on Tuesday, 6 September 2022 avoided the fire from spreading. …

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The regular season of the MLB has about a month to go. Aaron Judge is mesmerizing baseball fans as he continues on the path to the all-time home run record of 62. He has 54. Judge needs to hit seven home runs in New York Yankee’s final 27 games to match Roger Maris’ American League …

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The Dominican Republic continues to lead in the Norceca Final Six Pan American Cup. The Dominican senior women’s team (Las Reinas del Caribe) defeated Puerto Rico on Tuesday, 6 September 2022, in straight sets (25-11, 25-22 and 25-17). Brayelin Martinez, Yonkaira Peña and Gaila Gonzalez were the best scorers for the Dominican Republic. The DR …

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The number of Covid-19 cases for Bulletin #901 was 216, down from 266 on the previous day. This number compares to the seven-day average of daily infections (confirmed lab-reported cases) that is now 293, same as on the previous day. The number of active cases is 1,065, down from 1,116 on the previous day, and …

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Dominican taxpayers have fit the bill for 10 years of wasteful spending at the Ministry of Education. When then President Danilo Medina won the Presidency in 2012, the country began to apply the law that stipulated that 4% of GDP should go to public education. After 10 years of massive spending, the Dominican Republic has …

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Chamber of Deputies member Amado Antonio Diaz Jimenez (PRM-Santiago Rodriguez) criticized Dominican military, saying the soldiers stationed in the border provinces are unworthy and unpatriotic. Diaz Jimenez represents the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) in Santiago Rodriguez province. Diaz Jimenez said many military take advantage of their posts to profit from allowing Haitians to circulate …

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The Instituto de Reproducción y Ginecología del Cibao (IREGCI) announced on Monday, 5 September 2022 the birth of the first baby born alive in the Dominican Republic through the techniques of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and PGD (Preimplantational Genetic Diagnosis). The baby was born at the IREGCI clinic in Santiago city. Santiago is making a …

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