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Sonia Silvestre won the "Soberana" award last night during the Casandra Awards ceremony, the most prestigious of show business in the DR. The Soberana is the most coveted award granted to an entertainer in the DR. The Toros Band won the most awards, with five. Michael Camilo won three. Cervecería Nacional Dominicana, the Presidente beer …

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Antonio Isa Conde, the president of the Commission for the Reform of Public Enterprise, defended the capitalization of the state electric utility (CDE) over the weekend. The Commission published two full pages in local dailies presenting its official position regarding the capitalization. Isa Conde at the end of the exposé challenges opposition party presidential candidate, …

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The most recent El Siglo-Penn, Schoen & Berland survey shows that if the election were held today, 50% of Dominicans would vote for PRD’s Hipólito Mejía; 27% for the PLD’s Danilo Medina and 20% for the PRSC’s Joaquín Balaguer 20%. Only 2% said they were undecided. The poll took place 25 January-1 February, and 1,400 …

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Manuel Ramon Morel Cerda, president of the Junta Central Electoral, the Dominican election board, said that on 20 February participating political parties will each receive a draft voters’ list so they can revise the list and make observations. The JCE president also said that a local newspaper has offered to publish the voters list for …

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The Dominican Republic needs to defeat Puerto Rico tonight to be able to play a final game that would decide the Caribbean World Series. If Puerto Rico wins tonight, it will have won the penchant. Puerto Rico has won its first five games. The DR has won four games, but lost one to Puerto Rico, …

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Santo Domingo and Santiago, the two leading cities in the DR, concentrate 40% of the electoral vote. Some 4.3 million Dominicans are registered to vote in the DR, roughly half the population. According to statistics published by Quiterio Cedeño for El Siglo newspaper, voters in the Dominican Republic the 17 most important voter population concentrations …

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The Junta Central Electoral recommended that politicians discontinue the practice of airing or publishing advertisements or propaganda that presents the image or voice of presidential candidates in a negative way. The JCE recommends that political parties avoid the use of slanderous language that may attempt against the honor of any candidate. It also urged politicians …

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The most recent Rumbo-Gallup poll is good news for PRD and Hipólito Mejía followers. The PRD presidential candidate continues strong at 45% of the preference of Dominican voters, followed by Danilo Medina (PLD) and Joaquín Balaguer (PRSC) who are tied in the preferences of 25% of Dominicans expected to vote in the 16 May election. …

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The Junta Central Electoral again postponed the deadline for citizens to get their cedula to the 14th of May. Some 130,000 persons still have not retrieved their card.