The operations of the Gregorio Luperón international airport, in this city, will be restarted from next July 4, the director general of that air terminal reported.
Enrique Pichardo indicated that in principle it will start with a daily flight of the American Airlines line and the Jet Blue company will restart its daily operations from July 6 with another additional flight from the 15 of the same month.
Pichardo offered this information during a meeting held at the Golf Club of the Playa Dorada tourist complex, where representatives of the public and private sector reviewed the situation that the covid-19 has left and its consequences that have affected all productive activities, commercial and business of this province.
“We have very good expectations for the restart of commercial and passenger flights from July 4 next,” said Pichardo.
While Mrs. Sharon Moi, executive director of the Amber Cove cruise terminal, in the municipality of Maimon, reported that there is still no specific date for the restart of the arrival of the cruises to that place.
He specified that everything will depend on how the pandemic continues to evolve, which has forced to suspend all activities of ships with cruise passengers.
César José de los Santos, president of the Puerto Plata Tourism Cluster (CTDPP) declared that the businessmen of the sector are waiting for the restoration of all activities to recover a large part of the losses they have suffered due to the suspension of the arrival of tourists. both by sea and by air.
Macarena Velazquez, of the consortium that builds a new cruise terminal in this city, reported that as soon as possible, work will be restarted for the completion of that work.
Source: Diario Puerto Plata
June 1, 2020
After heated debates, the Chamber of Deputies approved late on Saturday 30 May 2020 a 12-day extension of the National State of Emergency. The extension is less than half of the 25 days requested by President Danilo Medina that was rubber-stamped by the Senate.
The resolution from the Chamber of Deputies will now return to the Senate for approval in this all-too-familiar-scenario.
Once again, the deputies from the opposition parties have issued statements saying that this “is the last time” that they would approve an extension. But they said that the last time, too. Many analysts are opposed to removing the controls over social distancing, masks and curfews, saying that the “curve” of new cases and fatalities has yet to show any downward trend. Other articles in the press late last week indicated that the province of Santo Domingo is now the province with the highest number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus. The National State of Emergency is now until Friday, 12 June.
The opposition parties say the government has used the National State of Emergency to its political advantage and donations to push government party candidates. The curfew has limited the activities of opposition parties. In contrast, the government has unfolded massive aid relief packages under the office of the Vice President Margarita Cedeño, who is running for vice president on the ruling government party ticket.
In a presentation on 30 May 2020, the legal advisor to the President, Flavio Darío Espinal, said the government has said it has met all the requirements established for the National State of Emergency.
Source: DR1, Diario lIbre
June 1, 2020
Even with the official exchange rate nearing to RD$59.00 to the dollar, the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic says that there will not be any shortage of dollars or other hard currencies. The institution issued a call to have confidence in the fundamentals of the Dominican economy and the credibility of the Central Bank, currently keeping an eye on the inflationary tendencies at work in the country.
The current availability of hard currencies has been affected by the effects of the coronavirus. Tourism, export free zone exports, foreign investment and remittances have seriously been affected.
The Central Bank has been proactive, by placing US$400 million at the disposition of the financial entities from Repos in foreign currency, and another US$222 million through the freeing up of the required legal reserves, together with other measures. In addition to all of this, the Central Bank has said it has around US$8 billion in reserves.
Source: DR1, Central Bank
June 1, 2020
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic has placed in circulation a newly formatted $500 peso bill, with enhanced safety features. The main difference between the new bill and the old bills—which are still good—is the impression of a graphic representation of the Central Bank building and the vertical numbers 500 on the upper right part of the new bill’s face. The two persons on the front, Salome Ureña de Henriquez and don Pedro Henriquez Ureña, remain the same. The symbol of the Central Bank will change color under different lights while continuing to include the same safety features of the older bills.
Source: DR1, Central Bank
June 1, 2020
