2012 – Page 213

The National Police have detained a woman who killed a man she claims had molested and slapped her as she was walking with her two children. The woman, Fanny Raquel de los Santos, 21, said that she was walking along Magnolia Street in the barrio of Las Canitas in Santo Domingo when Edwin Jimenez Ventura, …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) said last night that scattered thunderstorms and showers would continue over the northeast, southeast, southwest and the central mountains as a low-pressure trough passes over the island. In the meantime, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) has lifted its yellow alerts for flooding and landslides for the provinces of Duarte (San …

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Maridalia Hernandez will be Dulcinea in the Dominican production of The Man of La Mancha, to be staged at the National Theater over the weekend of 10, 11, 12 August. The event commemorates the 39th anniversary of the National Theater. The legendary Maridalia Hernandez, best known for her days as a vocalist in Juan Luis …

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Minister of Labor Francisco Dominguez Brito confirmed yesterday, Wednesday 16 May, that next Monday, 21 May, the day after the elections, will be a normal working day. There were rumors that Monday would be declared a holiday because of the elections. In a press release, however, Dominguez Brito reminded that all employers are under the …

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The United Nations has granted the first place award of their Public Service category, Improving Delivery of a Public Service, to the Essential Medicines Program (Promese/CAL), part of the Ministry of Public Health. The international award is for excellence in public service. Second place went to entities in Mexico and Grenada. The award was received …

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A study by the Center for Exports and Investment in the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD) reveals that between 2004 and 2010 the markets along the border with Haiti, mainly Dajabon and Jimani, sold over US$870 million worth of goods to Haitians. Most of this money went on purchases of flour, rice, and other food products. Cement …

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President Leonel Fernandez met with the members of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Plenary at his office at the Presidential Palace last night, Wednesday, 16 May. The judges handed the President a progress report on the elections and they discussed the constitutional guarantees that the Dominican state should give the candidates. At the end of …

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Tonight, Thursday, 17 May, at 7pm, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) is hosting a cocktail reception to formally welcome the international observers. The event will take place at the Sans Souci Convention Center in Santo Domingo. On Saturday, the observers will hold interviews with the presidential candidates as part of their work of monitoring the …

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The local election boards of the National District and the municipalities of Santo Domingo East and North began to deliver the election materials that will be used in this Sunday’s elections yesterday, Wednesday, 16 May. Beginning early, the presidents and secretaries of the voting stations arrived in the offices of the local election boards to …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has confirmed that all the personal ID and voter registration cards (cedulas) that expired between 2000 and 2012 are valid for voting in the elections on Sunday. The decision was adopted by the JCE Plenary last December. For this reason, all citizens whose IDs have these expiration dates can exercise …

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