2020News

What will be the impact of the municipal elections on the congressional and presidential election in May?

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) extended the deadline for political alliances for the congressional and presidential alliances from 17 February, the day after the municipal election, to 19 February. This gives the political parties time to make adjustments after the Sunday, 16 February election. The municipal elections will have an impact. The question is, how …
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Will Ramfis Dominguez be allowed to run for President?

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has on its agenda deciding whether Luis José Ramfis Rafael Domínguez-Trujillo, also known as Ramfis Domínguez Trujillo, will be accepted to run in the May 2020 presidential elections. As reported in El Dia, Dominguez Trujillo, who is a grandchild of former Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, was officially registered last week …
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Dominican students in Wuhan will be flown on Friday to Ukraine

Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado said on Wednesday, 12 February 2020, that the five Dominican students who are in Wuhan, China, the city where the coronavirus (COVID-19) reportedly got its start, will be flown on Friday, 14 February to Ukraine in Eastern Europe. The Superior Education Minister Alejandrina German had said there are 21 Dominican …