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The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) postponed until Thursday, 20 February 2020, the hearing on the request for the suspension of the environmental permit issued by the Ministry of Environment to the Grupo Globalia to build a 96-cabaña luxury resort in the Cotubanamá National Park area. The Ministry of Environment had authorized the construction on lot …

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The Dominican Republic is ranked 13th of 33 countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region covered by the 2019 Global Health Security Index. The GHS Index reviews health security capabilities in 195 countries. The index lists the countries best prepared for an epidemic or pandemic. The Dominican Republic is ranked 24th of 60 …

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Patrick Ventrell, the director of the Office for Western Hemisphere Programs, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, US Department of State, visited the Dominican Republic last week. In an interview with El Dia published on Friday, 14 February 2020, two days before the municipal election, Ventrell said that corruption is the US government’s …

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The geographical location of the Dominican Republic in the center of the Americas works against the country when it comes to the scourge of drug trafficking, observed Patrick Ventrell. He is the director of the Office for Western Hemisphere Programs of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, US Department of State. He …

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The Dominican shortstop who helped the Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series in Toronto in 1993 passed away last week. He was battling kidney problems and had suffered a stroke. Fernandez won four consecutive Gold Glove awards between ’85 and 1990 for his defensive prowess. Over his baseball career from 1983 to 2001, Fernandez …

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Dominicans will be voting for their next mayor on Sunday, 16 February 2020. The poll will be a pilot test on voting, preparing Dominicans to vote in the presidential and congressional elections in May 2020. Politicians are competing for 3,849 municipal government positions, including 158 mayors. Municipal wins require a simple majority. The JCE says …

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Most of the attention for the Sunday, 16 February 2020 municipal election in the Dominican Republic is concentrated on the highly contested National District race. The contenders are Domingo Contreras, Dominican Liberation Party (PLD); Carolina Mejía, running for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM); Michael Miguel of the Green Party (PV); Bartolomé Pujals for Alianza País; …

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158 municipalities are electing their mayor and city councilors and other officers this Sunday, 16 February 2020. Of these, 20 concentrate 64.6% of the voting population. Around 7.4 million Dominicans are eligible to vote in the election. Greater Santo Domingo is the largest voting district in the country. It is made up by the National …

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Carolina Mejía, candidate for mayor for the National District on the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) ticket, and the Association of Home Builders and Promoters, ACOPROVI, signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday, 12 February 2020. Mejía is promising to continue the work of incumbent Mayor David Collado, says she will implement the Land Use Plan (POT) …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez described as a kind of inquisition what the Medina administration leadership is exercising against those who do not share their points of view. Fernández is the presidential candidate for the People’s Force (FP), a last-minute political party that was formed when he split from the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) shortly …

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