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Canada won the opening game of the FIBA AmeriCup 2021 Qualifier with an 89-72 victory over the DR on Friday, 20 February. The game was played in Oshawa, Ontario. Canada won the first half 54-32. Through the first half, the Dominican Republic had maintained a five-point advantage after the first and second quarters. The two …

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The Cultural Center of the Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic (Banreservas) is the host to a major display of artifacts salvaged from shipwrecks around the island of Hispaniola. There have been modern-day tales of fishermen selling Ming dynasty porcelains on the streets of Santiago during the 1960s for RD$10.00 each! Now, a large number …

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The Carnival of Santo Domingo East has been set back to Sunday, 1 March 2020, announced the mayor of East Santo Domingo, Alfredo Martinez. Martínez said the carnival event will include more than 50 dance and performing groups, not only from East Santo Domingo but also from several of the surrounding provinces, such as Monte …

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“When something does not go well, you should keep quiet and apologize,” this is how the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castaños Guzman, began his speech at the opening of the public hearing and plenary session of the JCE with the delegates of the political parties on Wednesday, 20 February 2020, …

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Shock, indignation, lack of transparency and leaving the investigation of the reasons for the electronic glitch in the automated voting equipment to the discredited Attorney General Office has motivated thousands to protest on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, 19 February 2020. The previous day, the protest in front of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) …

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On Wednesday, 19 February, in a meeting with political party delegates at the JCE, the electoral body distanced itself from any investigation into claims the automated voting equipment was “sabotaged.” Temístocles Montás, acting president of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) made the claim after the announcement of the suspension of the municipal election. “We have …

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Thirteen opposition parties today called on the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to recognize the magnitude of the crisis that affects the JCE’s credibility and demanded an exhaustive explanation of the reasons for the suspension of the municipal election on Sunday, 16 February 2020. The position of the opposition parties is contained in a document read …

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The Public Ministry (Attorney General Office) ordered the second time arrest of the Claro technician who they are investigating related to the e-voting failures that caused the suspension of the municipal election. As reported, Manuel Regalado Martínez was arrested and sent to the forensic office to assess physical harm he suffered during his previous arrest …

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On Sunday, 16 February, the Attorney General’s Office and state agencies arrested Claro’s technician, Manuel Antonio Regalado Martínez, and Colonel Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta, a Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) security officer. Guzmán Peralta, who only recently had been appointed security officer for PRM presidential candidate Luis Abinader, had received a Whatsapp from Regalado Martínez mentioning …

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In an event on Wednesday, 19 February 2020, Pais Possible (Possible Country), the last political party to be recognized by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for the 17 May 2020 presidential election, announced it will back the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). During the event, Milton Morrison, president of the party, announced support for PRM presidential …

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