2012 – Page 323

Former President Hipolito Mejia would win the presidential election in the Dominican Republic if it had been held from 6-13 January, according to the latest poll by CID-Gallup Latinoamericana. The polling company says that Mejia could defeat PLD ruling party candidate, Danilo Medina 55%-37% in the 20 May 2012 election. Hipolito Mejia is running with …

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The Dominican Conference of Bishops, the Catholic Church hierarchy in the Dominican Republic, issued its Pastoral Letter for the upcoming celebration of the feast day of the Patron of the Republic, Our Lady of Altagracia, on 21 January. The bishops lashed out at the “rampant corruption” and the moral crisis that they said was encrusted …

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That is not a typographical error. For the first time, a Finnish vessel carrying hundreds of passengers on a Caribbean cruise, has tied up at the tourist wharf of Santo Domingo’s San Souci docks. The Kristina Katarina docked yesterday and brought 400 Finnish tourists and a completely Finnish crew to visit the sights of Santo …

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The Interpol office in the Dominican Republic is pursuing seven Dominicans who are said to be the most wanted, for offenses against private entities, drug trafficking, fraud, robbery, assault and sexual violation, among other crimes. An international arrest warrant signed by the proper judge has been issued for all the people on the list and …

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The judge at the Fifth Court of Instruction, Ileana Perez, ratified the coercive measure decreed against the former senator Tonty Rutinel Dominguez yesterday. This consists of a ten million-peso (RD$10,000,000) bail bond as well as travel restrictions and regular appearances at the prosecutor’s office. Rutinel Dominguez, who is being detained at the Najayo jail, is …

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After part of the country was shaken by several tremors last night (including a 5.0 quake at 2:28am), the director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), General Juan Manuel Mendez urged the public to practice evacuating their homes and workplaces in order to prevent panic in the event of a natural disaster. The 19 January …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reported today that the temperature dropped to 5 degrees Celsius in the mountain regions of the Dominican Republic. The latest bulletin also said that the rains would begin to diminish today with the arrival of a high-pressure ridge from the Atlantic. These good conditions will last through the rest of …

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Speaking during a meeting with political parties and representatives of the Dominican overseas community, Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario said last night that whatever happens the elections will take place on 20 May and that if the political parties did not come to an agreement about the director of the computer department, the …

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Last Thursday the Central Bank announced that it would intervene in the currency market to prevent the exchange rate from increasing and affecting price stability. However, there has been little change since then, with both buying and selling staying at around 39 pesos. According to the Central Bank, the average rate for buying dollars was …

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The Electricity Superintendent, engineer Juan Bautista Gomez, estimated yesterday that more than RD$1,000 million worth of electricity was lost last year because of energy ‘deviations’ in the electric market. As an example, he said that in just one week in August the losses generated by the system because of these deviations was RD$35 million. He …

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