Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo, DR
Between one and 200 new cases of the Covid-19 virus were reported yesterday in most of the country’s provinces, leaving only Barahona, Elías Piña, Monseñor Nouel, and Peravia with no reports of new infections in the last 24 hours.

However, it should be noted that between the bulletin issued by the Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday and yesterday, Thursday, the provinces that do not report positive cases were not tested for any significant diagnostic tests.

Loma de Cabrera. Angry residents attacked a man with sticks and stones after he was allegedly caught when he tried to rob a disabled person of a tricycle in this municipality’s community of Laja Campeche.

Juan Contreras Solís, nicknamed “Deli,” 26 years old, resident of Río Limpio of this town, has a contused wound in the left frontal region and lacerations in various parts of the body.

Santo Domingo, DR
The National Council received at least 259 complaints of abuse and mistreatment of older adults for the Elderly (Conape) in the first six months of this year.

Among the most common cases of abuse reported to the state agency are family conflicts, psychological mistreatment, abandonment, and violation of property rights. However, we also receive economic and physical injustice, negligence, and neglect reports.

Pedernales. – The binational market was very active on this border, despite the threat of the gang leader Fanton Susan Nef (509) to provoke a civil war in Haiti due to the military persecution against him.

Commercial activity is dynamic with the flow of Haitians who pass to this site in search of food for humans and animals and the purchase of rebar, cement, sand, and other construction materials.

Likewise, thousands of Haitians are seen circulating in this area’s streets, doing motoconcho, venduteras, construction, and other activities.

Santo Domingo, DR
The lawyer representing the relatives of the murdered Minister of Environment, Orlando Jorge Mera, warned that the confessed murderer Miguel Cruz de la Mota would start his fable as all the accused to justify reprehensible conduct in all senses.

Dr. Miguel Valerio, who became a civil actor against Cruz de la Mota, said he hoped that the media would be very cautious with the fable that could be produced around the murder of the Minister of the Environment.

Santo Domingo, DR
The units of the police and military bodies, which have jointly taken to the streets to reduce the levels of criminality in the country, continued their work during the Corpus Christi holiday.

During a tour carried out by a team of Listín Diario in various sectors of Greater Santo Domingo, it was possible to verify the presence of uniformed officers of various military bodies.

Santo Domingo.- The Vice President of the Senate, as well as members of the Treasury and Energy Commission of both legislative chambers, valued the savings of nearly US$235 million that the Government has already had as a result of the conversion to natural gas of generation plants that worked with derived fuels of oil and favored the entire national electricity matrix to switch to producing with cleaner and cheaper fuels.

Santo Domingo.- The company GB Energy reported that it dispatches normally Avgas 100LL aviation fuel, used by small planes, and guaranteed that it will maintain the continuity of the supply of this fuel.

Mauricio Pulido, CEO for the Dominican Republic, indicated that the company has inventory for more than 30 days to exceed the regular demand of its customers, both in Jet A-1 fuels, which are used by turbine aircraft (commercial, cargo or military flights), such as Av 100LL, used by aircraft that have piston engines (light aircraft or small planes).

Santo Domingo.- An American tourist who was enjoying an excursion in the natural pool of Saona Island, La Altagracia province, died this Thursday.

According to the police report, they were informed that they were bringing an American tourist who was in poor health on a boat from the natural pool of Isla Saona.

According to the forensic doctor, the foreigner died due to acute myocardial infarction.

It said the American tourist Miriam Rodríguez, 69, arrived in the country on June 11 and had planned to return to her country on the 18th of the month.

The removal of the COVID-19 testing requirement for vaccinated individuals entering The Bahamas and the discontinuation of the Bahamas travel health visa means savings in the cost of travel to this country and a more level playing field with competitive destinations in the region, Baha Mar President Graeme Davis told Guardian Business yesterday.

Davis said those savings will go a long way, as travelers decide which destination in the region they will spend their vacation time.