2019 – Page 6

While the presidential election campaign is not yet open, ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) candidate Gonzalo Castillo has been busy promising “lots of cash” to his followers. He was on the campaign trail on Friday, 20 December 2019, in Barahona making the promise. On Saturday, 21 December, he toured Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo) province where he …

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Muckracking journalist Marino Zapete is standing strong despite harassment and intimidation from government officers. A first instance court ordered Zapete and Maybeth Rodriguez Sanchez to present the evidence for the case in the next hearing. Maybeth Rodriguez Sanchez sued the journalist after the later presented evidence that she had signed two illicit contracts for asphalt …

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Around 30 fishermen from Puerto Plata are now being held in Honduras after they were arrested for fishing in Honduran waters. They had left Puerto Plata on 12 November on board the ship “Melissa Lynn” to fish in open waters of the Caribbean. They were arrested by the Honduras coast guard “Lempira” supposedly in Honduran …

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The Dominican Professional Winter League (Lidom) has announced the rosters of the four teams that are competing in the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship. Players from the Estrellas Orientales and Gigantes del Cibao were added to each of the top four teams for the second part of the championship. These teams are Toros del Este, …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) announced the start on Monday, 23 December 2019 of the first part of the Safe Christmas and New Year holiday operation. The COE brings together 22 government institutions. The ministries of the Presidency, Presidency Administration, Defense, Interior and Police, Public Works and Public Health back the operation. There will …

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The Ministry of Education (Minerd) and the Specialized Corps for Tourist Safety (Cestur) have agreed to step up efforts to assist vulnerable children living in the tourist areas of the Colonial City and Boca Chica in Greater Santo Domingo and Sosúa in Puerto Plata. Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal and Cestur director Air Force Brigadier …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that authorizes the government to lend RD$1.2 billion for Christmas wages. Christmas wages of government institutions are part of the year’s annual budget. But apparently many institutions spend these funds otherwise and then appeal to the government to cover the Christmas wage for their employees. Alfredo Pacheco, spokesman …

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The national director for Children, Adolescents and Family (DINNAF) urged the cooperation of parents and increased awareness of the large number of juveniles that consume alcohol in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is the seventh country in the consumption of alcohol in Latin America, recording consumption of about 6.9 liters per person during 2016, …

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The Civic Participation Movement (PC) presented on Wednesday, 18 December 2019, its overview of 2019, highlighting corruption, impunity, civic empowerment, media pressure and an almost absolute predominance of electoral political issues throughout the year. The report says that politics dominated the year. It began with the approval of the Law of Political Parties and the …

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Political strategist Dorín Cabrera says there is no clear victory winner in the 2020 presidential race. Speaking during the talk “Political Science and Electoral Market Analysis 2020” at the Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA), Cabrera spoke of the complexity of Dominican voters and new events within the main political forces. Cabrera is a recognized Dominican …

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