Santo Domingo.-President Luis Abinader supported this Thursday the proposal of the Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher (PUCMM) to create a semiconductor laboratory for shared use between universities and highlighted the technological advance that the development of its first microchip university represents for the Dominican Republic, as part of a commitment to strengthen research, innovation and the training of specialized talent. This project is linked to the formation of the human capital necessary for the Dominican Republic to integrate into the semiconductor chain, a nationa…

Santo Domingo.- Within the framework of the Regional Policy Dialogue: Building resilient health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, which brings together in Santo Domingo authorities and specialists from 25 countries in the region, the Minister of Health, Víctor Atallah, highlighted the importance of strengthening the preparation of health systems before emergency situations occur. During his participation in the dialogue, organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Atallah emphasized that the strength of a health system should not be measured solely by its functioning und…

Santo Domingo.-The Dominican Republic and the United States of America signed a cooperation framework to strengthen the security and resilience of the supply chains of critical minerals and rare earths, as well as promote new investment and development opportunities linked to the extraction and processing of these strategic resources. The agreement was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Víctor “Ito” Bisonó, and the ambassador of the United States of America, Leah F. Campos, in an event in which the Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos Echavarría, was present. During the signing …

Santo Domingo.- El ministrode Vivienda, Hábitat y Edificaciones (Mivhed),Jean Luis Rodríguez,realizó un recorrido de supervisión este jueves a lostrabajos de intervenciónque desarrolla la entidad que dirige en el sectorLos Praditos, en el Distrito Nacional. Este proyecto buscatransformar las condiciones de vidaen Los Praditos e integrarlo a la ciudad mediante lamejora de servicios básicos, infraestructura vial, iluminación pública, mozo de fachadas y revitalización del espacio público. Actualmente, los equipos del Mived trabajan en los imbornales, luego de que se concluyeran los trabajos del…

Santo Domingo.-El Ministerio de Educación, a través de laDirección de Participación y Liderazgo Estudiantil(PLE-RD), concluyóel Campamento Nacional Ciudadanos al 100,en el que406 estudiantesfortalecieron suliderazgo estudiantil y compromiso ciudadano. En el encuentro, que se desarrolló en Jarabacoa durante los días 7, 8 y 9 de septiembre, bajo el lema “La ciudadanía no se explica, se practica”,los Agentes al 100 participaron en unaagenda pedagógica y formativaorientada al desarrollo de competencias ciudadanas, liderazgo y participación estudiantil, a través de las jornadas“Soy ciudadano”, “Vi…

Santo Domingo.-Los fondos de pensionesimpulsan la construcción de proyectos residenciales con una inversión demás de 3,500 millones de pesos dominicanospara el desarrollo demás de 13,000 viviendas, de las cualesmás de 1,800están terminadas y en proceso de entrega. Estosproyectos residenciales, que facilitarán el acceso a que los afiliados puedan adquirir su casa propia, se encuentran ubicados en elDistrito Nacional, Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo Norte, Santo Domingo Este, Santiago e Higüey. A través de la inversión de los fondos de pensiones en losfondos de inversión, lasAdministradoras de Fo…

Santo Domingo.-El presidente Luis Abinaderpresentó este jueves elPrograma Nacional de Alfabetización en Inteligencia Artificial “RD Inteligente”,una iniciativa de desarrollotecnológico y socialque busca capacitar aun millón de dominicanosen inteligencia artificial(IA), con el propósito defortalecer las competencias digitalesde la población y avanzar hacia una economía del conocimientomás inclusiva y competitiva. El proyecto, impulsado por el Gobierno, a través delInstituto Tecnológico de Las Américas(ITLA), tiene como objetivodemocratizar el accesoa la preparación tecnológica mediante un prog…

Santo Domingo.–The Superates Directorate of Social Development held a meeting with governors from different provinces of the country, with the purpose of socializing institutional goals and strengthening the territorial articulation of social protection policies, with special attention to prioritized territories. During the event, headed by the general director of Supérate, Mayra Jiménez, the main actions carried out by the institution in the territories were addressed, with emphasis on the provision of services, training and support to participating families, ensuring that social protection …

Santo Domingo.-The Social Security Treasury (TSS) developed a work day together with specialists from Amazon Web Services (AWS), focused on the design of modern, scalable and secure technological solutions, capable of responding to the future needs of the institution and its users, specifically for the Single Information and Collection System (SUIR). The session was part of the TSS technological modernization strategy and was aimed at building an architecture based on independent services, with the capacity to incorporate new functionalities, facilitate the maintenance of applications and ada…

Santo Domingo.–The General Directorate of Community Development (DGDC) and the Junior Chamber International Dominican Republic (JCI RD) signed an inter-institutional collaboration agreement aimed at strengthening the execution of programs, projects and initiatives of community impact and youth development at the national level. The agreement establishes a cooperation framework through which both institutions will articulate efforts, capacities and resources for the planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation of initiatives aimed at generating opportunities and contributing to the developme…

Sabana Iglesia, Santiago. – The Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kelvin Cruz, led this Wednesday the first groundbreaking ceremony that marks the beginning of the construction of the multipurpose facility in the Sabana Iglesia municipality, in the Santiago province. The facility, which will directly impact hundreds of young athletes and the institutions of this community, contemplates an investment of RD 33,700,692.69 by the Ministry of Sports. Cruz highlighted that the work responds to President Luis Abinader's commitment to dignify sports and cultural spaces throughout the country. “Tha…

Santo Domingo Norte.- With a symbolic palazzo, the general director of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (Caasd), engineer Fellito Suberví, started the work for the stormwater and sanitary sanitation of the Yaguasa riverbed (Juan Vaquero), in Barrio Norte of the Los Guaricanos sector, which will solve a years-long problem for the municipalities of this town, with the elimination of environmental pollution and floods. Engineer Suberví explained that the work has an investment of RD 266.1 million, and will be characterized by the total coverage of the tributary with a box-type se…

Santo Domingo.- The director of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant), Juan Manuel Méndez, held a meeting with the president of the Dominican National Transportation Federation (Fenatrado), Ricardo de los Santos, and members of its board of directors, in which they evaluated alternatives to enable the transit of heavy vehicles, strengthen road safety and guarantee compliance with the law. The meeting is part of the rapprochement agenda that Méndez develops with the different actors linked to transit and land transportation, with the purpose of strengthening insti…

Santo Domingo.-The Santiago Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan) has intervened more than 50 roads between avenues and streets throughout the province, with the operation of placing covers and collecting wastewater records. The general director of Coraasan, engineer Andrés Cueto, said that more than 500 lids made of two types of materials have been placed: iron with resin with an integrated hinge and/or security screw with a special key to prevent theft and 20 and 21-inch fiberglass with a screw. The first, in the main arteries with the greatest circulation of the city and the second, lo…

Santo Domingo.-The National Institute of Professional Technical Training (Infotep), in alliance with the Circle of Health Journalists (Cipesa), certified 65 journalists and communicators who completed the Diploma in Strategic Health Communication, corresponding to the fourth cohort of this specialized training program. The deputy general director of Infotep, Luis Manuel Rodríguez, representing the general director, Maira Morla Pineda, highlighted the institution's commitment to the training of professionals linked to strategic sectors of society. "In health issues, communicating well also me…

Santo Domingo.-Twenty-two producers from the provinces of San José de Ocoa and Peravi received bonus certificates corresponding to the calls for medium-sized projects in the Southern and National Photovoltaic region, totaling an amount of RD 14,587,494.82, granted by the Executive Directorate of National Irrigation Technology (TNR), through the Fund for the Promotion of the Technology of the National Irrigation System. Irrigation (Fotesir), aimed at promoting the efficient use of water and the use of solar energy in irrigation systems. Of the total amount, RD 11,630,107.02 were allocated to 1…

Santo Domingo.–El presidente Luis Abinaderfelicitó alCentro de Operaciones de Emergencias(COE) y a los organismos de socorro, así como a lasinstituciones públicas y privadasy a los ciudadanos que participaron en elSimulacro Nacional de Evacuación por Terremoto, realizado de manera simultánea a las 10:00 de la mañana en todo elterritorio nacional, destacando la importancia de mantener unapreparación permanentepara fortalecer lacapacidad de respuesta y preservar vidas. Al dirigirse a los participantes, en la explanada frontal del Palacio Nacional, el mandatario, acompañado de laprimera dama Raq…

Santo Domingo.-The Executive Branch deposited before the National Congress a bill that authorizes the creation of the Real Estate Corporation for the Transformation of Ensanche La Fe (Citelf), a mixed capital commercial company that would be in charge of the development, construction and operation of a modern baseball stadium with standards of the United States Major League Baseball (MLB), in addition to a real estate and urban complex in the National District. The proposal contemplates that the new stadium be built in the perimeter currently occupied by the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, i…

Santo Domingo.– The Institute of Dominicans Abroad (Index) launched the fifth edition of the short film contest “Huellas de mi Quisqueya”, an initiative that seeks to promote the audiovisual talent of Dominicans residing abroad and strengthens their ties with Dominican identity, culture and roots. The event was headed by the vice minister for Dominican Communities Abroad and executive director of the Index, ambassador Celinés Toribio, who highlighted that the event seeks to provide the diaspora with a space to tell, from their own perspective, stories related to their experiences, customs and…

Santo Domingo.- The General Directorate of Customs (DGA) reaffirmed the effectiveness of its actions against illicit trade by seizing 74,100 ammunition hidden inside eight truck engines in the Customs Administration of Eastern Haina, the largest discovery of this type made by the institution, in a single operation, during the last four years. During inspection and control tasks, DGA officers detected a hidden shipment of ammunition that included 64,420 9-millimeter caliber capsules and 9,680 .38-millimeter caliber capsules, for a total of 74,100 ammunition, which strengthens national efforts …