2012 – Page 227

Dominican basketball star Al Horford is back in play for the Atlanta Hawks. His first game after missing 55 regular season games was on Sunday, 6 May, against the Boston Celtics. Horford missed 55 regular season games after tearing his left chest injury in early January battling for a rebound with Indiana’s Roy Hibbert. He …

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Leading comedians are performing to full house crowds making fun of politicians two weeks before the presidential election. As reported in Listin Diario, the full house was no surprise as “politics has saturated the lives of Dominicans to the point that many are praying that 20 May comes soon.” “Papa, mama y la polistica” with …

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Yesterday, Thursday 3 May, with just two weeks to go before the 20 May presidential election President Leonel Fernandez was in Santiago to inaugurate various projects and visit several others under construction. On his arrival he met with business leaders and members of the Santiago Strategic Development Committee and they discussed several planned projects, including …

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In a speech marking World Freedom of the Press day celebrated yesterday, Friday, May 4, President Leonel Fernandez declared that the Dominican Republic has a climate of absolute respect for the media and communication professionals. Listin Diario reports that the day was established by the United Nations, and that Fernandez said that it was a …

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For the first time in its history, the Dominican Republic has been chosen as a member of the United Nations Statistics Commission for the period 2013-2016, after receiving the highest level of votes amongst the candidates from Latin America and the Caribbean. Speaking at a press conference at the National Palace, National Statistics Office (ONE) …

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El Caribe newspaper observes that government has been practically abandoned, as government officials and politicians are devoting all their time and energy to the final stage of the electoral campaign and most decisions are being left “to the next government.” News reports indicate that the legislative and executive branches of government are carrying out basic …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Roberto Rosario and the executive director of Citizen Participation (PC), Francisco Alvarez said yesterday, Thursday 3 May that they had reached an understanding and reconciled their differences. Alvarez said that he would not oppose the JCE’s work of cleaning the electoral observers list and confirmed that PC …

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Spanish polling company Asisa reports that their poll of 36,418 potential voters showed that 53.2% of voters preferred Danilo Medina compared to 44.8% for the PRD’s Hipolito Mejia. In recent weeks, Medina has pulled ahead of Mejia, and polls are showing it is now unlikely there will be a second round. Gallup, Hamilton and Benenson …

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The Newlink polling company released the results of its most recent poll yesterday, Thursday 4 May, with PLD candidate Danilo Medina leading with 52.3% to 45% of Hipolito Mejia of the PRD. Minority parties account for 2.7% of the vote. The Newlink poll surveyed 11,381 people by telephone, 1,515 of who responded to questions. Mauricio …

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A Bendixen & Amandi International poll showed that if the election took place today, PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia would receive 50% of the preference of voters compared to 43.9% by rival Danilo Medina, of ruling PLD party. The poll of 1,200 voters also gave 2.1% of the vote to Alianza Pais candidate, Guillermo Moreno, …

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