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The Technical Mission of the Inter-American Union of International Organizations (UNIORE) has begun its work to ascertain the events leading to the collapse of the electronic voting system used for the municipal election on 16 February 2020. The members of that team were received on Tuesday, 25 February 2020 by the plenary of the Central …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) vote campaign now shows young people dressed in black, like those who have been demonstrating in front of the JCE headquarters for more than a week. The campaign is to motivate Dominicans to vote in the rescheduled 15 March 2020 municipal election. Traditionally, abstention in the municipal elections has been …

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The Metro and Skylift Office (OPRET) is reminding young people that protests within the Metro are prohibited. OPRET posted a video on its Instagram account showing eight young people covered with Dominican flags starting a demonstration inside a Metro stop. The young people were joining thousands who have been protesting the aborted municipal election at …

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The American Chamber of Commerce announced its traditional conversations with presidential candidates will start in March. The “Ciclo Candidatos 2020” interviews is an opportunity for former President Leonel Fernandez for the People’s Force (FP), Luis Abinader for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and Gonzalo Castillo for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to share their insights …

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The national secretary of organization of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is asking the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to adequately inform the more than 450,000 voters that they are assigned to vote at different places than what is indicated on their voting cards (cedulas). Deligne Ascención says the changes were made recently and many voters …

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President Danilo Medina received Fausto Pichardo, the Dominican-born new executive officer of the Patrol Services Bureau of the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at the Presidential Palace. Pichardo is a native of the Jánico municipality in Santiago province. He migrated to the US when he was nine years old. During …

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Playwright, essayist, poet and critic, León David received the award and RD$2 million cash prize on Tuesday, 25 February 2020. The award is funded by the Corripio Foundation and the Ministry of Culture. David has more than 30 published works. Businessman Pepín Corripio delivered the award at the ceremony at the National Theater in the …

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The Ministry of Education is distributing 8,313 11-inch notebooks to an equal number of high school students in Bahoruco province from Monday, 23 February to Wednesday, 25 February. Likewise, the Ministry handed out 400 laptops to teachers in the province. Students and teachers in Neiba, Duvergé, Tamayo, Jimaní and Villa Jaragua are receiving the computers. …

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In a joint effort, the Nature Conservancy (TNC), Puntacana Group Foundation (FGPC), the Dominican Foundation of Sea Studies (Fundemar) and the Dominican Reef Network (RAD) presented data on the advances to conserve coral reefs in the country during a presentation at the Hotel Embajador on Monday, 24 February 2020. During the presentation, a map using …

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The Santo Domingo Autonomous University (UASD) received a donation from the government of Japan for the equipping of the music school of the Arts Department at the state university. Japan Ambassador Hiroyuki Mariuhi signed the agreement with the rector of the UASD, Emma Polanco Melo on Monday, 24 February 2020. The donation is for US$73,639 …

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