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Dominican elections court reminds saber-rattlers who's in charge
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Central Electoral Board (JCE) will have an "armed contingency" to prevent any incidents on elections day, for which the Armed Forces have eight helicopters, in addition to the 42,000 electoral-military police.
Dominican ruling party closes poll-leading campaign
SANTO DOMINGO.- With a massive rally that president Leonel Fernandez defined as the largest manifestation in the country's political history, the ruling PLD Party yesterday closed its electoral campaign in the Francisco del Rosario Sanchez bridge's western approach.
Faced with wide loss, Dominican opposition party rattles (retired) sabers
SANTO DOMINGO.- The opposition PRD party, just hours after the release of the latest poll which gives incumbent candidate Leonel Fernandez a 19 percentage-point win in the first ballot, on Monday announced the formation of “an army it calls the “PRD Vote Defense Bloc, whose leaders are retired military officers, including former heads of the Dominican Air Force, Army, National Police and the Navy.
New poll 3 days to voting: Dominican President has 55%
SANTO DOMINGO.- A new poll published on Monday says president Leonel Fernandez, candidate of the PLD party, would win the elections in the first ballot with 55 percent of the votes, while Miguel Vargas, candidate of the opposition PRD party, would get 36 percent.
Dominican soldier still missing in Irak one year later
Santo Domingo.- May 12, 2007, exactly one year ago today, Dominican soldier Alex Jiménez was kidnapped and disappeared in Iraq and nobody knows where, nor how he is.
Dominican Electoral Court successfully tests wireless system
SANTO DOMINGO.- The wireless transmission of electoral results from the municipal polling places and electoral boards passed its final test yesterday, when in the presence of international delegates, political parties and of civil society, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) showed the reliability and efficiency of the system and equipment that will be used in next Friday's presidential elections.
In Dominican presidential campaign's final days, OAS wants fairer State media
Santo Domingo.- Organization of American States (O.A.S.) observers delegation chief Jose Bordon said he recommended that State resources only inform and avoid confusion with official publicity, to provide balance and fairness in the short time left for the process.
Lehman student wins 2nd Scholarship to prestigious fiction workshop
BRONX, NY – John Paul Infante, a student at Lehman College, has won not one, but two scholarships to fiction-writing programs this summer. Infante is in his third year in the CUNY B.A. program, double majoring in cross-cultural literature and creative writing at Lehman.
Ex Dominican energy czar off to trial for use of RD$2B from Sovereign Bonds
SANTO DOMINGO. - A Santo Domingo Province Appellate Court ordered former State-owned energy companies director (CDEEE) Cesar Sanchez to stand criminal trial, on charges of malfeasance in the use of more than RD$2 billion, originating from the Sovereign Bonds.
Dominican Government trusts UN's measures on food crisis
SANTO Domingo- Foreign Relations minister Carlos Morales today said he confides in the measures the United Nations Food Organization (FAO) member countries will apply to confront the world crisis in the short, medium and long term.
Census in 2010 a challenge, Dominican official says
Santo Domingo.- Economy minister Temistocles Montas yesterday said the National Statistical Office's (ONE) main challenge is the 9th National Population and Housing Census in 2010, which he called the largest and most complete data source.
Voting kits head out across Dominican Republic, abroad
SANTO DOMINGO.- The presidents and secretaries of the 13,075 voting tables which will function in the country and abroad went yesterday to the different municipal boards to begin retrieving the valises which contain the materials to be used in the presidential elections on Friday.
Opposition leader says Dominican President contradicts Haitian issue
Santo Domingo.- The opposition PRD party leader Hugo Tolentino Dipp yesterday said president Leonel Fernandez's attitude regarding Haitian immigration is contradictory.
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Central Electoral Board (JCE) will have an "armed contingency" to prevent any incidents on elections day, for which the Armed Forces have eight helicopters, in addition to the 42,000 electoral-military police.
Dominican ruling party closes poll-leading campaign
SANTO DOMINGO.- With a massive rally that president Leonel Fernandez defined as the largest manifestation in the country's political history, the ruling PLD Party yesterday closed its electoral campaign in the Francisco del Rosario Sanchez bridge's western approach.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The opposition PRD party, just hours after the release of the latest poll which gives incumbent candidate Leonel Fernandez a 19 percentage-point win in the first ballot, on Monday announced the formation of “an army it calls the “PRD Vote Defense Bloc, whose leaders are retired military officers, including former heads of the Dominican Air Force, Army, National Police and the Navy.
New poll 3 days to voting: Dominican President has 55%
SANTO DOMINGO.- A new poll published on Monday says president Leonel Fernandez, candidate of the PLD party, would win the elections in the first ballot with 55 percent of the votes, while Miguel Vargas, candidate of the opposition PRD party, would get 36 percent.
Dominican soldier still missing in Irak one year later
Santo Domingo.- May 12, 2007, exactly one year ago today, Dominican soldier Alex Jiménez was kidnapped and disappeared in Iraq and nobody knows where, nor how he is.
Dominican Electoral Court successfully tests wireless system
SANTO DOMINGO.- The wireless transmission of electoral results from the municipal polling places and electoral boards passed its final test yesterday, when in the presence of international delegates, political parties and of civil society, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) showed the reliability and efficiency of the system and equipment that will be used in next Friday's presidential elections.
In Dominican presidential campaign's final days, OAS wants fairer State media
Santo Domingo.- Organization of American States (O.A.S.) observers delegation chief Jose Bordon said he recommended that State resources only inform and avoid confusion with official publicity, to provide balance and fairness in the short time left for the process.
Lehman student wins 2nd Scholarship to prestigious fiction workshop
BRONX, NY – John Paul Infante, a student at Lehman College, has won not one, but two scholarships to fiction-writing programs this summer. Infante is in his third year in the CUNY B.A. program, double majoring in cross-cultural literature and creative writing at Lehman.
SANTO DOMINGO. - A Santo Domingo Province Appellate Court ordered former State-owned energy companies director (CDEEE) Cesar Sanchez to stand criminal trial, on charges of malfeasance in the use of more than RD$2 billion, originating from the Sovereign Bonds.
Dominican Government trusts UN's measures on food crisis
SANTO Domingo- Foreign Relations minister Carlos Morales today said he confides in the measures the United Nations Food Organization (FAO) member countries will apply to confront the world crisis in the short, medium and long term.
Census in 2010 a challenge, Dominican official says
Santo Domingo.- Economy minister Temistocles Montas yesterday said the National Statistical Office's (ONE) main challenge is the 9th National Population and Housing Census in 2010, which he called the largest and most complete data source.
Voting kits head out across Dominican Republic, abroad
SANTO DOMINGO.- The presidents and secretaries of the 13,075 voting tables which will function in the country and abroad went yesterday to the different municipal boards to begin retrieving the valises which contain the materials to be used in the presidential elections on Friday.
Santo Domingo.- The opposition PRD party leader Hugo Tolentino Dipp yesterday said president Leonel Fernandez's attitude regarding Haitian immigration is contradictory.
