PUERTO PLATA.- Given that they have been closed for more than 50 days, Puerto Plata’s businessmen and merchants are imploring the Government to allow them to gradually open their businesses.
The president of the Association of Entrepreneurs and Merchants of Puerto Plata (ADECOMPP), Evelio Díaz, maintained that the lack of production is already unbearable for local trade since the time that has elapsed has been more than sufficient.
“While small and medium-sized Puerto Plata merchants continue with our businesses closed, ironically the large supermarket chains are open and they sell everything, without applying any restrictions, which is not fair,” Díaz said.
He clarified that they respect the restrictive measures implemented by the authorities to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, but with keeping all the shops in the city closed, these official provisions have gone too far.
Also, the renowned businessman José Daniel Jiménez (Niño), expressed that since March 17 his store located on Camino Real street has been closed and more than 110 employees depend on his business, who are desperate to be practically out of work.
He stated that although government decisions in the fiscal and labor spheres seemed correct, the economic losses are incalculable, so it is already prudent to allow the opening of commercial establishments in Puerto Plata.
For this reason, last Friday a group of businessmen and merchants held a meeting with the Civil Governor of Puerto Plata, Iván Rivera, whom they asked to manage in the National Palace to gradually open local businesses.
Puerto Plata’s merchants called the High-Level Commission for the prevention and control of COVID-19 to accept their proposal, indicating that they are committed to educating their customers in compliance with social isolation and other sanitary measures. required.
They guaranteed that if they were allowed to open their commercial establishments in a staggered manner, they would faithfully comply with the sanitary protocol established by the authorities since the reopening of commerce and hospitality would allow thousands of employees to return to their workplaces.
Source: Puerto Plata Digital
May 11, 2020
PUERTO PLATA.- Four citizens protested peacefully in the Parque de Las Banderas in the tourist municipality of Sosúa, demanding that the Pension Fund Administrators (AFP) hand over 30% of the accumulated money to Dominican workers in this crisis caused by Coronavirus. The protesters carried signs, they stood for several hours on the public highway to make their demand, which they described as fair for the benefit of the country’s working class.
Source: Puerto Plata Digital
May 8, 2020
PUERTO PLATA.- With great caution, dozens of drivers must pass verification every day at the checkpoints installed at the eastern and western access roads to Puerto Plata, where government authorities have established a Sanitary Cordon that includes social distancing.
Source: Puerto Plata Digital
May 8, 2020
PUERTO PLATA.- Government authorities began yesterday in the popular sectors of this city an intense day of identification of possible positive cases of Coronavirus.
The opening ceremony took place in the Juan García park on Avenida del Muelle, where the Provincial Director of Health, Wady Musa Valerio, was present, accompanied by the Civil Governor, Iván Rivera and other officials.
The day to identify positive people to the Coronavirus, is carried out by the Ministry of Defense (Armed Forces) in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health, where a total of 14 teams of civil and military doctors operate, who carry out rapid tests.
Likewise, the military, police officers, Civil Defense volunteers and community leaders visit all the neighborhoods, house by house asking if any person presents any symptoms that could be suspected of being a possible carrier of the COVID-19 virus.
Source: Puerto Plata Digital
May 8, 2020
PUERTO PLATA.- A total of 28 Dominican citizens who were stranded in Canada due to flight restrictions due to the COVID-19, arrived in the country today through the local airport terminal.
The passengers arrived on charter flight 394 of the WestJet airline from Toronto, received by the Canadian Ambassador into the country, Shauna Hemingway, as well as the pilot brigadier general, Juan Darío Tejada Quintana, who commands the Joint Task (FTC).
Likewise, the Provincial Director of Health in Puerto Plata, Wady Musa Valerio, the commander of the Puerto Plata Air Base, Colonel César Edgardo Severino Santana, and the North Regional Director of the National Police, Francisco Pérez Encarnación, were present.
All travelers who were in Canadian territory underwent rapid tests of the COVID-19 and then were taken to an isolation center where they will have to comply with the required quarantine.
Source: Puerto Plata Digital
May 8, 2020
