2020News

National airports director orders employees to campaign and vote for municipal candidate

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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Indotel and COE create new emergency communications mechanism

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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UNFPA and Good Neighbors work to reduce teen pregnancies in San Jose de Ocoa

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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Rains forecast

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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Julio Cesar Castaños says JCE is ready for the municipal election

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 …