2020 – Page 158

From 20 to 25 May 2020, Mark Penn/Stagwell pollsters asked 1,000 eligible voters who they would vote for on that day. The answers: the presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party, Luis Abinader, would obtain 39% of the votes, Gonzalo Castillo of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) would get 37%, Leonel Fernández of the …

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According to the Centro Económico del Cibao, the presidential candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRM), Luis Abinader, would win with a large vote over the candidate of the official Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Gonzalo Castillo. The poll numbers are 53.5% for Abinader against 34.% for Castillo, and 10.3% for Leonel Fernández of the People’s …

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The Country Alliance political party (AlPais), said it deeply regrets the “anti-democratic and unjust” attitude of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) in excluding Guillermo Moreno from the debate of the presidential candidates. In a press release, Al Pais said that ANJE contradicts itself when it says the purpose of the Electoral Debate 2020 …

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The minority party Country Alliance (Alianza Pais) says it is backing engineer Eduardo Estrella, who is running for senator for Santiago, in the 5 July 2020 presidential and congressional election. Estrella is running on the Dominicans for Change (Dominicanos por el Cambio) ticket that has the backing of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). Estrella was …

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Amable Aristy Castro, of the Reformist Liberal Party (PRL), says he will back Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) for President. He had complained that his daughter, Karina Aristy, lost her bid for a fifth term as mayor of Higuey when she did not receive sufficient backing from the ruling party, with whom …

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The presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) said he expects to dedicate the first 100 days of a possible first government of his to reach an agreement for comprehensive fiscal reform that stimulates investment, to efforts to restore trade, to establish an efficient public administration and to the implementing public policies to eliminate …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #68 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 15,264 confirmed cases, 191 new confirmed cases and 468 deaths, including eight new deaths. 2,210 patients are hospitalized, down from 2,292 the previous day. The total includes 116 in intensive care units. The results are from 70,972 …

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Dr. Amado Alejandro Baez, executive director of the Presidential Committee for Covid-19 Response, says citizens’ responsible use of physical and social distancing, the use of masks and frequent hand washing have paid off. He also attributed the control of the pandemic in the Dominican Republic to epidemiological interventions and the curfews. Dr. Baez spoke from …

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Brigade General Juan Manuel Mendez asked that the Procurement Agency (Dirección General de Contrataciones Públicas) begin an investigation into the legality of the companies that have won bids for supplying the Center for Emergency Operations (COE). Edith Febles on her TV and YouTube channels presented evidence of major irregularities in COE procurement. She showed documents …

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The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) reported that with the beginning of the gradual reopening of the economy, telecommunication companies are authorized to suspend service for non-payment. Indotel had issued resolution PRE-004-2020 that gave telecom customers extra time to pay their bills. During that time, they were exempted from late charges. Read more in Spanish:Indotel …

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