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In an interview in August 2018 with TV host Jatnna Tavarez, President Danilo Medina had told the nation he would announce in March 2019 whether or not he would back an amendment of the 2015 Constitution to enable him to run for a second reelection. The 2015 Constitution was reformed to enable him to run …

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The gaping sinkhole that opened up on the northbound lanes of the Duarte Highway near the entrance to the Santiago’s El Cibao International Airport late last week is being repaired by teams of workers from the Ministry of Public Works. The incident at Km 144 of the highway, the nation’s busiest, tied up traffic for …

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The opposition party, Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM) is requesting that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) allow for separate elections at the legislative level. This means that the votes of the winning deputy not count for the election of the senator as occurred in the 2016 election. The PRM argues this amendment would be in compliance …

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“It’s time to put an end to tuberculosis,” was the name of the activity coordinated for the government by Aurora Rodríguez on occasion of World Tuberculosis Day. Speaking at the activity, she remarked that in 2018 some 4,026 people had contracted the disease in the Dominican Republic. Of these 21.7% also had HIV. Rodríguez said …

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The Attorney General Office issued a press release on Sunday, 10 March 2019 showing a photo of Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez in a meeting in New York City with the New York Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. Over the weekend, a photo had circulated on social media whereby Rodríguez was seen shopping in a …

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While in the past, the cost of choosing their political candidates was the financial responsibility of the political parties themselves, now the Medina administration says it will be sending to Congress an amendment to the National Budget in order to add the needed funds to the Central Electoral Board (JCE) budget. As reported in Diario …

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The attempts by the Central Electoral Court (JCE) since 2016 to computerize and automate the different phases of the general election, will have cost the state by 2020 more than RD$2.8 billion. In 2016, the JCE spent around US$39.7 million using equipment bought from Indra Sistema, but an evaluation carried out by the JCE Information …

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Minister of Energy and Mines Antonio Isa Conde said that the low ranking of the Dominican Republic in the Fraser Institute 2018 annual survey of mining and exploration companies is due to the objectionable history of some mining companies that has led to a generalized rejection of mining operations in the country. The Dominican Republic …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced the expansion of the highway linking the northern provinces of Puerto Plata and María Trinidad Sánchez to the east. Vice Minister Ramón Pepín made the announcement as he broke ground for the start of the construction, together with the provincial governor, the Bishop of Puerto Plata, Iván Rivera and …

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24-year old Marielle Hazlo (Marielle Hazoury Lora) is performing this Saturday, 16 February at Hard Rock Café Punta Cana. Born in Miami, USA, Marielle is a singer and composer who got her start studying piano and guitar in Santo Domingo. At 16 years old, she was the Dominican opening in a concert with Colombian pop …

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