2021 – Page 2

Cigar Aficionado reports there is a boom in premium cigar imports to the United States. This is good news for the Dominican Republic, a major cigar exporter. As reported, in January 2021, the Cigar Association of America said nearly 21 million handmade, premium cigars were shipped to the United States, up 55% over January 2020. …

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The president of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Jose Ignacio Paliza says that President Luis Abinader is concentrating all his attention on running the country, not on politics. Paliza, who is also the Presidency administrative minister, said that the top priorities are overcoming the pandemic and generating new jobs. As reported in N Digital, Paliza …

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The Procurement Agency recommends that those responsible for irregular contracting at the Social Policy Coordination Cabinet be penalized. The announcement comes after the Procurement Agency (DGCP) has presented the findings of its investigations into the Social Policy Coordination Cabinet contracting of 54 artists for RD$55.6 million over the Christmas holidays. The strange detail is that …

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Everyone coincides it was a case of mistaken identity. Police director Edward Sanchez has admitted the patrol acted in violation of all protocols of the Police. Yet where there is no coinciding is in the statements made by each of the patrol members. Journalists Edith Febles and Alicia Ortega report that the patrol agents contradict …

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The National Drug Control Agency reports seizing 447 packages suspect to contain cocaine at the Multimodal Caucedo Port. The freight container that contained the substance would have been shipped to Europe. El Dia reports that in the past 12 days, the DNCD has reported the confiscation of 1,670 kilos of drugs. Read more in Spanish:DNCD …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #389 reports 341 new PCR cases for the Sunday, 11 April 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 514. As per Bulletin #389 with the deadline of 11 April 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has registered …

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The executive vice president of the National Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores), Andres Marranzini forecasts good times for the tourism industry are coming. When interviewed for D’Agenda on Telesistema, Channel 11, Marranzini forecast around 4 million arrivals for this year. He expects the number of air arrivals to be more than what has originally been …

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The Central Bank reports that remittances this year are keeping the upward numbers. A new record of US$994.9 million was set for March 2021. This is 91.3% more than in March 2020, or US$474.8 million more.Remittances were US$792.8 million in January, US$761 million in February and US$994.9 million in March. Remittances for the first quarter …

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The Minister of Public Health Daniel Rivera announced that the government will only subsidize one PCR test per insured person per year as of this year. Other PCR tests will require the interested party to pay the insurer the full cost of the test. The test costs around RD$4,000 in local labs. The announcement comes …

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The Ministry of Public Health has only approved the reopening of 20% of public schools in the 48 municipalities where public schools are cleared to reopen. The Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP) reports that most of the public schools are not prepared to reopen for need of repairs or that the school teachers have not …

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