2017 – Page 22

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has said that it will wait for the technical report about the vote counting scanners purchased for the 2016 elections until they decide about the payment of the outstanding debt for the machines that is owed to Spanish company Indra Sytems for US$13,927,000. The JCE made the statement in a …

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Former President Leonel Fernández has said that to order political parties to conduct simultaneous and open primaries into the 2020 presidential election would be unconstitutional and a blow to institutionalism. He said that the current debate about the issue makes no sense as the Supreme Court of Justice had already ruled on the matter in …

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The Unit for Restructuring of La Barquita and Surroundings (URBE) has announced that the Teleferico, the Santo Domingo cable car, is 92.1% ready, according to the timescale in place for the project. The skylift is on schedule to begin operations at some point during in the first three months of 2018. URBE said that the …

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Director of the National Police, Major General Ney Aldrin Bautista has launched the “Safe Christmas Plan 2017” that will involve 24,013 trained men and women and more than 2,900 members of the Ministry of Defense to guarantee “that the streets in our country are as safe as our houses”. During the launch of the plan, …

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On Monday, 4 December 2017, President Danilo Medina presided over the Ibero American Quality Awards ceremony for 2017, recognizing public, private and international companies, who have surpassed industry and government quality standards. At the event held in the Presidential Palace, the Secretary General of the awards, economist Rebeca Grynspan said that the country was the …

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On Sunday, 3 December 2017, President Danilo Medina was in La Vega to see for himself the advances on renovations at the public hospitals Arturo Grullón and José María Cabral y Báez in Santiago, and Luis Morillo King hospital in La Vega. The president also visited bridges in La Vega and Santiago to check on …

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The Santo Domingo Metro Office (Opret) announced 30 cars to expand service of the city metro would be purchased in 2018. The funds have been allotted in the 2018 National Budget. At present, the two metro lines in service are jam packed on peak hours. According to Opret, some 275,000 users ride the Metro every …

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The Estrellas Orientales of San Pedro de Macoris resumed their leadership of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. The Estrellas are the team to have been the most days in first place. The Estrellas are now leading with 21 wins and 16 losses. Very close is the Aguilas Cibaeñas team of Santiago with 20 wins …

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From 8-9 December 2017, the Body Shop Gym is hosting the annual Brazadas por Valores swimathon. Companies pay for each meter swum over a 24-hour period. In 2016, 1,753,550 meters were swum in 24 hours. The event is organized by the Fundacion Palabra & Vida and the Fundacion Body Shop, its owners Anthony Bernal and …

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Diego Ureña Santana, a guitarist from the National District (Santo Domingo) won the prestigious Michel Camilo Presidential Scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Carlos Fabré, an electric bass musician also from the National District won the Berklee College of Music full tuition scholarship for the four-year undergraduate program. The winners of …

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