2022 – Page 97

Acting President Raquel Peña received on Sunday, 7 August 2022 at Las Americas International Airport, the trained personnel sent by the government of Canada, who arrived with the equipment for the rescue of the two miners trapped for a week in the subway mine of the Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom), in the Cerro de Maimón. …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Luis Henry Molina says that the new Law for the Use of Digital Media in the Judiciary opens a new stage in the transformation of the justice system. He said that the new law enacted by President Luis Abinader on 31 July 2022 will make judicial …

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Recognizing Roberto Furcal had done little to advance education in the Dominican Republic, President Luis Abinader removed him from the position. Abinader had appointed Furcal, a former activist in the Public Teachers Association (ADP) and his 2020 presidential campaign manage to head the Ministry of Education that has the largest budgetary allocation in government. Public …

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President Luis Abinader appointed Andres Astacio his new Superintendent of Electricity. Astacio replaces resigning Rafael Velazco. Velazco resigned after complaints in the media about how he had raised his wages and those of his staff at a time when consumers were being levied significant increases in power rates. Velazco was the only cabinet minister to …

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Early last week, local newspapers carried the announcement that the National Statistics Office (ONE) was going to hire 35,000 census takers. At the end of the week, President Abinader signed Decree 420-22 that officially orders the 10th National Census to take place from 10 November to 23 November 2022. The government has set aside about …

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For yet another week, the Abinader administration announced fuel prices will remain the same as they were in March 2022. Luckily, crude oil prices have come down over US$40.00 a barrel since reaching the high point of over US$120.00 a barrel. So far, the government says it has invested over RD$27 billion in these subsidies, …

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Agriculture Minister Limber Cruz Lopez announced that the government will be offering poultry (chicken) at RD$40.00 a pound through the distribution system of the Institute for Price Stabilization (Inespre). The price of the pound chicken is around double that amount in regular supermarkets. The announcement was made as the minister addressed the attendees at the …

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The European Union (EU) has delivered innovative equipment to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) of the Dominican Republic to help combat crime. The donation is part of the project, “Cooperation in Criminal Investigation in Central America to Combat Crime and Drug Trafficking at the International Level- AC1/ICRIME.” The project seeks to strengthen investigation …

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The Duarte Institute held their Patriotic March along Calle del Conde in the heart of old Santo Domingo. The Sunday, 7 August 2022 march began at the park next to the Santo Domingo Cathedral and ended at Independence Park at the head of the pedestrian street. The effort was directed at creating public support for …

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The United States government could do more from its end to reduce the crisis in Haiti. The Washington Post has been covering the situation for US readers. The Washington Post has been following up on the worsening of the political, social and economic crisis in Haiti. The newspaper mentioned in a Saturday, 5 August 2022 …

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