2019 – Page 7

Dominicans ages 18 to 30 years old dominate the Central Electoral Board (JCE) registered voting list for the February 2020 municipal election. The statistical breakdown released by the JCE indicates that this population segment is 29.5% of total voters. Voters 18 to 25 years are 1,327,720, while those from 26 to 30 are 889,516. The …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has released an update on the demographics of Dominican voters. According to the recent data of the 7,487,040 Dominican eligible voters, the largest concentrations are located in Greater Santo Domingo (National District and Province of Santo Domingo) and Santiago province, for around 45% of the total eligible voters. The National …

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Expect the biggest campaigning activities for the 16 February 2020 municipal elections to take place in eleven of 158 municipalities. Together these municipalities account for 51.38% of all voters. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says there are 7.4 million eligible voters. The eleven districts are: The National District: 858,890 voters Santo Domingo East: 715,174 Santiago …

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The Taino Indian names Márohu and Boinayel were approved for a star and planet as part of the Name ExoWorld, the global project organized by the International Astronomical Union in celebration of its first 100 years. Journalist Marvin Cid of Diario Libre proposed the names that were among the winners announced by the IAU on …

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The public voted 13-year old Francisco Campusano, best known as “Babyrotty” winner of the Dominicana’s Got Talent reality show on Wednesday, 18 December 2019. He won RD$3 million cash prize and a Nissan SUV. He sang “El Triste,” by the late Jose Jose, and dedicated his final performance to his late grandmother. He told Diario …

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Omayra Alvarez and the Ministerio Juventud con una Misión (Jucum) present “Blood Network” (Red de Sangre) at the National Theater on 19 and 20 December 2019 at 8:30pm. 61 young performers take the stage for the presentation that is choreographed, directed and produced by Eva Piccini, a graduate of the Broadway Dance Center in New …

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On the evenings of 19, 20 and 21 December, the gardens of the Palacio de Bellas Artes will be lit up with song and dance for Christmas. The programs for the three nights are free of charge. On Thursday, 19 December, the program opens with the presentation of a selection of national music bands performing …

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The National Symphony Orchestra will be performing on Friday, 20 December at the Centro Cultural Perelló in the city of Baní, Peravia. The free Christmas concert will be held at the front plaza of the cultural center. Also participating are romantic songs singer Diomary la Mala and merengue singer Manny Cruz and the KORIBE choir. …

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President Danilo Medina and Andres Gluski, CEO of AES Corporation, presided over the inauguration of the 50 km Eastern Gas Pipeline (Gasoducto del Este) and the ground-breaking for the construction of a 120,000 CM storage tank to facilitate additional gas throughout the eastern region. The new liquefied natural gas storage tank to be added to …

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During his participation in the AES infrastructure inaugurations in Punta Caucedo, Boca Chica on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, President Danilo Medina took a moment to defend the construction of the largest single public investment of his administration, the coal-fired Punta Catalina thermoelectric plant. He announced to the press and those present at the event that …

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