2019 – Page 61

The Ministry of Public Health warns that an acute respiratory infection (IRAC) has arrived in the country. The influenza viruses AH3N2 and AH1N1 are also affecting people in the Dominican Republic. The Ministry says there have been eight deaths from IRAC and 1,521 suspected cases, 266 more than at the same time last year. The …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has made available online the list of Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) candidates for the scheduled 16 February 2020 municipal elections and congressional and presidential election scheduled for 17 May 2020 Read more in Spanish:JCE 16 October 2019

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced on Tuesday, 15 October 2019, the process for deciding the winners in the case of 54 pre-candidates who tied in the primaries on 6 October 2019. According to Article 271 of Electoral Regime Law 15-19, the members of the JCE will put cards with the pre-candidates’ names into envelopes …

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During a press conference held on Tuesday, 15 October 2019, the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio César Castaños Guzmán, disputed accusations of automated voting equipment tampering made by former President Leonel Fernandez. Castaños Guzmán said that the fire at the JCE headquarters had nothing to do with the computerized voting equipment. He …

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Everything involved with the primary has a reasonable explanation said Julio Castaños Guzmán, speaking during a press conference called on 15 October 2019. He said the Leonel Fernández team, in its challenge of the results of the 6 October ruling party primary, has been changing its story. He observed Fernández followers first mentioned the intervention …

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Bishops Víctor Masalles and Jesús Castro Marte said that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) should accept all demands for transparency. Masalles is the Roman Catholic Bishop for Baní said that everyone has the right to challenge the results of an election. He said the behavior of the numbers of the automated voting system is “strange.” …

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The recent complaints by former President Leonel Fernandez about the results of the primary election for the presidential candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) have caused comment among other members of the party. Jaime David Fernández Mirabal served as Vice President for President Leonel Fernández during the 1996-2000 term. He has written to Fernandez, …

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In a press conference held 15 October 2019, 24 of 34 members of the Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) repudiated actions carried out by the party faction head by the party’s president, former President Leonel Fernandez. The ruling board of the party stated that by making unfounded accusations of electoral fraud and …

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The negative press reports earlier this year on American tourists dying in the country has had a detriment effect on the tourism industry. According to Economist Henri Hebrard in an interview with the Listin Diario newspaper, the country has had losses of around US$200 million from June to September this year, due to the decrease …

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According to the president of the National Federation of Rice Producers (Fenarroz), Mauricio Maria, Dominicans consume around a million quintals of rice a month, equivalent to 33,333 quintals a day. A quintal is 100 kilograms, equal to about 220.5 pounds. Despite the drought impacting more than 50,000 tareas planted with rice in the Northwest, he …

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