2020 – Page 236

Heavy rains are forecast for northcentral area of the country as of Sunday, 8 March 2020. The weather office (Onamet) predicts cloudiness and increasing humidity as a frontal system moves towards the east/southeast from Sunday to Tuesday, 10 March 2020. Moderate to heavy rains, with possible thunderstorms and wind gusts, are forecast for most of …

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Legendary Dominican sports chronicler Cuqui Cordova (Emilio Nicolas Cordova) died on Saturday, 7 March. He was 91 years old. He passed away at the Centro Médico Moderno in Los Prados neighborhood in Santo Domingo. He is survived by his wife Mercedes Roca and three children and 10 grandchildren. He maintained a column in Listin Diario …

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The Dominican under-20 women’s soccer team surprised everyone when last week it defeated Jamaica 2-1 in the quarterfinals to make the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Women’s U-20 Championship final tour and earn the right to play Team USA in the semifinal in front of home fans. This was the …

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The Milwaukee Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers at noon on Saturday, 7 March 2020 at the Quisqueya – Juan Marichal Baseball Stadium in Santo Domingo. The exhibition game was part of the Grapefruit League, the spring training league for Major League Baseball players. This was the first MLB game to be played in the Dominican …

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The National Choir will perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on Wednesday, 11 March 2020 at 8:30pm. The anniversary concert is free. Tickets are available at the Bellas Artes box office. The concert celebrates the 65th anniversary of the group. On the program for the evening are classical, popular and folkloric songs. The director …

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Tuesday, 10 March 2020, is the deadline for presidential candidates to announce their running mates. The deadline had been 3 March, but it was extended to 10 March after the rescheduling of the municipal election to 15 March. A poll by the Cibao Economic Center mentions TV host Milagros German, deputy Victor (Ito) Bisonó, the …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) authorized on Wednesday, 4 March 2020, the filming of the vote count at the polling stations for the municipal elections on Sunday, 15 March. The move is one of a series being implemented to raise the level of confidence in the electoral process. The 15 March extraordinary municipal election is …

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To the beat of pan-banging (cacerolazos) by university students, the National Business Council-backed political crisis dialogue was suspended on Wednesday, 4 March 2020 afternoon. University students protested outside the meeting hall. Young people groups demand to be included in the talks and that these be televised. The political crisis surged after the municipal election was …

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589,497 Dominicans have registered to vote abroad in the 17 May 2020 presidential elections, according to a report in El Caribe. 68% of the expat vote is in the United States with 401,117 eligible voters. Dominican voters in Spain are next with 13% of the vote, or 81,093 registered voters. Dominicans in Puerto Rico are …

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The Superior Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office postponed the competition to appoint 29 prosecutors nationwide. A new date has yet to be announced. The announcement states that the decision was reached after accepting the recommendations of civil society entities that understood an electoral period is not the right time to hold a prosecutor competition. …

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