2019 – Page 46

The president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, 66-year old Luis Mejía Oviedo was named president of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (Odecabe). He was elected on Thursday, 31 October in the Odecabe meeting held in Panama City. He will hold the position from 2020 to 2024. Mejía competed against the president of the …

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Guatemala’s President-elect Alejandro Giammattei met with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace on Friday, 1 November 2019. Giammattei will be sworn in on 14 January 2020. Designated Guatemalan Foreign Relations Minister Pedro Brolo and the Guatemalan ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Rudy Armando Coxaj López, accompanied the President-elect on the visit. Participating in the …

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The Dominican government submitted via the Senate a bill for a US$75 million loan with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). The funds are allocated to the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) to finance the Program for Loss Reduction and Rehabilitation of Electrical Distribution. As reported, another US$75 million loan for the same project is …

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In an interview with Federico Méndez on RNN Channel 27, international relations expert Iván Ernesto Gatón warned that the Dominican Republic needs to pay closer attention to neighboring Haiti. He observed that Haiti is a very particular case. He indicated that Haiti is practically living off foreign aid. He warned that the Dominican Republic has …

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Juan Pablo Medina died on 3 November 2019 at 101 years. He was the father of President Danilo Medina and deputy Lucia Medina. The wake was held at the Blandino Funeral Home and he was buried on 4 November 2019 at the Cristo Redentor Cemetery. Politicians of all sides were united in paying their respects …

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News commentator Huchi Lora has reckoned the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) has more to lose than gain from the announced alliance with groups that back former President Leonel Fernández. PRM ally, Tony Peña Guaba has argued the alliances are to strengthen the PRM and ensure the PLD is ousted from government. But opponents of the …

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In its second and final report on the development of the 6 October 2019 primaries, the civic watchdog group Citizen Participation (Participación Ciudadana) says the primaries were not legitimate. This is because of the many violations on the day of the primary. The report points out that the purchase of votes at the voting stations …

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Starting with the cleanup of the Yaque River, the creation and enactment of the Program for Urban Mobility, and the start of the program for Atlantic Ports and the Expansion of Manzanillo Bay, authorities in the province of Santiago have identified areas for government or foreign investment in the Cibao region. The projects are those …

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The oft-mentioned plan to recover the entire area of the historic fort of Santiago, the Fortaleza San Luis, is currently on hold, due to the persistent presence of several government agencies. Within the walls of the old fort, the offices of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), the Transit Agency (Digesett), the National Institute for …

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The National Institute for Ground Transportation and Traffic (Intrant) has announced that during the month of November its mobile offices will be touring several provinces to offer license renewal and issuance services. Both written and driving exams will be available at these mobile units. Intrant says that from 5 November until 8 November 2019 (Tuesday-Friday …

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