2019 – Page 205

On Monday, 22 April 2019, President Danilo Medina visited the municipality of Boca Chica where he handed over two new primary schools that will benefit 1,890 students. The schools will operate on the extended school day plan. They have facilities for serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks. President Medina was accompanied by Education Minister Antonio …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has said that due to a weak weather front over the northwest of the country, the amount of humidity in the air will increase slightly. In addition, there will be an increase in the amount of cloud cover and rain, with possible thunderstorms, in the provinces of Monte Plata, Monseñor …

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Former Tampa Bay Rays minor league pitcher Braulio Lara died on Saturday morning, 20 April 2019, due to a car accident in the Dominican Republic. He was 30 years old. Early on Saturday morning his family was informed that a three-car accident had occurred in the early morning hours in his hometown in southwestern Bani. …

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Yesterday, Monday 22 April 2019, the Attorney General Office admitted that it had asked for authorization to tap a telephone that belonged to Conrado Pittaluga Vicioso, son of Conrado Pittaluga Arzeno, one of those accused in the Odebrecht case. The son’s phone was being used by one of Conrado Pittaluga’s defense lawyers. Milciades Guzmán, head …

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According to the latest Epidemiological Bulletin of the Ministry of Public Health at least 1,391 cases of dengue have been registered up the 14th week of 2019, with 535 cases in the last four weeks, a considerable increase over the same time last year when there were only 117 cases reported. The highest number of …

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The general public is invited to the presentation by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Flacso) and Participación Ciudadana civic society groups of the recently published UNDP report on democracy in the Dominican Republic. The “Informe de la Calidad Democrática de República Dominicana” will be analyzed by experts at the …

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Deputy Lucia Medina (Yomaira), sister of President Danilo Medina, was again all over social media as she tries to gain support for a possible senatorial candidacy for the province of San Juan de la Maguana. Social media posts reported that over Easter she was seeking voter favor by handing out the ingredients to make sweet …

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PLD legislator Elpidio Báez claims that in a week the public will have forgotten about the recent statements by Catholic priests that have warned against a budding dictatorship in the Medina government that seeks to continue for another term after 2020. To do so, a second constitutional reform needs to successfully pass in Congress. The …

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Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo told journalists: “We do not see that the church has a position. We understand that we have the backing of the church. We personally are sure that if the people really want President Danilo Medina, the church will be on the side of the people and the side of …

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Constitution specialist Namphi Rodríguez told TV hosts Huchi Lora and Amelia Deschamps of El Día on Telesistema, Channel 11, that in the Dominican Republic there are not the conditions for the government to push through a second reelection amendment. Rodríguez, who is the coordinator of the Constitutional Forum (Foro Constitucional) and a professor of constitutional …

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