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Dominican-Puerto Rican urban artist Ozuna announced that the Santo Domingo performance of his Nibiru Tour has been rescheduled to comply with the Electoral Law 275-97. The concert was originally scheduled for Saturday, 15 February 2020, the day before the municipal elections. The date of the concert is now Friday, 14 February. The concert will be …

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The Valentine’s Day concert for Spanish singer Jose Luis Perales in Santo Domingo is sold out. Promoters of the concert announced a second date for Thursday, 13 February 2020. The concerts will be at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Jaragua Renaissance Hotel. The composer-singer of “Y como es el”, “Que Pasara mañana,” and many …

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President Danilo Medina left at noon, 14 January 2020 for Guatemala City, where he participated in the inauguration of President-elect Alejandro Giammattei. Medina left on a private flight from San Isidro Air Base. He traveled with Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas, Administrative Minister José Ramón Peralta, Interior & Police Minister José Ramón Fadul, Banco de …

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A dozen Caribbean countries recently announced their adhesion to the United Nations initiative for the elimination of single-use plastic and polystyrene foam products to prevent further environmental degradation. The DR was not one of them. On the contrary, the director of the Solid Waste Department of the Ministry of Environment, Francisco Flores Chan, said he …

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A report in Diario Libre on Tuesday, 14 January 2020, addresses the large amount of taxes levied on fuel sales in the Dominican Republic. The breakdown for a gallon of premium unleaded gasoline sold in the Dominican Republic for RD$237.89 per gallon this week is:Freight, marine insurance, bank charges: RD$107.30 (RD$71.85 Law 112-00 + RD$17.16 …

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President Danilo Medina urged Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) members to campaign aggressively for the ruling party candidates. President Medina stressed that the party that has the greatest capacity to mobilize people on election day will win. During an assembly of the party on Monday, 13 January 2020, President Medina, PLD presidential candidate Gonzalo Castillo, and …

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Citizen Participation civic watchdog group executive director, Carlos Pimentel, criticized the recent remarks on funding to win the elections. President Danilo Medina, during the National Assembly of Municipal Candidates of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) on Monday, 13 January, stated: “… that is why, when the presidential candidate, Gonzalo Castillo, says that the resources will …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is asked to explain the situation of the audit of the automated voting system with the firm that would be selected in coordination with the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES). The Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and Force of the People (Fuerza del Pueblo) formally requested the JCE to explain …

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It would seem that Dominicans have marked 16 February for voting. The results of a 8 to 10 January 2020 poll carried out by Mark Penn/Stagwell for Noticias SIN indicate that a record 83% of eligible voters plan to vote in the election. Just on Monday, President Danilo Medina had said during an assembly of …

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Political analyst Altagracia Salazar points out that National District Mayor David Collado “is not a candidate to anything” but was included in the January Mark Penn/Stagwell poll. Salazar speculates that those interested in knowing more about how David Collado stands would have funded the poll. Noticias SIN is the sponsor of the poll that it …

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