2012 – Page 211

According to a poll by Insight conducted between 11 and 14 May, Danilo Medina of the PLD will obtain 54.7% and Hipolito Mejia (PRD), 43.1%. Guillermo Moreno, Alliance Party would receive 1.2%, Eduardo Estrella, Dominicans for Change, 0.6%, and the rest of the candidates, 0.4%. 79.5% thought the election would be decided in the first …

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Research company Bendixen & Amandi say that their latest poll confirms that Hipolito Mejia (PRD) had a seven-point advantage over Danilo Medina (PLD) with 52% compared to 45%. Sergio Bendixen, the owner of the research company, said the survey was carried out from 13 to 16 May with 1200 people nationwide in the form of …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced that traffic in the vicinity of its headquarters off the Plaza de la Bandera rotunda in Santo Domingo will be limited over the electoral period. It announced that as of Friday, 18 May, several streets near the rotunda at 27 de Febrero and Luperon will be blocked, including …

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Business Week (Bloomberg), the Chicago Tribune (Reuters), focus on what “change” means in the lead-up to the Sunday, 20 May election in the Dominican Republic. With a former President, Hipolito Mejia trying for a comeback against the ruling party candidate, former Fernandez chief of staff Danilo Medina, the promise of change is contradictory in the …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) has dismissed rumors that suggest they will block access to the social networks and suspend data services in mobiles such as Blackberry as completely false. They said that INDOTEL had always defended freedom of expression in the communications media and that the meeting between the president of INDOTEL, Dr. David …

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During an interview with Listin Diario, PRD Presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia Dominguez said that should he win, in his first 100 days in government he would concentrate on agriculture as a way to energize the economy, given his knowledge of the countryside. As well as supporting agriculture, especially bean cultivation in San Juan de la …

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Yesterday, Thursday 17 May, the PLD closed their official electoral campaign with a mass rally headed by Danilo Medina and Margarita Cedeno, the candidates for President and Vice President, as well as President Leonel Fernandez. The march began at around 4:15pm, and included government officials, senators, deputies and members of the PLD and their allies. …

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Former President Hipolito Mejia and the PRD will close the final campaigning for the election today, Friday, 19 May. The PRD rally is scheduled to start at 2pm with Mejia and his vice presidential candidate Luis Abinader in the lead. The rally will start at Av. Nicolas de Ovando and Jose Ortega y Gasset in …

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As compiled by El Dia: Province of Santo Domingo: 1,254,526 (19.29%) National District (Santo Domingo): 775,417 (11.92%) Santiago: 685,874 (10.55%) San Cristobal: 349,588 (5.38%) La Vega: 282,955 (4.35%) Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris): 220,061 (3.38%) Puerto Plata: 219,537 (3.38%) San Pedro de Macoris: 190,405 (2.83%) Espaillat (Moca): 169,704 (2.61%) San Juan de la Maguana: 169,454 …

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More than 20 people with suspected cholera symptoms have been aPLDitted to the public hospital in Tamboril, reports El Nuevo Diario. A few weeks ago 10 people died of the disease there. As on the previous occasion, most of those affected live in the areas of Arenazo, Canca la Hoya, Canca la Piedra and other …

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