{"id":246705,"date":"2026-01-20T07:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=246705"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:08:55","slug":"government-spends-rd11-9-billion-on-post-melissa-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/20\/government-spends-rd11-9-billion-on-post-melissa-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Government spends RD$11.9 billion on post-Melissa recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luis-Abinader-12-mil-mm-afectados-tormenta-Melissa-.-Presidencia-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243818\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luis-Abinader-12-mil-mm-afectados-tormenta-Melissa-.-Presidencia-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luis-Abinader-12-mil-mm-afectados-tormenta-Melissa-.-Presidencia-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luis-Abinader-12-mil-mm-afectados-tormenta-Melissa-.-Presidencia-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luis-Abinader-12-mil-mm-afectados-tormenta-Melissa-.-Presidencia-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luis-Abinader-12-mil-mm-afectados-tormenta-Melissa-.-Presidencia-2048x1142.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Government emergency spending to mitigate damage from Storm Melissa has surpassed RD$11.9 billion (approximately US$195 million), according to a report from the Procurement Agency (DGCP) provided to List\u00edn Diario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader declared a national emergency via Decree 627-25 on 31 October 2025, authorizing 23 government institutions to fast-track relief efforts across 14 affected provinces. While Hurricane Melissa did not directly impact the Dominican Republic, it brought intense rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decree specified a 30-day window, legal interpretations of &#8220;business days&#8221; extended the emergency period from 31 October to 15 December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key spending breakdown<br>Of the 18 emergency procurement processes initiated, 16 have been awarded, totaling RD$11,957,663,231. Major expenditures include:<br>\u2022 Ministry of Public Works (MOPC): RD$5 billion for roadwork and asphalt, plus an additional RD$355.8 million for general reconstruction materials.<br>\u2022 Economic Cafeterias (Comedores Econ\u00f3micos): RD$969.2 million for food and humanitarian aid.<br>\u2022 Administrative Ministry of the Presidency: RD$149.9 million for humanitarian aid vouchers.<br>\u2022 Ministry of Agriculture: RD$149.4 million for heavy machinery rentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total figure is expected to climb as several major contracts remain in the final stages of evaluation. Two massive infrastructure projects managed by the MOPC, currently in the &#8220;closed&#8221; and &#8220;open envelope&#8221; stages, are projected to add over RD$5 billion combined to the final tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The emergency measures targeted 14 provinces, including Santo Domingo, San Crist\u00f3bal, Barahona, and the National District. A total of 23 entities, ranging from the Ministry of Housing (Mivhed) to electrical distributors like Edeeste, were authorized to bypass standard bidding timelines to address the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/gobierno\/20260120\/emergencias-melissa-sobrepasaron-rd-11-000-mm_890572.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20 January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government emergency spending to mitigate damage from Storm Melissa has surpassed RD$11.9 billion (approximately US$195 million), according to a report from the Procurement Agency (DGCP) provided to List\u00edn Diario. President Luis Abinader declared a national emergency via Decree 627-25 on 31 October 2025, authorizing 23 government institutions to fast-track relief efforts across 14 affected provinces. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/20\/government-spends-rd11-9-billion-on-post-melissa-recovery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[340,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246705"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246727,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246705\/revisions\/246727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}