2016 – Page 43

President Danilo Medina was re-elected with 61.79% of the vote and the ruling PLD party has succeeded in retaining its hold on the legislative branch. According to Bulletin 14, the ruling party obtained 28 of the 32 senate seats. In the current legislature, the PLD has 31 of the 32 senate seats. The ruling party …

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In its 14th Bulletin, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) announces the winners of overseas deputy positions: The winners are: Circumscription 1 (Montreal, Toronto, Canada; New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington DC and Connecticut, USA): Ruben Dario Luna Martinez (PLD) with 45,455 votes; Jose Ernesto Morel Santana, PRM with 35,495 votes and Alfredo …

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Santo Domingo will be hosting the 46th General Assembly of the Organization of American States from 13 to June 2016. All 35 heads of state are expected for the meeting. The Ministry of Foreign Relations has built a conference center on its premises on the Santo Domingo Malecon. Costing some RD$400 million, the center is …

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Economist Nassim Jose Alemany of Deloitte in Santo Domingo reveals that Dominican exports in general were down 4% in 2015 compared to 2014. Exports reached US$9.5 billion last year, including an increase in mining product exports that increased from 5% of the total to 14%. Alemany points out that if gold exports were subtracted, total …

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Mastercard general manager in the Dominican Republic Delma Reyes says that studies show that 23% of Dominicans are credit card holders. Most Dominicans still use cash. Reyes says that official figures show that 43% of the population has a savings account, 28% use a payroll banking account and just 2.3% benefit from mortgage loans. She …

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The La Vega fire brigade director, Cesar Abreu says that more than 400 produce stalls and storage warehouses were destroyed in a fire caused by an explosion yesterday, Sunday 29 May 2016 at the La Vega public produce market located at Calle Serapio Reynoso. The explosion is thought to have occurred around 3am and is …

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The executive director of the Justice and Transparency Foundation (FJT), Angel Reyes says that Santiago city councilors will be violating the Constitution if they order a wage increase before handing over to the new administration. Recent news reports indicate that the board of councilors is planning to raise their own wages before the changeover on …

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The Police said on Sunday, 29 May 2016 that agents from the Criminal Investigations Department (Dicrim) electronic banking fraud investigations unit have arrested a 39-year-old Bulgarian, Miroslav Dimitrov in the act of fraudulently withdrawing cash from a bank account using an ATM machine in a Santo Domingo shopping mall. Dimitrov is accused of using cloned …

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36-year old Dominican tennis player Victor Estrella, ranked 87th by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) failed to defeat Feliciano Lopez of Spain (ranked 23rd) during the Roland Garros French Open in Paris on Saturday 28 May 2016. He lost 3-6, 6-10, 3-6. Estrella needs to advance in his ranking in order to automatically qualify …

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The renovated National Theater reopens tomorrow, Tuesday 31 May 2016 with the Soberano Awards show, which honors the best of show business. The annual event is the Dominican equivalent of the Academy Awards ceremony. The Soberano Awards are sponsored by Presidente Beer and organized by the Association of Show Business Writers (Acrocarte). This year’s hosts …

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