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The film “Playing with fire”, by Andy Fickman, inaugurated on Tuesday the new “Drive-in” concept of auto cinema, an initiative that marks the return of this cinematographic modality to the Dominican Republic. "Cinema under the stars" is the result of a strategic alliance between the companies Caribbean Cinemas and Sirena, to open the cinema in the face of the pandemic that keeps the so-called seventh art premises closed throughout the country due to the issue of physical distancing. The cost of tickets is RD $ 750.00 per vehicle (Itbis included + service charge) and a maximum of 4 people per vehicle will be allowed to enjoy modern laser digital projection technology, the same one that has been operating with The company was successful on the neighboring island of Puerto Rico. Zumaya Cordero, director of Operations for Caribbean Cinemas, reported that the drive-in project is temporary, taking into account prevention, distancing and hygiene measures to enjoy with friends and family in a healthy and safe environment. Cordero added that they are simultaneously working on the next reopening of movie theaters, with the great Hollywood premieres, under strict safety and hygiene protocols. For her part, Ana María Ramos, marketing director of Grupo Ramos, said that through this recreation proposal the Sirena brand joins to offer Dominican families the entertainment that is so much needed in these distant times, “to make them a happier life, offering them solutions that allow them to live better and enjoy the emotions that matter ”. Drive-In will operate Monday through Friday with batches starting at 6:30 p.m. and parking open to the public from 6:00 p.m. To comply with the current curfew time, short films will be scheduled, allowing people to get home on time. On billboard. Caribbean Cinemas Drive-In Sirena will have a varied and thematic program, with films for all tastes: action-adrenaline, romantic nights with friends, Dominican cinema of various genres, extreme suspense, as well as family and animated films for the little ones at home. Among the films that will be screened in the first two weeks, at 6:00 pm, are “Playing with fire”, “Colao”, “Trolls 1”, “Veneno”, “The boss baby”, ”Like a boss ”,“ Who's boss? ”,“ Despicable Me 3 ”,“ The turning ”,“ Secret life of pets ”and“ Qué León ”. Four car cinemas in Santo Domingo In the 1970s, there were four drive-ins in the Dominican capital: Autocinema Naco, located on the land that today occupies Plaza Naco; Autocima Iris, on Independencia Avenue, a site occupied by Coca Cola; Divertilandia, also on Av. Independencia, (Carretera Sánchez Km 11), and in Ensanche Ozama, in what is now Santo Domingo Este, the Autocinema Ozama, on José Cabrera Street.

Dozens of agents of the National Police were stationed at the entrances and exits of Daniel Espinal streets at the corner of Las Carreras avenue, Del Sol street and Francia avenue, covering all sides of the emblematic Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration before a call for protest that originated in social networks against the curfew. ‘’ No more curfew. We are all going to the Monument this Saturday 16 at 9:00 AM, '' says the digital brochure that was disseminated by different social networks, without achieving the attention and support of the sectors summoned as owners of nightclubs, restaurants, grocery stores, artists, designers, taxi drivers, among other sectors that, according to the statement, are affected by the government's provision, which is intended to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Without preventing the free movement of people who approach the symbolic monument to recreate, do exercises or take a picture, the Police officers make sure that no groups are formed, in order to avoid the start of the attempted demonstration, which has not been assumed by no po[CENSORED]r, community or social group known from Santiago. This Saturday and Sunday the curfew starts at 12:00 noon with free transit until 3:00 in the afternoon, so those who do not have exceptional permits will not be able to circulate. Call in Moca The Espaillat Governorate front, in the Moca municipality, is the scene in which a protest against the curfew has been called for next Friday, January 22. The call is from the Po[CENSORED]r Movement Los Peregrinos, reported its coordinator, Juan Comprés, who explained that they will demand with a "civic stop" the end of the curfew and reductions in the price of fuel, which, the organization says, affects housewives, taxi drivers, motoconchistas, lawyers, small merchants, owners of bars, restaurants and nightclubs, among other sectors whom he calls to the demonstration. The lawyer Alfredo Martínez, joining the call, said that the municipality's lawyers will be demonstrating to demand, in addition to the curfew being eliminated, that the courts be opened. The demonstration will begin at 10:00 in the morning.

Two people were seriously injured after the SUV in which they were moving along kilometer 29 of the Las Américas highway crashed into a truck that was with electricity contractor workers. The black Lexus brand SUV, without a license plate, was totally destroyed when it collided with the vehicle, a tow truck belonging to an electricity contractor. The driver of the crashed vehicle was trapped in it, forcing rescuers from the Fire Department to use special machinery to cut some pieces and free it, while his companion was able to get out without mishap; both were taken in two ambulance units to the Darío Contreras trauma hospital. According to medical personnel present at the scene, the driver - whose name has not yet been given - is seriously injured, despite the fact that the car's airbag was activated. Nor was the name of the companion offered. The incident occurred at 6:45 this afternoon and it was not until an hour later that the authorities were able to remove the devices that were occupying the middle of the road. This caused a blockage in the west to east direction, since hundreds of vehicles were moving at the time towards the cities of the east of the country, seeking not to exhaust the allowed hours of circulation of the curfew. Also from the nearby neighborhoods, dozens of onlookers moved, who crowded around the accident to observe, a large majority without masks and without respecting physical distance.

"Every time I see this video, it gives me an importance, thank God I was not with my daughter but I need justice to be done", this is how the Dominican influencer Carol Acosta reacted, "Killadamente", when she shared a video on her Instagram account where the moment in which she was robbed is observed when entering the building where she lives, in New York City. As reported by the young woman, the event occurred on January 10 this year, and it is seen how she was thrown to the ground during the criminal action. “The worst thing that can happen to you is that they steal your peace of mind in her own house. I trust God and I know this is not going to stay that way. Pray for me ”, was the other part of the message that Killadamente wrote on her Instagram account. A surveillance camera showed the moment the man is following her after she enters the building, and commits the act of her. The 29 second clip also shows her arguing with the criminal. Killadamente, who is super famous for promoting her self-esteem, posted several stories in which she related what she experienced and how she feels after what happened. “My people, I experienced one of the most‘ traumatic ’things in my life. I was robbed at the very entrance of my house ”, she reads herself in the images of the security camera, where she can see how she is robbed by a man who tried to take her wallet from her. "I hit myself very hard behind my head and I'm very upset, I need to find who did this to me," she says in another shot where it is also observed how she opposed and faced her attacker; she now she is grateful that nothing worse happened. “I need all of you to help me by asking God to help me find who did this to me, my people, it is not so much the material (...) but the peace they took from me, you do not know the anxiety I have now, I am With people, I don't feel safe ... I also thank God that I wasn't with my daughter, ”she says in the rest of the videos in which she is extremely worried.

There are 17 days left for people to renew their tag and once this period has passed the General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) will charge surcharges to those who did not do it on time. The sanction established by the DGII for not renewing in the established period is 2,000 pesos, but 2,100 pesos must pay those who did not renew in 2019 and 3,100 pesos those who did not renew in 2018 and previous years. The motor vehicle traffic tax must be paid annually and takes place during the last quarter of each year. Given the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tax amounts did not increase. For vehicles manufactured until 2015, the cost is RD $ 1,500 and from 2016 onwards it is RD $ 3,000. On this occasion, the renewal opposition does not apply to vehicles that have traffic fines that have not been paid. The DGII recalled this Tuesday that the renewal of the online tag will be done this Friday, January 15. After that date, the renewals must be made through the window at the authorized institutions. To date, 827,450 tags have been renewed for a collection of RD $ 1,374,337,500. 84% of these processes were carried out online through financial entities, 12% on the DGII portal, and 4% in localities of the collecting institution. This season there are 1,449,952 vehicles available for renewal. The estimated collection is RD $ 2,343,717,450. The DGII called on vehicle owners to renew their tag in time to avoid surcharges.

The judges of the First Collegiate Court of the National District accepted this Thursday, partially, an opposition appeal presented by the defense of Conrado Pittaluga Arzeno, who opposed the incorporation of evidence authenticated by the Brazilian witness Rodrigo Maluf Cardoso, in the trial for the Odebrecht case. The court decided to allow the Public Ministry to incorporate documents that are in Spanish as evidence and the debate on the incorporation of documents in foreign languages was reserved for another time. They motivated that they have confirmed that the translations were deposited in the investigation stage, but since there are about 30 document boxes, they understand that it is essential to postpone the debate or the interrogations that are in progress. Pittaluga's defense motivated his opposition by saying that the Public Ministry committed evidence smuggling and procedural fraud by trying to incorporate more evidence than was communicated to the parties and in a foreign language. The hearing continues this Thursday between incidents, without being able to continue listening to the witness Marcelo Hofke. The head of the Special Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), Wilson Camacho, referred to the actions of the defenses with a saying: "he who is drowning clings to any branch." At stake in the Odebrecht bribery trial is the guilt and innocence of Ángel Rondón, Conrado Pittaluga, Víctor Díaz Rúa, Tommy Galán, Andrés Bautista, and Roberto Rodríguez.

A doctor is torn between life and death in a Santiago health center, after being run over when running scared out of the emergency area of the Los Hidalgos municipal hospital, in Puerto Plata, where she received, while on duty, the lifeless body of her eight-year-old son. It is about Marigeny Romano, who presents traumas in different parts of her body. The medical professional is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Maternal and Child clinic and it is expected that she will be transferred to a health center in Santo Domingo. The doctor's son died from a cutting wound to one of his feet caused by porcelain from a sink that fell on him when he slipped in the bathroom of his residence, located in the Cañada Grande community of Los Hidalgos. The boy was taken in an agonizing state to the Rafael Cantizano Arias Hospital, in Los Hidalgos, where her mother was on her service, and when she saw him, she was so upset that she ran out and was hit by a vehicle. The event has caused great consternation in Los Hidalgos, Puerto Plata. It is unknown what happened to the vehicle that hit her.

The veto of Twitter and Facebook to the accounts of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has unleashed the debate on the role of the large digital platforms and the EU has joined the global reflection by criticizing that private companies limit freedom of expression of a ruler, but he has celebrated that they recognize his role in the defense of democracy. In recent years, especially after the jihadist attacks in Paris and Brussels and recently with the sale of fraudulent medical devices during the pandemic, the European Commission (EC) has asked platforms to remove illegal content from their servers, according to a code of good practice. Red lines But in the eyes of European leaders, with the blocking of the accounts of a president who has incited an assault on the United States Capitol, the platforms have crossed a red line and Brussels now hopes to contribute to its regulation at a global level with the recent law. of digital services that it presented in December, pending approval. A spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this week that she "sees the permanent closure of the US president's accounts problematic." For Merkel, freedom of opinion "is a fundamental right of essential importance" that can be restricted only under the conditions set by legislators, but not by "the decision of the corporate management of platforms on social networks." From the European Parliament, the president of the social democratic group, Iratxe García, tells Efe that 'it is about finding the balance between freedom of expression - which is a fundamental right - and the protection of democracy' 'The problem posed by the blocking of Donald Trump's social networks is to allow the platforms to decide where that delicate line is', because' beyond the ethical code of a private company, it should be the laws that define where hate crimes and self-serving misinformation begin. ' Speaking to Efe, the president of the Greens, Ska Keller, points out another element to this debate: "Trump, as president, could not have existed without the amplification of conspiracy theories, discrimination and hatred offered by digital platforms." However, she believes that "the courts should have the possibility to analyze and decide whether any law has been violated." The discordant note in this majority opinion is given by the vice president of the European Commission in charge of the digital field, Margrethe Vestager, who in an interview with the Washington Post endorses the veto of Twitter and Facebook to Trump. 'This is obviously the most extreme of extreme situations, that the President of the United States is inciting people to march against Congress. (...) I fully accept that this is an extreme situation and the lines have been exceeded, 'says liberal Vestager, who criticizes the platforms for not having acted before against Trump's messages and doing so only a few days after the end its mandate, although it says that in Europe, blocked users would have the option of going to court. A change of paradign? His colleague in the Community Executive, the Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, is instead 'perplexed' by the fact that 'a CEO can disconnect the speaker from the US president', as he wrote in a recent article in Politician. But he sees positive elements and believes that due to the relevance of the veto to the accounts of the US president, we are facing a change in trend regarding the role of the internet giants in defending democracy. "Just as September 11 (2001) represented a paradigm shift in global security, twenty years later we are witnessing a before and after in the role of digital platforms in our democracy," he points out. "They have recognized their responsibility ... to prevent the spread of illegal content," he says. Breton is confident that with the recent digital services law that he presented in December with Vestager, the EU can contribute to global reflection on how the activity of these companies should be regulated. That law gives authorities greater ability to ask platforms to remove illegal content and provides for fines of up to 6% of their global turnover if they do not act quickly. Algorithms Both García and Keller welcome the regulation - on which the European Parliament and the Council of the EU (which represents the Member States) have yet to decide - but believe that it is not enough to address the challenges posed by the digital economy. 'We also have to regulate the artificial intelligence that creates algorithms to deliver specific information to certain citizens,' says García, who stresses that 'we need to go beyond the logic of innovation and the creation of monetary value and analyze the damage that the uncontrolled use of algorithms has caused democratic values in our society.

The FCA group (Fiat-Chrysler) showed in Las Vegas a prototype of what its future Premium mobility could be. The automobile consortium revealed a good part of what will be its nearest future with the prototype called Chrysler Airflow Vision Concept. The concept car with its name and with some features of its aesthetics to the mythical Chrysler Airflow of the 30s, one of the first vehicles in which aerodynamics was taken into account. Its current reproduction tries to remedy the little success of then. Indeed, it is considered a solution to the premium mobility of tomorrow, offering a first-class experience to its occupants and a high-tech interior. As a model, the new Airflow Vision Concept is based on the production Chrysler Pacifica, but adapted to a much more dynamic and futuristic exterior with the design of the future Premium crossover models of the brand. As we can see, all the signs that define the style of the sedan or minivan have been eliminated to the point of giving it a more SUV air. Its most outstanding elements are: absence of side doors, wheels inspired by the mechanism of an electric motor, leather upholstery and copper-colored details that contrast perfectly with the white of the bodywork and a feeling of interior space worthy of upper segments . Since it is a show car, the brand has not released data regarding its mechanics. Nor do we know much about the screens that are the protagonists in the cabin, but FCA's idea is clear: that each passenger can enjoy an independent infotainment system to make their trips much more enjoyable. We also assume that the Airflow Vision Concept has some level of autonomous driving. However, at Chrysler they want to continue leaving the pleasure of driving in our hands ... and we appreciate it.

A fearsome but discreet villain; ruthless but refined. This is how Juan Pablo Raba describes his sinister character from "Coyote", a series on the border between the United States and Mexico that, according to the Colombian actor told Efe, exemplifies that "the most dangerous criminals" are those who are not seen. Raba is an expert in revealing the dark side of the world thanks to roles like Gustavo Gaviria's in "Narcos" (2015-2017). Now you see faces with Michael Chiklis ("The Shield", 2002-2008) in "Coyote", a series that landed last week on the CBS All Access platform with Michelle MacLaren, who was the producer of "Breaking Bad" (2008- 2013), in the engine room. "Coyote" centers on Ben (Chiklis), a veteran US Border Patrol agent who becomes embroiled in a deadly plot to help a woman in distress in Mexico. Raba plays a criminal named Juan Diego who will be Ben's great enemy despite the fact that, according to the Latino, they soon discover that "they are not so different from each other." Q: Juan Diego is a bloodthirsty criminal, but also sophisticated, intelligent, and methodical. A: I am attracted to the idea that we really depart from a stereotype: that villain who is such in front of everyone and for everyone, that villain who behaves as such throughout his life with his wife, with his children, towards the enemies of him ... My perception of Juan Diego is that he is more of a businessman. His business is not necessarily legal, certainly. But he's not the person who's going to directly go and shoot you. He has organized his life very well so that it does not show. It strikes me that the most dangerous criminals in this world are like this. And we see them on television, at rallies, splendid with their families ... Later, if you find out a little bit, or when there is a scandal (...), what lies below is rotten. That catches the attention of Juan Diego: how do you do a guy who really knows that he is dangerous but does not act like one. Q: Latinos in the US criticize that they are often given the roles of drug traffickers, prostitutes, etc. Are you worried about being pigeonholed into those types of criminal characters? A: I reject many (smiles). I reject those that are misspelled. I have no problem playing villains because there are villains in the world. It is not that it is a fantasy that we are making up. In the world there are drug cartels, there are people who traffic in human beings ... My job as an artist is not to judge my character. That does not mean that I agree with him, of course not. But in order to tell a story it is important that we can also tell these characters, that we can show them in all their facets (...). To the extent that we all put our grain of sand and make real characters, ultimately what we end up favoring is the story. A NON-POLITICAL WESTERN Q: What was it like to measure yourself in an almost western duel against an actor like Michael Chiklis? A: Chiklis is a force of nature. Besides the fact that he put his body, his soul and two or three years of his life into this project, he is everything one hopes or wants a star to be. He is a dedicated, serious, talented, hardworking, kind, caring guy. And he's also a tough guy when he has to be. What I like most about him is that at no time does he take this figure as the colonizer: "I'm the Hollywood gringo who comes here to teach you how to do this." Quite the opposite. He comes open-minded and hands-on to learn. He wants to learn Spanish, he wants to eat what is eaten in Mexico, he wants to spend time with them. He is truly an artist and he is willing to soak up everything that he sees permanently. Q: The border is another character in "Coyote" and has also been a central point of American politics in recent years. How does this series avoid the border clichés launched by President Donald Trump and the Republicans? A: First of all, at no point is "Coyote" intended to be a political series. We are telling a story that of course there are people who are going to take it to the political level, especially in the moment we are living. Why is it important to me? I feel that sometimes television, movies, and books have a magnifying glass effect: they achieve that great themes, great paradigms of society, great dogmas, can be told through a single person. When we concentrate something as big and as complex as the problem of immigration, the border, the cages, in one or two characters it is a little easier to understand. Because it's easier to put yourself in those shoes. That is why I think it is so important to tell it, even if there is 'backlash' (rejection), people who do not agree, who criticize it ... It is a problem that has been going on for a long time and is clearly not going to end with this new Administration. This is an ongoing problem, something that is really going to take a long time, a lot of understanding and agreements for it to come to a human place.

Norway became the first country in the world in 2020 in which electric vehicles accounted for more than half of new registrations, a milestone that puts it on track towards its goal of decarbonising all its new vehicles by 2025. According to the Road Traffic Information Council (OFV), despite the COVID-19 pandemic, electric vehicles had a market share of 54.3% last year, compared to 42.4% the previous year. Unprecedented in the world, sales accelerated at the end of the year, and in December the market share of electric vehicles reached a new monthly record of 66.7%. The four new best-selling models in the country (Audi e-tron, Tesla Model 3, Volkswagen ID.3 and Nissan Leaf) are all powered by electricity. The fifth, the Volkswagen Golf, has a rechargeable version, but the statistics do not distinguish between the different types of engines. "It is a very positive trend," said Christina Bu, general secretary of the Norwegian Association of Electric Vehicles, which promotes the "zero emissions" premise. "We are well on track to meet the 2025 targets," she added. Norway, which is paradoxically the largest hydrocarbon producer in Western Europe, has the ambition for all its new cars to be “zero emissions” from that year on. To achieve its objective, the Nordic country applies an extremely advantageous fiscal policy, although it began to cut some of the privileges granted to electric cars, such as free urban tolls or the possibility of using public transport corridors. Unlike diesel or gasoline cars, which are subject to very high taxes, rechargeable cars are exempt from virtually all types of taxes, making them more competitive at the time of purchase. Fossil energy and electrical energy Hybrid vehicles, which combine fossil energy and electrical energy, also increased their sales in 2020, with a market share of 29.1% compared to 25.9% in 2019. Despite this unparalleled performance, the Norwegian EV Association says that last year it expected electricity to account for almost 60% of the market. "We would have succeeded if it hadn't been for the coronavirus," Christina Bu noted, "but the virus delayed several launches." For the current year, the association claims to have a 65% market share. "For the first time, the number of launches of electric models (which could be about 40) is expected to exceed that of other vehicles, including rechargeable hybrids," Bu said. But even though it is progressing at record levels, the electrification of the Norwegian car fleet is still very progressive. At the end of 2019, 9% of the country's vehicles were running on electricity. On the other hand, the advantages granted to the purchase of electric vehicles also have a cost for the state savings banks. According to the Norwegian Finance Ministry, last year the loss of tax revenue was close to 20,000 million crowns (about 2.33 billion dollars).

The Special Fund for Agricultural Development (FEDA) and the Coconut Cluster signed an agreement through which they seek to achieve the industrialization of coconut wood and bamboo, in order to reduce poverty levels with the creation of direct jobs and indirect. The agreement was signed by the director of the FEDA, Efraín Toribio, and the president of the Coco Cluster, Enrique González, who highlighted the importance of the agreement for national production. According to the document, it seeks to industrialize and take advantage of coconut wood, which until now has not been considered its real value in the furniture industry and the construction of floors and baseball bats. The pact also contemplates the execution of a program to replace senile coconut plantations for the conversion of these into wood, for export purposes to the European Union and the United States of North America. The industrial warehouse for the processing of bamboo and coconut wood is located in Juma, Bonao. The creation of the Bamboo and Coconut Innovation Technology Institute (ITIBCO) was also agreed upon, which will serve as a training school for entrepreneurs to handle both products. Toribio and González indicated that "a horizontal collaboration model will be designed where the parties are involved in business, marketing and product processing matters so that values are added as a way to make projects more profitable and generate more jobs." The agreement, which will last for 5 years, indicates that a process of industrialization of coconut wood will be carried out at the facilities of the bamboo processing plant belonging to the FEDA. The project will positively impact the Cibao region with the massive planting of coconut and bamboo crops. It underlines that the parties can develop new joint investments in common property for the development of this agreement. "For such purposes, the facilities and equipment of the FEDA will be used in common and the machinery and goods that are needed for the case of the processing of coconut wood will also be acquired," he says. Explain that the Coconut Cluster will manage the industrial plant in everything related to coconut processing and will coordinate the use of common machinery by mutual agreement. The agreement also seeks to promote and develop productive and technological innovations to implement a common coconut and bamboo wood flooring industry, as well as promote coconut planting.

With the argument that it currently represents the best option for clean energy applied to transportation, a draft resolution was submitted to the Senate of the Republic that proposes to replace the fleet of state vehicles with electric units. The proposal states that electric vehicles do not produce greenhouse gases or generate noise pollution, in addition to the fact that their performance is much higher than those of fossil combustion. He brings up that President Luis Abinader himself, with the personal use of electric vehicles, shows his vision of sustainable development. The motion presented by Senator Franklin Rodríguez Garabito establishes that the centralized and decentralized institutions of the State have the appropriate infrastructure conditions for the installation of supply load units. "That the conversion of the fleet of state vehicles to electric units would represent a considerable cost reduction for fuel refilling, which translates into significant savings for the state coffers", the piece refers in one of its considering . It also establishes that with this measure the Government would put the Dominican Republic at the forefront of the fight against climate change, since it would become among the Latin American nations with the most innovative actions to promote clean energy. The project requests the Presidency to instruct the General Directorate of Public Procurement to present a regulatory mechanism that guarantees the supervision of the appraisal and sale process of the state units to be replaced, via an electronic portal. It also advocates the installation of electric energy recharging units, equipped with solar panels, to be arranged in the parking lots of the different centralized and decentralized public institutions, for the proper supply. It proposes to extend the provision to the units of the Metropolitan Office of Bus Services, in order to contribute to the implementation of ecologically sustainable means of transport. "To request the Presidency of the Republic to implement a government plan to reduce greenhouse gases, by replacing the fleets of state vehicles of centralized and decentralized public institutions with electric vehicles", argues the initiative sent to study of the Public Works and Communications Commission.

An hour before curfew, the Los Guandules market looks crowded this Saturday with people in a hurry buying piled up, without queuing and chatting outside the recommended two-meter safety distance to prevent contagion by COVID-19. If it were not for the masks, some placed under the nose, under the mouth and crooked, it could be said that it is a day like any other before the pandemic in the street market located on Francisco del Rosario Sánchez avenue in the Los Guandules neighborhood of the capital. Vehicles move with difficulty and pedestrians can barely walk on the sidewalks while people buy food exposed to vehicle smoke. The traffic jam and noise increases as the minutes pass and the curfew set at noon on weekends approaches. Sign up to live a personalized content consumption experience. Register in MiDL The stores remain open after eleven in the morning The stores remain open after eleven in the morning (DIARIO LIBRE / MASSIEL BECO) Pedestrians walk through the streets as sidewalks are occupied by street vendors Pedestrians walk through the streets before the occupation of the sidewalks by street vendors (DIARIO LIBRE / MASSIEL BECO) Informal stalls sell food outdoors Informal stalls sell food outdoors (DIARIO LIBRE / MASSIEL BECO) The stores remain open after eleven in the morning The stores remain open after eleven in the morning (DIARIO LIBRE / MASSIEL BECO) Pedestrians walk through the streets as sidewalks are occupied by street vendors Pedestrians walk through the streets before the occupation of the sidewalks by street vendors (DIARIO LIBRE / MASSIEL BECO) And does the curfew work? Sellers in the area say that with these hours people crowd more because they have less time to buy. They do not trust that the situation will improve with the new curfew that allows mobility until three in the afternoon on weekends. "The curfew only makes people gather more buying, but they keep coming as usual," says José Sepúlveda, owner of an informal food stall. The regular customers of the market assure that the crowding in the streets is normal, but on Saturday mornings it is more complicated. “The market today is unbearable. You are running because there is no money to pay a fine if you get caught in the street after twelve, ”says client Loranni Báez. The little space to walk on the platform means that pedestrians have to jump into the street and risk between engines that come and go. Half an hour before the curfew begins, most of the informal businesses continue their activity and the police presence was scarce. Buyers do leave in a hurry, but not if they first greet someone they know or talk to sellers at the top of their lungs as usual, with or without a pandemic.

The traffic accident that occurred on Thursday afternoon in which a lout knocked down seven power lines in front of the Ministry of Education, is not the only one of its kind. So far this week there have been four that have occurred of this nature, which significantly affects the energy service. Brigades of the entity are already working on the repair of the energy service. During the accident, the patana, which was moving loaded with various materials, destroyed the light poles, ornamental plants, throwing the power lines to the ground, for which in the place, in addition to a large blockage, there was suspension of electrical power. Details of the accident are unknown, as well as whether anyone was injured. Milton Morrison, administrator of the Southern Electricity Company (Edesur), went to the scene together with a brigade to repair the damage. There he denounced that this week there are four accidents of this type that have been registered in the area of his conception. "That truck that can be seen there in the background dragged the cables and caused seven electricity poles, here on the corner where Education is," he detailed in a video that he posted on his Twitter account (@MiltonMorrison). He asked drivers to drive more prudently, in order to avoid events of the nature that occurred in the area and the damage they usually cause. "We want to make a call for public awareness, because in a week there are four traffic accidents that have occurred and that leads us to give interruptions to our customers, so we call for conscience, to have a more responsible management , being able to measure the consequences, because that is affecting the service in Edesur and also in the other companies ”, he indicated. Morrison showed in the video the damage caused by the truck in the intersections of Máximo Gómez avenue and Santiago street. The poles were on the ground, as were several electrical cables. There were also plants on the sidewalks and several agents from the General Directorate of Traffic Safety and Land Transport (Digesett) and Edesur worked, the former making traffic viable and the latter in the repair of the energy service. "Together with the team, we are working to solve this situation, we ask all our clients for patience, I will show them how Av. Máximo Gómez is with Santiago at the moment," he said in another post.

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo The National District registers this Tuesday a blockage in its main avenues and streets in full curfew hours, which began at 5:00 in the afternoon. The situation keeps drivers who move through the area imprisoned and the long lines to take public transport are present. One of the most congested roads is the John F. Kennedy, both east-west and west-east. For the National District and the Santo Domingo province, the schedule of the disposition begins at 5:00 in the afternoon and ends at 5:00 in the morning, with the opportunity of circulation until 7:00 at night, until Friday 8 of this month. Article 4 of Executive Power Decree 740-20 establishes that the curfew will begin at 12:00 noon on Saturday 3, Sunday 4, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 January. This last day ends the current schedule of the measure, from which the Government could have a new schedule. The same provision ordered that bars, restaurants and grocery stores cannot receive customers who consume in their facilities, as well as the closure of all open public spaces in the open air, such as parks, boardwalks, gyms and those dedicated to sports practices.

The new mutations of the coronavirus that have been detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa do not seem for now to have an impact on the vaccines developed against COVID-19, nor do they force a change in individual prevention measures, experts from the World Organization of the Health (WHO). "The increase in transmission with the British variant seems to rise from 1.1 people per patient to between 1.5 and 1.7, that is not good but it is not catastrophic, it does not indicate that it is out of control," explained the person in charge. of the WHO anticovid technical cell, Maria Van Kerkhove. 'Nor does it mean that the current measures do not work' (physical distancing, mask, hand hygiene, etc.), she indicated in the weekly meeting of WHO experts with Internet users, where the usual moderator, who is in quarantine, intervened. The director of Health Emergencies of the WHO, Mike Ryan, added that the new variations 'do not mean that the coronavirus behaves differently' and explained that it is usual that when a virus mutates it does so to a more contagious, not more deadly variant . "The virus is interested in expanding as much as possible, not killing the organism that hosts it," she stressed, adding that one of the ways to do so is by increasing the amount of viral load that the carrier has, which makes it easier. "Even increasing the amount of virus in humans and its transmission capacity, we have to do the same as up to now," she stressed, although she stressed that we must "be more vigilant." The Irish expert insisted that there are still "between three and six very hard months" in the fight against the pandemic, while Van Kerkhove, in the final minutes of advice to the po[CENSORED]tion, recommended "avoiding unnecessary travel and displacement." "Many fortunate people have the internet, home delivery services and ways to reach their loved ones remotely, so certain sacrifices have to continue to help health workers."

Australian Toby Price (KTM) won the third stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally on Tuesday in the motorcycle category, starting and finishing in Wadi ad-Dawasir (Saudi Arabia), ahead of Argentine Kevin Benavides (Honda), second. After 629 kilometers, 403 of them on stages, Price finished with a time of 3 hours, 33 minutes and 23 seconds at the end of a spectacular comeback through the dunes to finish overtaking Benavides. At the finish line, Price, winner of the Dakar in 2016 and 2019, beat Benavides in three minutes and 16 seconds, including a two-minute penalty for the Argentine. Austrian Matthias Walkner (KTM) finished third, 4 minutes and 36 seconds behind the winner of the day, including a two-minute penalty in that time. In the first stage of this Dakar, on Sunday, Price had already been the winner with Benavides also in second position. In the general classification, the American Skyler Howes (KTM), fourth of the third stage 7 minutes and 16 seconds (including a minute penalty) from Price, is the new leader. He surpasses the French Xavier de Soultrait (2nd) in 28 seconds, while the Spanish Joan Barreda, leader at the beginning of the day, fell to eighth place overall, 8 minutes and 2 seconds behind Howes. On Wednesday, the competitors will start the longest stage of this 43rd edition, of 813 kilometers taking into account the junction sections. The departure will be again in Wadi ad-Dawasir. Classification of the 3rd stage: 1. Toby Price (AUS / Ktm) 3:33:23. 2. Kevin Benavides (ARG / Honda) at 3:16. (penalty: 2:00.) 3. Matthias Walkner (AUT / Ktm) 4:36. (penalty: 2:00.) 4. Skyler Howes (USA / Ktm) 7:16. (penalty: 1:00.) 5. Sam Sunderland (GBR / Ktm) 8:24. 6. Xavier De Soultrait (FRA / Husqvarna) 8:50. 7. Franco Caimi (ARG / Yamaha) 10:04. 8. Daniel Sanders (AUS / Ktm) 11:22. 9. Rui Goncalves / Rui Jorge Goncalves Dias (POR / POR / Sherco Factory) 12:19. 10. José Ignacio Cornejo (CHI / Honda) 13:09. General classification after the 3rd stage: 1. Skyler Howes (USA / Ktm) 12:05 a.m. (penalty: 1:00.) 2. Xavier De Soultrait (FRA / Husqvarna) at 28. 3. Toby Price (AUS / Ktm) 52. 4. Kevin Benavides (ARG / Honda) 1:33. (penalty: 2:00.) 5. Sam Sunderland (GBR / Ktm) 4:27. 6. Ross Branch (BOT / Yamaha) 6:14. 7. Luciano Benavides (ARG / Husqvarna) 6:56. (penalty: 1:00.) 8. Joan Barreda (ESP / Honda) 8:02. 9. Adrien Van Beveren (FRA / Yamaha) 8:09. 10. José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo (CHI / Honda) 8:24.

The new economic aid plan planned until April of this year, through the extension of the "Eating is first" program, will be possible thanks to the improvement in the quality of spending, greater control in the purchasing processes and state savings, informed the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Miguel Ceara Hatton. "Of the 27 billion pesos announced for aid, 17 billion pesos were already set in the budget, while the difference will be provided by savings from various public institutions," Minister Ceara Hatton reported during an interview on the program Today, broadcast by Color Vision, channel 9. The economist and university professor expressed that the extension of the aid plan also aims to build capacities in vulnerable po[CENSORED]tions, necessary for their insertion into the labor market. "Obviously, there is a part of that po[CENSORED]tion around 5% or 6% that must be assisted permanently, either due to their age, disability, social vulnerability or catastrophic diseases," he said. On the economic recovery in this year 2021, Ceara Hatton pointed out that the rescue will depend on the course of the disease and the vaccines planned to arrive in the country in the next month of March. He said that in this second outbreak it is expected that the world economy will grow between 4% and 6%, figures towards which the Dominican Republic is projected. He reiterated that the importance of social and economic aid plans is that they prevent deaths due to disability, hunger, not having access to medicine or hospitalization. “That 6 or 7% of the poor po[CENSORED]tion has the right to be cared for. The State is obliged to guarantee quality of life for this po[CENSORED]tion ”, he indicated. This Monday, January 4, President Luis Abinader announced the extension until April of "Eating is first" and its subsequent transformation into "Get over yourself", increasing financial aid to 1,650 pesos. Also through decree 742-20, on December 30, Abinader extended the Phase I program "Get over yourself", which would expand the number of beneficiaries from 800,000 to one million. Increase in the membership of the National Police Regarding the reasons for the salary increase to the National Police, the economist commented that during the pandemic its members have been in the streets, taking care of citizens and enforcing their protocols, services that require a more dignified salary adjustment. “The police have literally been on the street in recent months. Remember that we have a problem of social violence and the Police have a duty to control it, ”he said. Unique regions Ceara Hatton explained that one of the great priorities for this year 2021 is to monitor the design and implementation of the territorialization of sectoral policies, because the country needs to organize its regions with the aim of making sectoral policies in health, education effective , housing and other emergencies. "The Single Region law would allow us to know how much the provinces of La Vega, San Pedro de Macorís or La Romana spent, on what priorities and in what period of time," he said. In this regard, when asked about the eventual tax reform, he stated that it must have two components: quality of spending and establishing society's confidence in how it is spent and what it is spent for before establishing additional taxes. “What we want is for the citizen to know that, if as a minister I go crazy spending state resources on a five thousand peso bottle of wine, that citizen tell me, look, you paid for that bottle with state resources, you better pay for your pocket, to speak in flat terms, "he said. On the tax aspect, he explained that the idea of a comprehensive tax reform is to focus taxes and avoid leaks.

The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported that during the "Commitment for Life" operation, 17 people died, all but one due to a traffic accident, while another 20 people died since the operation was implemented, but outside the safety device. . The data includes the consolidation of both phases of the operation, from December 23 to December 25 and from December 30 to January 1. As well as the events that occurred during curfew hours and in actions outside the operation's device. During the New Year's operation, deployed from December 30 to January 1, five people died in traffic accidents and one from alcohol intoxication. While about 11 people died during the operation on the Christmas Eve and Christmas parties, carried out from December 23 to 25. In the second phase, 110 traffic accidents occurred, 61 on streets and 49 on highways and highways. In these events, 82 involved motorcycles, 22 vehicles, two minibuses and 12 collisions. During the two phases of the operation, 327 traffic accidents, 442 alcohol poisonings and 152 food poisonings occurred. Twenty dead The consolidated list of deaths in motorcycle accidents outside the operation includes José Tejada Fernández and Francisca de los Santos Payano, Rafael Martínez, David Polanco Vargas, Wilson Berigüete Montero, Lefen Adini, Dariel Francisco Tavárez, Emilio Nova Medina, Miguel Ángel Montero, Argentina Minerva Herrera José Ramón Díaz Abreu, Josebel José Núñez Tavárez, Edgar Peña Sosa, Yojansel Robles Valdes, Yajaira Mercedes Hernández González, Rafael Antonio Cepeda Ventura and Adrian Fernández. Mecilen Pierre, Josue Jospeh and Actenoise Noel were killed by car accidents, all three in separate events.

Republica Dominicana Santo Domingo Nicaragua this Sunday paid tribute to the recently deceased Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero, through an open-air concert in the Plaza de la Revolución, the most iconic in the Central American country. The concert was in charge of the chamber music group Camerata Bach, and the Jazz Tá group, plus eight outstanding artists who were invited as guitarists and interpreters. On an unusually cold night in Managua, Nicaraguan artists recalled some of Manzanero's best-known songs, such as "I don't know you," "I miss you," or "It seems like yesterday." Singer Álvaro Villagra, who also acted as master of ceremony, stressed that Nicaragua "is the first country in Latin America to pay a formal tribute (to Manzanero) after his death." Manzanero died on December 28 at the age of 86, a victim of covid-19. During the concert, organized by the Government and attended by few people, most without masks, no reference was made to Manzanero's life or the cause of his death. "The best tribute to Manzanero and all the great romantic authors is to recite their work," said the director of the Camerata Bach and the Rubén Darío National Theater, Ramón Rodríguez. The interpreter Manuel Canales took the opportunity to send a "hello to heaven" to the "great of Latin American music." During two hours of concert, and with the background of the old Managua cathedral, the artists performed well-known Mexican songs, such as "No", "When I'm with you", "I'm going to turn off the light", or "It smells like danger" . The evening concluded with all the musicians and vocalists performing “Somos novios”, in an illuminated square with the Christmas motifs that he inherited from last year. Rodríguez affirmed that the same concert will be taken to nine other cities in Nicaragua in the coming weeks, to extend the tribute to one of the greatest artists of Latin American romantic music.

Thirty-three people died in more than 160 traffic accidents that occurred in the last 10 days, with at least eight of those fatal events occurring during the curfew time decreed by the Executive Power as a preventive measure against COVID-19. The count and the details are extracted from the bulletins issued until today by the Emergency Operations Center (COE) with the incidents that occurred inside and outside the two phases of the Christmas and New Year's operation "A commitment for life 2020-2021 ”. At 1:00 am, on the edge of the restriction of freedom of movement beginning on December 25, an accident was recorded on Manolo Tavarez Justo avenue in Puerto Plata that caused the deaths of José Américo Abreu Reyes, 49, and Nereyda Guzmán. Ten minutes later another event occurred on the main road of Batey María in the Espaillat province for which Josebel José Núñez Tavarez, 35, died. And at 2:00 a.m. Another accident was recorded on the main road of Cerro Hermoso in San José de las Matas, in which Adrián Fernández, 17, died. Rafael Martínez died from an accident that occurred at 12:30 a.m. on December 31, within curfew hours, in an event that occurred on Main Street of Mamey Los Hidalgos in Puerto Plata. That same day, 15-year-old Siuverly Díaz Quezada also died due to an accident that occurred at 9:20 p.m. when she was traveling on the Santiago-Santo Domingo section of the Duarte highway. On December 31, the curfew and the restriction of freedom of movement decreed by the Executive Power began at 7:00 p.m. and culminated at 5:00 a.m. January 1. During this period, an accident also occurred on the La Breña-Sabana Arriba road section, in Santiago Rodríguez, in which Lefen Adini, 26, died, and another at the entrance to La Chiva, near the Licey al Medio park, Santiago , for which Dariel Francisco Tavarez Díaz, 26, died. In 25 of the 33 fatal traffic accidents a motorcycle was involved, this type of vehicle being the one that is most recorded in events of this kind in the country, representing up to more than 60% in one year. The other deaths from traffic accidents reported by the COE, which are not counted in curfew or restriction of free traffic hours, are Manauris Linares (35) and Magreidi Linares (14), at kilometer 40 of the Duarte highway ; Juan Ramón Reynoso Aquino (58), at the intersection of La Caleta; and Guillermo Arturo Vargas (34), at kilometer 10 of the Sánchez highway. Also, Zacarías de Jesús Mariano (68), on the East highway; José Luis Castro Siret (41), Samaná-El Limón highway; José Américo Abreu Reyes (49) and Nereyda Guzmán, in Puerto Plata; Alfredo Brito (37), on the Las Américas highway; Luis Alberto Nolasco (57), on the Cofresí-Maimón highway; and Lesther Abel Rojas Alvarado (45), on the Nagua-Cabrera highway. Likewise, José Ramón Díaz Abreu (44), in Jarabacoa; Actenoise Noel (29), in Cacao; Edgar Peña Sosa (35), on Vega Real avenue; Yojansel Robles Valdes (16), in San Cristóbal; Yajaira Mercedes Hernández Gonzalez (26), in Ojo de Agua; and Rafael Antonio Cepeda Ventura (53), in Licey al Medio. In addition, Cristino Guzmán Pérez (57), on the Sánchez highway; Dalbin López María (24), on the 30 de Mayo highway; Saulo Adolfo Méndez Zorrilla (19), in San Pedro de Macorís; Oscar Severino (34), at kilometer 44 of the Duarte highway; José Tejada Fernández (59) and Francisca de los Santos Payano (61), in Montecristi; Mecilien Pierre (38) and Josué Joseph (36), on the Navarrete-Esperanza highway; and David Polanco Vargas (32) and Wilson Beriguete Montero (24), on the Nagua-Arroyo al Medio highway. Four of the deceased reported by the COE died in accidents that occurred at dawn on January 1. In addition to the deaths reported from December 23, 2020 until this morning, at least 233 people were affected in traffic accidents compiled by the COE. The first phase of the COE operation spanned from December 23 to 25, 2020 and the second from December 30, 2020 to January 1, 2021.

The coronavirus pandemic has meant losses of about $ 35 billion for United States airlines in 2020, according to estimates from the financial data multinational FactSet. Thus, the coronavirus has ended a decade of profits recorded in the sector with the constant growth of air transport, and it is also the first time that the Southwest Airlines company suffers annual losses in its more than 40 years of history. Shares of airlines suffered declines not seen in years in 2020, and American Airlines fell 45%, its biggest drop since before its merger with US Airways in 2013. Delta Air Lines lost 31% in the stock market in 2020, and United Airlines 51%, its most significant devaluation since the 2008 crisis, while Southwest slid 14%. The pandemic has forced airlines to downsize rapidly, eliminating routes and having to park hundreds of planes. In the case of US airlines, their debt rose about 67,000 million dollars to 172,000 million, according to the group "Airlines for America", something that indicates it will take years to pay. Despite these negative data, FactSet notes that air travel appears to have regained quite a bit of ground since the start of the pandemic, and while on April 16 the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) registered just over 95,000 passengers at US airports. , in the last 5 days of 2020 that figure rose to more than 1 million people a day, but even so it is still 45% lower than the previous year. By 2021, FactSet analysts estimate, however, that airlines will cut their losses, and that even some of them, such as Southwest, Delta or Alaska, will register profits thanks to, among other factors, the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine, which is hopes to boost air transport. Even so, senior airline executives warn that there are still tough months to overcome, and American Airlines president Robert Isom said this week that the company's capacity in January and February will be 45% compared to 2019 levels.