{"id":138101,"date":"2020-03-23T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=138101"},"modified":"2020-03-23T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:33:14","slug":"elected-mayors-for-puerto-plata-and-san-francisco-de-macoris-have-the-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/03\/23\/elected-mayors-for-puerto-plata-and-san-francisco-de-macoris-have-the-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Elected mayors for Puerto Plata and San Francisco de Macoris have the Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Siquio-NG-Youtube-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138135\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor-elect of Puerto Plata, Diomedes Garcia &#8220;Roquelito&#8221;, tested positive for coronavirus, Listin Diario reported on 22 March 2020. Garc\u00eda ran for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). He defeated Walter Musa, who sought to stay in power after 14 years and three terms as city mayor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial president of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Igor Rodriguez, reported that the businessman and politician is in good physical condition and that the authorities and his doctors will soon share more details on his recovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the intense campaign activity, Garc\u00eda had kept attending to his business affairs and had met with numerous political leaders. He also visited with Puerto Plata Archbishop Julio C\u00e9sar Corniel Amaro, along with his wife and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Roquelito&#8221; Garcia is a well-known businessman who owns the Frank Felipe Hardware Store in this city. He has been linked for many years to carnival groups such as the Taimascaros and for years has supported sporting activities through his company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor-elect of San Francisco de Macor\u00eds, Siquio Ng, is another victim of the virus. He too had kept active after winning the PRM election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2020\/03\/22\/609700\/alcalde-electo-de-puerto-plata-da-positivo-al-coronavirus\">Listin Diario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23 March 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor-elect of Puerto Plata, Diomedes Garcia &#8220;Roquelito&#8221;, tested positive for coronavirus, Listin Diario reported on 22 March 2020. Garc\u00eda ran for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). He defeated Walter Musa, who sought to stay in power after 14 years and three terms as city mayor. The provincial president of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/03\/23\/elected-mayors-for-puerto-plata-and-san-francisco-de-macoris-have-the-covid-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138101"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138136,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138101\/revisions\/138136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}