This is a summary of the print editions of the week in which we will highlight the news that was of greatest interest and relevance of said editions, starting from the past monday august 8 until yesterday’s print edition Saturday.
Monday, August 8
Canada sends teams to rescue miners
Last night, more than 52,000 pounds of high-tech heavy equipment and technical personnel sent by the government of Canada for the rescue of the miners Gregory Alexander Mendez and Carlos Yepeztrapped since Sunday July 31 in the underground mine of the Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom) in Maimon HillsProvince Monsignor Nouel.
The machines arrived in the Boeing C-17 Globemaster aircraft and were received after 9:00 pm in the cargo area of the Las Americas International Airport by Vice President Raquel Peña; the minister of Energy and Mines, Antonio Almonte; the vice president of Cormidom Elizabeth Mena, and the director of MigrationVenancio Alcantara, among others.
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Tuesday, August 9
Fulcar requests to audit its management in Education
The former Minister of Education Roberto Fulcarwent to the Chamber of Accounts to deposit a communication in which he requests the performance of a financial and process audit after his two-year term, and he did so accompanied by a group of legislators and friends.
The spokesman in the Chamber of Deputies of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Julito Fulcar, who is his brother, headed the commission that supported Roberto Fulcar to visit the auditing body of state institutions. Part of the bench present were the perremeist deputies Amado Diaz and Franklin Ramirez.
The former Minister of Education, who on the 3rd of this month was changed to Minister without Portfolio, is the first official of the President Luis Abinader which asks the Chamber of Accounts to audit the work carried out.
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Wednesday, August 10
Miners are in good condition after 10 days trapped
“The first days were very heartbreaking, well, very difficult to measure,” said the Colombian miner Carlos Yepez Ospina minutes after leaving smiling and happy with the Dominican Gregores Alexander Mendez Torres from the mine where they were trapped for ten days.
His joy was a reflection of his condition: both, as the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance and the director of the Doctor Ramón de Lara Teaching Military Hospital would later confirm at a press conference, were very well.
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Thursday, August 11
Macarrulla resigns from the Ministry of the Presidency
Lisandro Macarrulla Yesterday, he presented his resignation from the position of Minister of the Presidency, upon completing two years of government, since that was the time that he would have agreed with President Luis Abinader at the beginning of his administration.
A note also indicates that in April he requested an audit of the first period of his management from the Chamber of Accounts and that in October 2021, the Comptroller’s Office began an internal audit of the ministry, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and Law 10- 07, of the National System of Internal Control and the Comptroller General.
“Also in December 2021, the official requested the contracting of a legal and financial audit of his management, a process awarded and marked with the reference MINPRE-CCC-CP-2021-0012”, refers to the document.
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Friday August 12
Government announces investment of US$2,000 million in the northwestern border
With an investment of more than US$2 billion, the Government intends to take out to the northwest frontier of the abandonment and misery to which it has been subjected for a long time.
The Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Pavel Isa Contrerascited the design of programs and projects for the Government’s investment at a point on the border that impacted the entire region, and the country.
The 90 initiatives, systematized in the Strategy: MiFronteraRDThey will generate economic dynamism, promote the creation of opportunities and jobs, improve basic services, connect every corner of the territory, increase human capital, strengthen institutions and promote respect, conservation and appreciation of the environment.
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Saturday August 13
Fernando Tatis Jr. tests positive for steroids; will be suspended 80 games
Dominican shortstop and superstar from San Diego Padres, Fernando Tatis Jr.tested positive for steroids and faces an 80-game suspension in the Big leagues.
The 23-year-old has been sidelined for the entirety of the 2022 campaign so far due to a wrist injurybut had begun his rehab assignments.
After rumors on social networks, but with nothing 100% confirmed, it was determined that the MLB conducted an investigation and found that Fernando Tatis Jr.. he used clostebol to enhance his performance.
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