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The Ministry of Public Health has habilitated telephone lines for calls regarding possible cases of Covid-19. The Ministry of Public Health said on 11 March 2020 that so far the five confirmed Covid-19 cases have all been of persons who were abroad when they caught the disease. People can call 809 686-9140, or 809 200-4091 …

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Businessman Juan José Bellapart died on Tuesday, 11 March 2020. He is best known for being the representative of the Honda vehicle brand in the Dominican Republic, sold at the Agencia Bella. Bellapart migrated to the Dominican Republic when he was 16 years old from Barcelona, Spain. In 1999, his love for the arts lead …

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Emilio Butragueño, institutional relations director for the Real Madrid Foundation, was in La Romana for the formal inauguration of the inauguration of the Real Madrid Foundation Football School this week. The program is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 17 years during the school year. Guests staying at the hotel or Casa de …

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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) today announced that the finals of the 2020 Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship will be played at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo from 8-13 May 2020. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, 8 May, between Waterhouse FC of Jamaica and Arcahale …

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The Dominican Olympic Committee confirms tae kwon do athletes Katherine Rodríguez and Bernardo Pie qualified to compete in the Tokyo Olympics set for 24 July to 9 August. Both compete in the +67kg category. They won the right in the qualifier that took place in Costa Rica. So far, 16 Dominican athletes have qualified to …

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Almost at the midnight deadline for the registering of candidates for the presidential and congressional election, political parties let the nation know who would be holding the No. 2 position. The options for the presidential elections of 17 May 2020 for president and vice president are: Dominican Liberation Party (PLD): Gonzalo Castillo and Margarita Cedeño. …

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Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) presidential candidate Luis Abinader announced at 10pm on 10 March 2020 that he has chosen the Vice Rector for Business and Finance at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) as his running mate. 53-year old Raquel Peña Rodríguez is a well known Santiago province business person, but someone who …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas explained that the extraordinary municipal election scheduled for Sunday, 15 March 2020 would not be compromised by the Covid-19 virus because so far there has been no community spread in the country. The Health Minister maintains that the country’s first six confirmed cases have all been imported. “A voting …

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The Citizen Participation (Participación Ciudadana – PC) civic movement announced on Tuesday, 10 March 2020, that it will deploy more than 2,600 election observers during the extraordinary municipal elections to be held on 15 March. The election is the same that was aborted on 16 February after the e-voting machines did not upload the opposition …

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The staging of the rescheduled municipal elections on Sunday, 15 March 2020 is said to cost Dominican taxpayers RD$1,578 million, according to the budget approved for the event by the Budget Agency. The Medina administration has said that RD$753 million will be available for distribution to political parties participating in the event. As reported in …

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