This is a summary of the printed editions of the week in which we will highlight the news that were of greatest interest and relevance of these editions, starting from last Monday, December 26, to the printed edition of yesterday Saturday.
Monday December 26
The latest COE bulletin maintains 18 deaths on Christmas weekend
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC)revealed this Monday that during the Christmas weekend 18 people died of approximately 3 millions who mobilized from December 23 to 25.
The Director of the COE, Juan Manuel Méndez, explained that in the country between eight and 10 people die daily product of traffic accidents at times when the Operations Center does not keep the operatives active, while expressing solidarity with the families of the victims.
«When there are operational periods like these, where Christmas is and other operational periods where the COE is activated, it remains the same or below what happens on a day-to-day basis and this is naturally due to the efforts of you communicators and also from the authorities that we are deployed throughout the national geography, “he said.
Can read: The latest COE bulletin maintains 18 deaths on Christmas weekend
Tuesday December 27
Cholera threatens La Ciénaga with sewage
As authorities redouble efforts to control the spread of cholera In the La Zurza neighborhood, in the National District, wastewater flows from the treatment plant in La Ciénaga where it reaches a Primary Care Unit and a detachment of the National Police in this place.
The feces that sprout from the lower part of the plant, emit an unpleasant stench that makes the work of the health personnel in the care center difficult, as well as the agents posted in the detachment, apart from the families that live in the surroundings.
Can read: Cholera threatens La Ciénaga with sewage
Wednesday December 28
Possible approval of the Trust Law triggers alarms in the opposition
Leaders of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Francisco Dominguez Brito Y Juan Ariel Jimenez yesterday criticized the Public Trust Law project that is currently in the Chamber of Deputies, stressing that it has a clear intention to privatize public administration.
For Francisco Domínguez Brito, this project is a clear sign that what the government of the president is doing Luis Abinader is that with everything that is related to projects and investment expenses, a different public figure is being created than the one that was had on the public trust and in it they include and carry out everything that occurs to them, without the need to comply with the laws of public administration that are so important for the State.
Can read: Possible approval of the Trust Law triggers alarms in the opposition
Thursday December 29
PLD and the FP prevent the approval of debt bonds
The Plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies had to leave on the table the bill that authorizes the Executive Branch to place public debt securities for up to a maximum amount of RD$363,257,860,888 to complement the General State Budget for next year, due to the opposition of the parties of the Dominican Liberation (PLD), Fuerza del Pueblo (FP) and other political groups.
But the Chamber of Deputies managed to approve in first reading the project on Appeals and the project of Maritime Trade Law from the Dominican Republic.
As for the initiative to manage the resources to cover the 2023 budget deficit, it should be known at the next session of deputies, scheduled for January 10, 2023.
Can read: PLD and the FP prevent the approval of debt bonds
Friday December 30
Marino Zapete since his retirement: “I’m happy”
After almost 40 years of career in journalism, the veteran communicator Marine Zapete decided to stop preparing “The Syrup” (name of your television program) and give way to the new generations to play their role as a social counterweight in communication criticism.
“People have to know when it happened and I just happened. People cling to things and do not withdraw, and that creates a situation that damages democratic societies more than the good it does them,” says Zapete convinced, while smile at your analysis and explanatory comparisons rain down, as a natural teacher that he is.
His argument is irrefutable when he is insisted on giving a reason for his sudden retirement, since he recalls his involvement in the fight against corruption in the Green March social movement, as the cause that delayed his departure 3 years later what I had planned.
Can read: Marino Zapete since his retirement: “I’m happy”
