2021

The Ministry of Education announces it has received 537,432 electronic tablets it will distribute to public school students. The batch is 67% of a recent order of the electronic devices to back remote learning programs. Only a handful of schools are authorized to reopen to in-person learning and distance learning programs are the norm for …

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Dominican ambassador to Brazil, Patricia Villegas said that on 8 April 2021 the Brazilian Senate approved the Visa Elimination Agreement between Brazil and the Dominican Republic. The agreement had already passed in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and both houses of the Dominican Congress. The agreement was signed by both governments in 2018. It guarantees …

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In an interview published on 13 April 2021 in Diario Libre, the chief of the Police, Major General Edward Sánchez says for the first time there is the political will to carry out a “real reform” of the Police. Sánchez told Diario Libre that if it were up to him, the reform would begin with …

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The deadline for the tender the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) has called to choose the 5G supplier to the Dominican Republic is in May 2021. In 2020, the Dominican Republic became the first Caribbean country to practically blacklist Huawei’s 5G technology in response to siding with the United States in the technological competition between …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #390 reports 598 new PCR cases for the Monday, 12 April 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 576. As per Bulletin #390 with the deadline of 12 April 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has registered …

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The Ministry of Public Health the National Health Service (SNS) and the National Health Insurance (SeNaSa) and other health sector institutions launched a project to detect cervical, breast and prostate cancer from the Presidential Palace on Monday 12 April 2021. First Lady Raquel Arbaje is backing the initiative. Dr. Mario Lama, director of the National …

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The National Export Free Zone Council (CNZFE) approved 18 new companies in various locations around the country. The new industries would create 3,651 direct jobs. Carlos Guillermo Flaquer, deputy minister of Free Zones and Special Regimes at the Ministry of Industry & Commerce (MICM) said that US$69.6 million would be invested in the start-up of …

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The People’s Republic of China’s government donated to the Dominican Republic a modern Zoomlion sugar cane harvester. The harvester will be used at the Porvenir sugar mill of the State Sugar Council (CEA) in San Pedro de Macorís. Agriculture Minister Limber Cruz received the donation from China ambassador Zhang Run and the deputy governor of …

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Several large employers in the Punta Cana area have signed an agreement with the country’s leading vocational training center, the governmental Infotep, to improve the workforce’s skills in the eastern area of the country. The plan is to boost the productivity and competitiveness of the region’s tourism sector. Rafael Santos Badía, general director of the …

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The Brazilian Senate ratified on 8 April 2021 the air services agreement (ASA) signed with the Dominican Republic. The ASA now needs to be signed by the Presidency for it to be enacted. The Brazilian Senate ratified the agreement (PDL 77/2020) signed in Brasilia on 14 May 2018. The ASA improves the legal framework regarding …

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