2012 – Page 209

Dominican David Ortiz was decisive yesterday, Monday 21 May, in the Boston Red Sox game against the Baltimore Orioles. He sparked the rally in the sixth inning with a monstrous homerun. Ortiz launched Boston’s comeback from a three-run deficit with a mighty homerun, and the Red Sox banged out 14 hits in an 8-6 victory …

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“Let’s Win the Race against Diabetes” is the slogan for a series of benefit runs to be held at the National Botanical Gardens on Sunday, 3 June. Funds raised will be used to carry out a media campaign to educate Dominicans on prevention and control of the disease. There will be 5 and 10-kilometer races. …

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Not to be missed on Wednesday, is a show featuring the best songs of Broadway at the stage of Casa de Teatro, in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. Wednesdays, 23 May and 30 May. 9:30pm. Tickets: RD$250. Buy your tickets in advance to ensure getting a seat in the auditorium. For more on upcoming events, see …

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With the 10th bulletin and 99.11% of the vote counted from 14,341 polling stations of a total 14,470, the ruling PLD candidate, Danilo Medina obtained 51.24% of the vote against 46.93% for the PRD candidate, former President Hipolito Mejia. The PLD received 2,302,746 votes, compared to 2,109,123 votes for the PRD. Of the minority parties, …

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With 99% of the vote counted showing he is in the lead, PLD candidate Danilo Medina, his wife Candy Medina and their three daughters celebrated victory at the Santo Domingo headquarters of the ruling PLD party, to the beat of the music of Kinito Mendez. The celebrations have caused traffic jams on Av. Independencia. PLD …

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Tabare Vazquez, chief of the Organization of American States (OAS) observer mission, described Sunday’s Dominican election as a demonstration of civism and democracy in which the Dominican people had delivered an exemplary demonstration of civism and responsibility, in a press conference yesterday. The former President of Uruguay said there had been some incidents and urged …

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The Central Electoral Board has yet to announce the names of the seven overseas deputies that would be chosen in the 2012 election. Based on the vote count posted at 5:48am on Monday, 21 May, in the overseas election the PRD was leading in Circumscription 1, which includes the United States, with the exception of …

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The polling company Penn & Schoen was the most accurate in predicting the outcome of the 20 May presidential election. In its 18-22 April poll, the company forecast that Danilo Medina would receive 51% of the vote against 46% of the vote for Hipolito Mejia. With 99% of the vote in, the results were 51.24% …

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An electoral military contingent was sent to Telesistema, Channel 11 at 7:15pm yesterday, Sunday 20 May, to close down the television station. The JCE had warned the station that their news broadcast had violated the pre-established rules for electoral coverage. The station went back on air at 11pm, but without its electoral news coverage service …

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National District prosecutors have announced the arrest of Jose Angel Gomez (Jochi) son of journalist Guillermo Gomez on suspicion of involvement in a hacking operation of the JCE computer network. He is suspected of links with a foreigner, Mario Pierre, suspected of being hired to sabotage the network at the Central Electoral Board. Judge Rosalba …

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