CORONAVIRUS – Italian Government will ban the entry and exit of Lombardy, a region with 16 million people per coronavirus

The Italian Government will prohibit the entry and exit of the northern region of Lombardy to and other 11 nearby provinces as one of the new measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus that has already caused 233 deaths and 5,061 infected throughout the country. This measure, which can affect some 16 million people, … Read more

ELECTIONS – JCE explains approval of alliance between PLD and Liberal Reformista, by Amable Aristy

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) clarified on Saturday that the covenants of alliances registered by the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Reform Liberal Party (PLR), and approved by the full JCE through resolution 25-20, They were registered via the institution’s computer platform within the corresponding period. In accordance with paragraph one of article 126 … Read more

CORONAVIRUS – New York declares a state of emergency to deal with the coronavirus

The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, declared on Saturday the state of emergency in this region of the United States to deal with the expansion of the coronavirus, which affects 76 people, ten of whom are hospitalized. “The emergency declaration gives us certain powers,” Cuomo said in a press conference he explained that they … Read more

185 ALLIANCES – Plenary JCE approves alliance between PLR and PLD for May elections

Although the opposition parties were against, the Plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), headed by its president, Julio César Castaños Guzmán, informed on Saturday the approval of the alliance between the Liberal Reform Party (PLR) and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) for the presidential and congressional elections to be held in May. PLR and … Read more

Judgment – Ramfis Trujillo receives another setback in an attempt to aspire to the Presidency

The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) rejected the extremely urgent amparo action submitted by the applicant to the Presidency of the Republic by the National Citizens Will Party (PNVC), Ramfis Domínguez Trujillo, through which he intended to order the Central Board Electoral (JCE) the restoration of their citizenship rights to elect and be elected, and that … Read more

VICE PRESIDENT – Margarita Cedeño: “The secure victory of Leonel … of Danilo, of Gonzalo, of Margarita”

The Vice President of the Republic Margarita Cedeño said the name of her husband, the presidential candidate for the People’s Force, Leonel Fernández, referring to the “triumph of the Dominican Liberation Party.” After noting that he had mentioned the name of the former president of the Republic (1996-2000; 2004-2008 and 2008-2012), he immediately mentioned the … Read more

MUSIC USA – Nicki Minaj’s husband arrested for not registering as a sex offender

Kenneth Petty, the husband of rapper Nicki Minaj, was arrested on Wednesday for not registering on the list of sex offenders in the state of California (USA), where he moved in July 2019. Petty served a four-year prison sentence in New York after he was found guilty in 1995 of trying to rape a 16-year-old … Read more

Dialogue – The PRM never entered the room

A disagreement between the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) annihilated yesterday the dialogue of the Economic and Social Council (CES) that would take place at the Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher (PUCMM) and that seeks to reinforce the credibility of the Central Electoral Board (JCE). Both Temístocles Montás, president … Read more

DIALOGO – CES calls parties to a meeting this afternoon to overcome the electoral crisis

Santo Domingo, RD. The Economic and Social Council convened a meeting of the Dominican political parties for this afternoon, at 3:00, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher. The call was confirmed by the Dominican Liberation Party, which immediately said it would attend the CES call, directed by Monsignor Agripino Núñez … Read more

CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIA – Pharmacist Takeda develops a medicine against coronavirus

The Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda announced today that it is developing a drug against the new coronavirus and said it is in contact with regulators around the world to accelerate its release to the market. The new drug, derived from blood plasma, would be used to treat “high-risk individuals affected by Covid-19,” the company said … Read more