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People’s Force (FP) politician Bautista Rojas Gómez revealed that in the Sunday, 16 February 2020 municipal election that organization will not get many votes because they have decided to support more than 100 candidates of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). The People’s Force was created after the president of the PLD, former President Leonel Fernández, …

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Airport Department director Marino Collante was captured on video mandating his employees to openly campaign and vote for the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) candidates. The video was widely shared on social media. Collante is a Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC) politician. The PRSC in previous campaigns had been a strong ally with the ruling …

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The National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant) is focusing on ways to put a stop to the many accidents occurring on the Baní-Azua highway in the area of El Número. The Ministry of Public Works, with experts from the Transport Agency (Digessett), expect to come up with a definite solution for prompt implementation. Engineer Claudia …

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Franchesca De los Santos, the director of the National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant), says that of the approximately 13,000 vehicles that have been seized for traffic and transit violations, owners have only retrieved 10% of these at most. She said that a large percentage of the vehicles will be scrapped and those that are …

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The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) and the Emergency Operations Center (COE) agreed to implement the National Emergency Telecommunications Mechanism (MNTE) to mitigate the effects of disasters. Indotel will be responsible for identifying and guaranteeing frequency bands for public protection services and relief operations, and informing the relevant international entities to facilitate coordination of possible …

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The representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in the DR, Alma Morales, says that on Friday, 14 February, the country will receive the first kits to test for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP), now officially named Covid-19. She said the kits will be used exclusively for foreigners arriving after having been in China in …

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the non-profit humanitarian organization Good Neighbors, announced the start of a project that seeks to empower teenagers in Sabana Larga, San José de Ocoa province, and reduce the number of girls becoming victims of violence, youth marriages or early cohabitation and teen pregnancies. From January to December 2019, …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) forecasts a trough that will bring scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms, as well as wind gusts to the northeastern and Central Cordillera region on Tuesday and Wednesday. Cool early mornings are forecast. Onamet recommends small boats to stay in port. It forecasts abnormal waves. Half cloudy skies are forecast for …

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The Santo Domingo Carnival will be held on Sunday, 8 March 2020 on the sea-fronting Malecon, the Ministries of Culture and Tourism announced. The Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism will shortly announce the king and queen of the carnival. Likewise, this year’s winners of the Felipe Abreu Award will be announced, honoring those …

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During a press breakfast at the Listin Diario newspaper, the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Julio Cesar Castaños Guzmán expressed confidence all will go well with the municipal election on Sunday, 16 February 2020, because “all is set up.” He said at the close of the polls, the electoral boards will simultaneously transmit …

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