2019 – Page 49

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) recognized on 29 October 2019 the political party, A Possible Country (Un País Posible), represented by 44-year old electrical engineer Milton Morrison. The party had filed an appeal for review after the JCE rejected the legal recognition of the party for not complying with the requirements demanded by the law …

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The hashtag #CamachoCorruptoChallange reached 118 million impressions on Twitter in three days. An impression on Twitter is a total tally of all the times the Tweet has been seen. The Tweet originated after the imprisonment of 32-year old professional Máximo Eladio Romero Marcial had a clash of words with the president of the Chamber of …

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Julio Cordero Espaillat, who co-hosts the Milagros desde la Z evening talk show on Z101 FM denounced that on Tuesday, 29 October 2019, his vehicle was hit by three bullet shots fired by two individuals that were traveling on a motorcycle. Cordero was at his office on Calle Polvorín in the Colonial City. He was …

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The founder of Plaza Lama, Mario Lama died on Wednesday, 30 October 2019. He was 89 years old. The wake will be held at the Blandino Funeral Home at Av. Abraham Lincoln. He was born in San Pedro de Macorís in 1930 and worked at the shoe store of his parents that he would later …

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Guiby is the name given to a turtle that has been attempting to lay eggs at Guibia. Local environmentalists tagged the turtle seven years ago and she has been followed as she wanders throughout the Caribbean. The turtle is of the Eretmochelys imbricate) species and is in danger of extinction. The story of the turtle …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) issued a weather update on Thursday, 31 October 2019 saying that any rain showers on Thursday and Friday will be short. Onamet reports that the tropical wave that is traveling south of the country will not bring the intense rain storms that had been forecast earlier. The conditions over the …

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According to the Central Bank, the Dominican Republic received US$5.29 billion in remittances from January to September 2019. The remittances are US$1.37 billion more than over the same period in 2018. The majority of the remittances are sent from the United States (77.5%) and Spain (10.1%). The provinces receiving the most remittances were the National …

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Defense Minister Lieutenant General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem says 8,600 members of the Dominican military are on duty on the border with Haiti. The patrols have increased in response to protests in Haiti that are call for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse. The Defense Minister said most of the demonstrations are taking place in …

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There have now been 14,100 suspected cases of dengue reported so far this year, with 34 deaths. The areas with the highest number of cases over the last four weeks are Greater Santo Domingo, Santiago and Higüey. The number of dengue cases is down slightly, with only 523 cases notified over the last week, compared …

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Temístocles Montás, the newly appointed acting president of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), says that the ruling party’s Political Committee agreed to formalize an objection to Leonel Fernández running for president on the ticket of other political parties. José Ramón Fadul, the PLD delegate for the JCE, was instructed to proceed with presenting the objection …

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