2019 – Page 37

Vice President Margarita Cedeño supports automated voting and efforts to strengthen the credibility of the Central Electoral Board (JCE). The Vice President had backed her husband, former President Leonel Fernández, in his aspirations for a fourth term in government. Fernández lost to the candidate backed by President Medina, Gonzalo Castillo. Fernández claims he lost due …

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Political analyst Rosario Espinal is in favor of keeping the automated voting system for the 2020 general elections. The municipal elections are scheduled for 16 February 2020, the congressional and presidential elections for 17 May 2020. Writing for Hoy and Acento media, she remarked that “political party leaders know very well that any voting system …

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Radhamés Martínez, president of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE), urged that there be transparency in the upcoming election process. “The time is right for us as a society to demand that it be a transparent process,” he told Z Digital on Wednesday, 13 November 2019 within the framework of the Unilever Forum: Sustainable …

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Best known as an organizer of physician strikes at public hospitals, Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero was elected to head the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) again. This will be his fifth non-consecutive term at the CMD. He won with 70% of the vote. Suero said that he is open to talks with the government but will …

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Commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Dominican pro-women organizations are promoting a protest walk from the Mirador del Sur Park to the Centro de los Heroes down Jiménez de Moya Avenue. This is a route similar to that used by the Green March for many of its successful anti-corruption marches. …

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US Senator Marco Rubio posted a tweet on 13 November 2019 where he says that the Dominican Republic has plans to install a China “safe city” surveillance system that uses facial recognition and captures license plates to make this data available to the Chinese government. Rubio claims the system is already being tested at the …

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The city of Santiago becomes the first Dominican city partaking in the smart city solution that is now part of Google Maps. Students from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), UASD, UTESA and UNEV in Santiago were trained to develop the route map. Transport operators and users, and organizations of groups of people …

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Luis Bencosme, executive president for CardNet, says “the world is transforming,” but the Dominican Republic is still mostly a cash-based society. CardNet is a leading electronic payment system. He spoke during the past ClaroTec on the future of payment methods. Bencosme said that the use of checks has stagnated. In the country that has a …

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Three bodies were recovered at a residential tower under construction in the Evaristo Morales neighborhood in the National District. National District Fire Department chief Jose Luis Herasme said that the bodies of two workers were reported missing and their bodies found soon after the explosion. A third corpse was found later under the rubble. The …

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The Attorney General Office reports that the Second Collegiate Court of Duarte province sentenced businessman Diógenes Ferreira to 15 years in prison. He was found guilty of sexually abusing a female minor in the northeastern city of San Francisco de Macorís. He was sentenced for violating the Dominican Criminal Code, modified by Law No. 24-97 …

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