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The Partido de la Liberación Dominicana and the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano published a communiqué in national newspapers expressing their concern that with less than 75 days to go before the presidential election of 16 May still 700,000 Dominicans have not received their voting/indentification card, or cédula. Of this number, 50% of these cédulas have …

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The JCE announced a "jornada de verificación del padrón", two days for the verifying of the voting list will be carried out 25-26 March. Citizens need to attend the voting centers to verify that all is in order for them to vote at the table where they expect to vote. JCE spokesman Wilfredo Alemany said …

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Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus López Rodríguez described as "political primitivism" the furor with which political militants carry out political campaigns. He criticized the millionaire sums invested into the campaigns, suggesting that this money be used in more important things. "I have never agreed with the government financing the political campaigns in our countries," he said …

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Ninety-one year Juan Bosch was interned in the Ramón de Lara Hospital of the San Isidro Military Air Force Base. A former President of the Republic and the founder of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Partido de la Liberación Dominicano has been said to suffer from Parkinson’s disease. He is 91 years old. His …

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Empresa Generadora Haina, that won a bid to operate the Haina power plants and others in the DR, announced that it will be investing US$440 million to expand generation capacity. Ramón Martínez Aponte announced that the company will be increasing generation from 220 megawatts to 406 megawatts in 14 months time. He said that when …

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El Siglo newspaper highlights that there has been an increase in the sale of Dominican food products to Haiti. The newspaper focuses on the popularity of Milano spaghetti, Guarina crackers, Induveca salami, Celia juices, Bon ice creams, Presidente beer, Barceló rum and Sociedad Industrial Dominicana products in Haiti. Dominican companies primarily ally with Haitian businessmen …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that the income of the Dominican Consulate in Haiti has increased from US$46,000 a year at the start of the Fernández administration to US$500,000. The Dominican consulate in Haiti grants about 1,000 visas a month to Haitians. Last year, some 9,600 visas were issued. The visas are primarily granted to businessmen, …

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Silvio Herasme Peña, Dominican ambassador in Haiti, believes theft was the motivation for the killing of the 45-year old José Rafael Jiménez Núñez, chauffeur of the Dominican consul in Haiti. He said that Jiménez was careless about his personal safety, when he went alone to make a bank deposit. At the time of his assassination …

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Dominican Republic will need to participate in another round of Caribbean free trade agreement negotiations. The DR still does not accept the long list Dominican products that would be banned from free trade provisions. The new round between negotiators for the Caribbean trade bloc and the DR was set for St. Kitts, from 16-19 March. …

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The Dominican Republic soccer team won the team of the island of Montserrat during the match that took place Sunday, 5 March in San Cristóbal. The DR won the game 3-0. The follow up game will take place 19 March in Montserrat. The winner of that match will in turn confront the winner of the …

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