2020 – Page 228

In one of his first announcements, Santo Domingo East mayor-elect Manuel Jimenez said that he would not allow that the bus terminal be installed next door to the Los Tres Ojos protected area on parking lot area of the Mirador del Este park. He reaffirmed the construction violates the law. “The Parque del Este needs …

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In an operation that lasted nine hours, members of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) assisted by the Dominican Navy and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, seized 700 packages of what is presumed to be cocaine in Nigua, San Cristóbal. The agency reported the drugs had arrived on a Go-Fast type vessel that landed off the …

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The electoral law gives the Central Electoral Board (JCE) two days to deliver the vote tally for the municipal elections. That means all the results should be in this evening or tomorrow at the latest. The preliminary vote count with 20% of the polling places remaining as of 16 March indicates that the opposition party, …

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Domingo Contreras congratulated Carolina Mejia as mayor-elect of the National District. Contreras, who ran on the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) ticket, said he hoped Carolina Mejia, the candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), could turn the Dominican capital into a 21st-century metropolis, “as the people deserve.” He wished her every success in her …

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Despite having a case for corruption in a past exercise as mayor for La Romana still pending a court decision, it seems that Juan Antonio (Tony) Adames and his wife, Milly Nuñez, running for deputy mayor, on the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) ticket are likely to be the next incumbents of the city government …

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The Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) announced the suspension of the inauguration ceremony of the Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTPC). President Danilo Medina was scheduled to participate in the official ceremony set for Tuesday, 17 March at 10 am. The Medina administration announced on Monday, 16 March that the suspension of the inaugural ceremony …

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Mayor David Collado announced that all events in the city are banned for the next three weeks. He said that the Fray Antón de Montesinos monument would close for the next 14 days. He announced that all city government employees that have traveled abroad need to remain in home quarantine for 14 days. Read more …

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As of 16 March 2020, the Dominican Republic has its first case of local transmission. This was confirmed by Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas and Alma Morales of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in a press conference. The first death caused by Covid-19 virus was also confirmed at the press conference. The country …

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The Medina administration on Monday, 16 March 2020 had announced military and government officers would visit homes to educate for Covid-19. Less than half an hour later, the government said the prevention campaign will be carried out online instead. The Medina administration was quick to respond to a generalized rejection of a measure. The announced …

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The National Institute of Technical and Vocational Training (INFOTEP) reported the suspension of classes nationwide until Wednesday, 18 March, in order to ensure deep sanitizing of all its educational centers. The decision is taken as part of the measures announced by the Ministry of Public Health to prevent the coronavirus, COVID-19. “We are protecting our …

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