2019 – Page 64

In a plenary session on Saturday, 12 October 2019, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) declared the winners of the 6 October 2019 primaries carried out by the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). The JCE announced 58-year old Gonzalo Castillo won the PLD primaries and 52-year old Luis Abinader the PRM …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) declared Gonzalo Castillo as the ruling party presidential candidate in the May 2020 election. There is speculation on what options are open to President Leonel Fernández. He could accept defeat and join efforts to ensure the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) wins the next elections. Most say the political cost of …

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Fraud is not the result, fraud is the system, wrote Ines Aizpun, managing editor of Diario Libre on 10 October 2019. In the editorial, she focused on how Dominican taxpayers have had to pay RD$3 billion to help political parties choose their candidates. “They are primary elections. It’s not the general elections, even though the …

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The Central Bank removed sectorial restrictions on RD$12.03 billion in legal reserves now cleared for lending by banks. The Central Bank authorized the funds to be used for home mortgages up to RD$15 million. In addition to home mortgages, the funds were cleared for exports, manufacturing, agriculture, commerce, small and medium-sized enterprises, consumer loans, and …

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The Armada of the Dominican Republic (Navy), in coordination with the Officers’ Wives Association, released some 105 newborn sea turtles into the Caribbean Sea last week. The variety was the Green Turtle, one of several endangered species that comes ashore on the island of Hispaniola to lay its eggs. Sea Scouts (scouts marinos) were also …

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The director of School Maintenance for the Ministry of Education (MINERD) has announced that they are extending tenders for the repairs needed on some 500 public schools in the Dominican Republic. The repairs are planned for the Christmas vacations. Cedeño said that hundreds of schools will benefit from the repairs, garden work and new paint. …

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The water treatment plant designed to clean up much of the sewer waters that usually end up raw in the Isabela and Ozama rivers is expected to go into operation next month. According to the Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD), the project will benefit some 450,000 persons in the north part of the …

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The Santo Domingo Water and Sewage Corporation (CAASD) announced that it has managed to re-establish water supply to 18 sectors of the National District affected by the breakage of a 60″ pipe broke in Engombe in West Santo Domingo. Alejandro Montas, the CAASD director, told reporters that the 18 sectors, located to the north of …

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Agriculture Minister Osmar Benitez spoke on the state of Dominican coffee farming during an event held at the Technological Catholic University of Barahona (UCATEBA). He said that the country consumes seven million plantains and 340,000 quintals of coffee each day. Minister Osmar Benitez noted that there are 1,500,000 tareas (100,000 ha) of coffee planted in …

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Agriculture Minister Osmar Benitez spoke on the state of Dominican coffee farming during an event held at the Technological Catholic University of Barahona (UCATEBA). He said that the country consumes seven million plantains and 340,000 quintals of coffee each day. Minister Osmar Benitez noted that there are 1,500,000 tareas (100,000 ha) of coffee planted in …

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