2020 – Page 193

News commentator Altagracia Salazar reaffirmed the responsibility of the JCE plenary in the failed municipal election, despite a recent OAS almost exclusively blaming only the IT staff at the electoral body for the glitch. In her talk show on 17 April, Salazar says the JCE never answered questions the OAS presented to the plenary in …

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He was only 65. Damaso García, best known for the years he played as a Blue Jays All-star infielder, died on 15 April 2020. He played 11 seasons in the Major Leagues, including seven seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and was a two-time MLB All Star during his career with the Yankees, Braves and …

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“The New Generation of Dominican Models are Redifining Beauty” appeared on 13 April 2020 in The New York Times. The feature is about dozens of young Dominicans who never imagined they would have a career in fashion in few months becoming international runway show models. The story in The New York Times is by Dominican …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #27 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 3,614 confirmed cases, 328 new cases and 189 deaths. Some 11,741 PCR diagnostic tests are accounted for in the official statistical bulletin that covers up to 14 April 2020 at 6pm. The results from rapid response blood antibody …

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As a bucket of cold water, Dominicans and the rest of the world are receiving the news of a recent Harvard University study that says that social distancing may need to be in place through 2022. Under stay-at-home and curfew since 20 March 2020, the Dominican population hoped to return to some kind of normalcy …

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The Ministry of Public Health says that they have begun to apply a saliva test to detect the coronavirus. The new approach to help diagnose Covid-19 expands the testing options and reduces risks of infection for health care workers. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the test. The new test option is …

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They were barely making a living anyway with their street sales. Now with the quarantine, most street vendors are going home empty-handed. There is no government cash deposit helping them out. In fact, despite widespread propaganda by the government about it reaching 1.5 million poor Dominicans with cash emergency payments, most of the poor in …

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The Ministry of Defense and the National Police have arrested 38,284 since the curfew began in the Dominican Republic on 20 March 2020. The curfew originally was from 8pm to 6am, but this was later changed to 5pm to 6am. Lieutenant General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem alerts that the military would continue to act to …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Castaños Guzmán said the IT department will be restructured following recommendations made by the Organization of American States (OAS) technical mission. Castaños announced the firing of IT director, Miguel Angel García, who had been suspended. The plenary of the JCE did not assume responsibility for the municipal election’s failure …

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In an interview for El Show del Mediodia on Wednesday, 15 April, Manuel Crespo, speaking for the People’s Force (Fuerza del Pueblo), urged the Ministry of Public Health to accelerate widespread rapid response testing before the election dates. He was commenting on the 14 April 2020 Organization of American States (OAS) report that concluded that …

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