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The results of the autopsy carried out on 17-year-old Argentinian María Melina Caputo Flores, who died in August 2019, show that she died due to electrocution, as her parents have claimed, and not due to natural causes. The director of the National Pathology Institute, Santo Jimenez Paez, confirmed this as the cause of her death …

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The second unit of the Punta Catalina thermoelectrical plant is undergoing its first-generation trials and is readying to enter the electricity grid. It added 21 megawatts to the National Interconnected Electricity System (SENI) on Sunday, 29 September 2019. Presidency spokesman Roberto Rodríguez Marchena explained that the unit was synchronized at Sunday, 29 September 2019, in …

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After President Danilo Medina visited the construction site of the expansion of the Puerto Plata to Navarette road, the pace of work at the main road to the north coast has picked up. The way has been under construction for years, with advances happening at turtle speed. Medina said he hoped to be able to …

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Constitutional Court ruling 38/2019 says that all citizens have the right to independently present accusations for governmental corruption or back those offered by the Justice Ministry. The decision states that citizens can request pretrial custody and that this is not an exclusive prerogative of the Justice Ministry. The Constitutional Court responded to an opinion requested …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says that changes in the pre-candidate list for participating in the 6 October 2019 primary need to be made the latest on 31 August 2019. The ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) had announced that five polling companies were hired to poll eight pre-candidates on 2, 3 and 4 September. The …

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Resigning Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo says he has the support of 126 mayors and municipal district directors all over the country. In the Dominican Republic, city governments depend on the Ministry of Public Works to stretch their municipal budgets and get costly construction works done. The city officers say that Castillo ensures the continuing …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the government organization in charge of organizing the 2020 general election, says that those who vote in the simultaneous primaries on 6 October 2019 should not vote in events of other parties to choose their candidates. Julio César Castaños Guzmán, president of the JCE, said this is …

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Since leaving her job as director of the National Institute for Consumer Rights Protection (Pro-Consumidor) in 2012, Altagracia Paulino has campaigned for the ombudsperson job. The position is still held by Zoila Martinez, whose term ended in May 2019. Martínez has said she is not interested in continuing. Paulino has the backing of several organizations …

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Labor Minister Winston Santos has warned that the raise in the minimum is obligatory. Those who do not increase salaries as ordered will face the consequences. He said Ministry of Labor inspectors would be visiting companies and handing out infraction notices to employers who do not implement the increase. He said that the Labor Code …

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The Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom) and the People’s Republic of China Embassy celebrated the first year of diplomatic relations with the issuing of a postal stamp. Some 25,000 stamps are for sale for RD$75 each. Inposdom director, Modesto Guzmán described the relationship between the DR and China as one filled with opportunities for trade and …

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