The information was announced at a press conference led, among others, by the Secretary of the Presidency for Administration, José Ignacio Paliza, and the Minister of Industry, Trade and MSMEs, Víctor Bisonó.
At the meeting, it emerged that the measure will be implemented jointly by the Supérate Program, the Single Beneficiary System and the Social Subsidy Administrator and will benefit truck drivers, vegetable sellers, cafeteria workers, used clothing dealers and motoconchos (motorcycle taxi) drivers becomes. .
Depending on the case, these people receive between 25,000 Dominican pesos (approx. $450), 20,000 pesos (approx. $360) and 10,000 pesos (approx. $180).
For this purpose, the government allocated 55 million Dominican pesos (about $992,000) and the disbursement is expected to take two months, as reported at the conference.
The government clarified that the so-called emergency bonus is intended to help people in disaster situations, whether of sudden origin, for example in the case of explosions, or due to natural disasters, health emergencies, economic crises and other causes.
President Luis Abinader ordered the closure of the border with Haiti, both by land, sea and air, on the 14th of this month.
The Dominican government considers the unilateral construction of a canal by Haitian civilians on the Dajabón River, shared by the two nations, illegal because it poses an environmental and economic risk.
Meanwhile, Port-au-Prince authorities are citing their right to use the river in a fair and equitable manner and have therefore not indicated that they will stop the work.
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