Dolores Vicioso

According to Coronavirus Bulletin #105 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 34,197 confirmed cases, 810 new confirmed cases from 157,045 PCR diagnostic tests. The number of PCR cases for the bulletin is 2,916. The tally of deaths is now 765, including 11 new registered deaths. The daily average …

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Politics has prevailed and Dominicans have been left up to themselves to decide how much risk they want to take. The Ministry of Public Health is no longer applying controls, despite declaring a Pandemic State. Resolution 0018 to the effect has not been shared online. A statement from the Ministry of Public Health on its …

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El Dia calls the campaign “one of the most civilized campaigns in the Dominican electoral history”. The editorialist highlights the notable absence of physical and verbal violence and commends the prevailing civic behavior of the population. Nevertheless, it says the elections have been full of surprises: two reschedulings (municipal for e-voting glitch and presidential/congressional for …

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7.5 million Dominicans have registered to vote. Another 600,000 registered to vote abroad, yet Covid-19 delayed the organization of the elections abroad, and the numbers of expat votes are expected to be much less than in 2016. Dominicans will be at the polls on Sunday, 5 July 2020 to elect their next President and Vice …

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The director of the National Council for Seniors (Conape) says that persons older than 60 years old can skip to the front of the line for the vote on Sunday, 5 July 2020. An estimated 2.1 million Dominicans are in the senior age group in the voting list for the presidential and congressional election. Natalie …

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To make bus transport safer in these Covid-19 times, OMSA announced that air conditioning will no longer be used on the buses that circulate in Santo Domingo and Santiago. Visa announces machines have been installed on OMSA buses on the Av. 27 de Febrero route, the longest in the city of Santo Domingo. The Visa …

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The Superior Administrative Court (TSA), the court that reviews the correct application of government regulations, called for the suspension of Environmental Permit 3771-19 that had been issued by the Ministry of Environment under Minister Ángel Estévez. The permit allowed for the construction of a lodging project in the Guaraguao-Punta Catuano recreational area in Cotubanamá National …

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The Bravo supermarket chain announced on Friday, 3 July 2020 that it is returning to its pre-Covid-19 working hours of 7am to 12 midnight. The supermarket chain is the only local chain to stay closed on Sundays. Bravo is the only supermarket to stay open until midnight. The supermarket chain says that face masks are …

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The hazy skies and all the dust brought by the Sahara clouds are not over. The National Meteorology Office says another wave is moving through the Caribbean. The good news is that a tropical wave is also moving through, bringing welcome rains to clean up the environment. The rain showers will be felt in the …

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