2020 – Page 239

The trial of the state versus San Cristóbal Senator Tommy Galán, accused of accepting bribes to expedite Odebrecht contracting in the DR,has been set to restart on 16 April 2020 at 9 am. The hearing will be at the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, under presiding judge Francisco Jerez Mena. Tommy Galán …

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Firemen were able to rescue an around 1-2 year old baby that had climbed to a third floor apartment in the Evaristo Morales neighborhood. Neighbor videos shared the feat and its happy ending. Read more in Spanish:El DiaN Digital 4 March 2020

Public school classes were suspended in Puerto Plata city after intense rains caused flooding of city streets. The heavy rains have been falling in Puerto Plata since Saturday, 29 February 2020. The Provincial Committee for Disaster Mitigation and Response headed by Governor Iván Rivera was activated and together with the Civil Defense they have been …

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Japanese percussionist Ryota Kataoka will be playing Taiko drums on Saturday, 21 March 2020 at 6 pm at the east wing of the Galeria 360 shopping mall. The Embassy of Japan is sponsoring the concert. Taiko is an ancient Japanese form of percussion using large drums and a variety of percussion instruments that create unique …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the Organization of American States (OAS) signed an agreement for the audit of the automated voting process used in the aborted municipal elections of 16 February 2020. JCE president Julio César Castaños Guzmán and OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro signed the agreement on Monday, 2 March 2020 at the JCE …

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The Central Electoral Board has ordered the immediate stop to propaganda for the presidential and congressional elections given that the campaign for these has not yet opened. The Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) had officially requested on 2 March 2020 that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) order a stop to an advertisement from the Ministry of …

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Half a million voters have been moved from their polling places and now will be voting in different stations than what their voting cards establish. The JCE reports there have been changes affecting 359 precincts. The JCE says this is routine and that the political parties have been notified. The JCE says citizens should check …

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The Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner-Diario Libre and the Centro Economico del Cibao polls, 21-24 February 2020 indicate Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) has capitalized the indignation of Dominican voters after the aborting of the 16 February municipal election. Greenberg shows Luis Abinader of the leading opposition PRM party now has the needed 50%+ …

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The Ministry of Public Health assured that despite the existence of a proven case of coronavirus in the country, the disease is not circulating in the Dominican Republic and there is no reason for undue anxiety. “Despite the diagnosis, we want to inform the entire national community that the COVID-19 virus is not circulating in …

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Security directors at Dominican airports have been changed. The director of the Specialized Corps for Airport and Civil Aviation Security (CESAC), Brigadier General of Air Defense Aracenis Castillo de la Cruz, announced the new appointments. He said the appointments are routine. Las Américas International Airport: Army Colonel José J. Pimentel Sánchez. Punta Cana International: Army …

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