2019 – Page 250

Investigative journalist Rosa Encarnación was part of the team that worked on the “La Z con el Pueblo” afternoon talk show together with Andrés L. Mateo, Julissa Céspedes, Fafa Taveras, Eddy Alcántara and recently Esteban Delgado. The program discussed political, social issues and current affairs. Encarnación was the talk show coordinator. A YouTube video of …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has a registry of 543,000 voters residing outside the DR that are eligible for the 2020 general election. This is 159,060 more voters than the 2016 registered voter list of 384,523. Dominican expat voters make up 13.63% of all voters eligible for the 2020 general elections. Most of the voters …

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The recently announced program “I am a Person” that would issue birth certificates and IDs to some 600,000 persons who do not have the identification documents has generated a lot of suspicion in different political circles due to the upcoming elections. The program is sponsored by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), in coordination …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) disputes the arguments for rejecting their proposed automated voting system presented by Delia Ferreira, chair of Transparency International. The president of the JCE, Julio Cesar Castaños Guzmán says that the proposed automated voting system is different from electronic voting. Ferreira had stated that only four countries in the world have …

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President Danilo Medina appointed 60-year old accountant Antonio Peña Mirabal his new Minister of Education. He replaces architect Andrés Navarro who had resigned to seek the presidential candidacy for the ruling PLD party. At the time of his appointment, Peña Mirabal was the director of the Promese /CAL program of the government, the low cost …

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The Santo Domingo Carnival Parade is scheduled for Sunday, 3 March 2019 on the sea-bordering Malecón at around 4pm. The Ministry of Culture is the organizer of the carnival parade that will start from the Av. Abraham Lincoln end of the Malecón and continue past Av. Maximo Gómez to its eastern extension near the Colonial …

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Dominican contemporary singer, Juan Luis Guerra announces his participation in the Venezuela Aid Live Concert. He will join performers Alesso, Alejandro Sanz, Carlos Baute, Camilo Echeverry, Cholo Valderrama, Gusi, Lele Pons, Luis Fonsi, Maluma, Maná, Mau y Ricky, Nacho, Paulina Rubio, Reynaldo Armas, Reynaldo Amaroso and Santiago Cruz. The concert is organized by Richard Branson …

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Cabarete, Puerto Plata kitesurfer, Deury Corniel won trophy and the RD$1 million cash prize for Best Athlete of the Year. The Dominican Olympic Committee, presided by Luisín Mejía, recognized the relevance of his winning gold in the Youth Olympics held in October 2018 in Argentina. Corniel competed in the Sailing Men’s Kiteboarding IKA Twin Tip …

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 is the last chance for the Dominican Republic men’s basketball team to qualify for the FIBA World Basketball Cup. The game is scheduled for 8:30pm at the Palacio de los Deportes in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo. Coach Melvyn Lopez is counting on the local fans to …

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26-year old Manny Machado, who played for the Dominican Republic in the 2017 World Baseball Cup, now is the baseball player free agent to have been offered the largest contract. Born and raised in Miami, Machado always felt close to his Dominican heritage. He credits his Dominican grandfather for his love of the game. Manny …

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