The US Embassy congratulates the next President
Local May 22, 2012 | 11:32 am
Santo Domingo.- The United States Embassy congratulated Danilo Medina as president elect from Sunday’s polling and called the process “generally open, free and fair.”
In a brief stateme[...]
It’s time the president elect starts keeping campaign promises
Local May 22, 2012 | 11:21 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice and Transparency Foundation (FJT) expects president elect Danilo Medina to keep his campaign promises in his program for government, but called on the opposition to be f[...]
Widely scattered showers, high temperatures
Local May 22, 2012 | 10:21 am
Santo Domingo. - The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecasts seasonably high temperatures and scattered showers for Tuesday afternoon, from the offshore wind.
It said skies will be par[...]
Haiti leader becomes region’s 4th to congratulate Medina
Local May 22, 2012 | 10:00 am
Port-au-Prince.- President Joseph Martelly congratulated President elect Danilo Medina Tuesday for winning last Sunday’s elections, becoming the region’s fourth leader to do so.
The Haiti[...]
Losing candidate still counts the votes
Local May 22, 2012 | 9:34 am
Santo Domingo.- The ex presidential candidate of Dominican Republic’s major opposition party (PRD) yesterday said he’s still tallying the affidavits sent Sunday by the polling places to compare[...]
Dominican Republic is a “warehouse” for US-bound drugs
Local May 22, 2012 | 9:19 am
San Juan.- Rising police pressure along the Mexican border is forcing Colombian drugs to seek alternate routes such as the Caribbean, where Puerto Rico has become one of the major access doors to t[...]
“Very good and positive” polls, observers say
Local May 22, 2012 | 8:26 am
Santo Domingo. - “Very good and positive” were Sunday’s elections for which the Dominican people must be congratulated for the civism and the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for staging the pro[...]
The vote count is in: 29% didn’t cast ballots
Local May 22, 2012 | 7:54 am
Santo Domingo. – A bit more than 29% of the 6.5 million eligible voters didn’t do so in Sunday’s presidential elections, and 4.6 million did, or 70.2%.
The figures show a nearly exact [...]
President elect reaches out to defeated rival
Local May 22, 2012 | 7:34 am
Santo Domingo.- After his electoral win Danilo Medina’s main goal is a wide reaching pact with Dominican Republic’s opposition party, PRD, for which he invited its defeated ex candidate Hip[...]
Venezueala, Puerto Rico congratulate the President elect
Local May 21, 2012 | 3:18 pm
Santo Domingo. - The chief executives of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, and Puerto Rico’s Luis Fortuño today congratulated the Dominican people and ruling PLD party president elect Danilo Medina fo[...]
OAS lauds Dominicans for voting turnout
Local May 21, 2012 | 1:35 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Organization of American States Electoral Observers Mission (MOE/OAS) lauded Dominican Republic’s citizens on Monday for the massive turnout to the polls during the presidenti[...]
President elect calls ex rival a worthy opponent
Local May 21, 2012 | 12:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- Presumptive president elect Danilo Medina said he wants to restore the friendship he affirms having with defeated rival Hipolito Mejía and his family, calling him a worthy oppo[...]
Opposition party loss prompts a call for its president’s head
Local May 21, 2012 | 12:08 pm
Santo Domingo.- A group of rank and file of the opposition PRD party arrived at its campaign located in the Naco sector near daybreak Monday morning, chanting for the head of the organization’s p[...]
Anxious night gives way to patience on final vote tally
Local May 21, 2012 | 11:36 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- After a night of anxiety and political unease on Monday most Dominicans patiently await the final and official results from Sunday’s presidential election won by ruling PLD party [...]
Scattered showers today, mostly sunny Tuesday
Local May 21, 2012 | 10:21 am
Santo Domingo.- The southwest wind combined with a low pressure system north of the country will bring scattered showers with thunderstorms to the southeast, southwest, northwest and Central Mount[...]
Half DT’s readers hit target on polls; Penn & Schoen; Greenberg score
Local May 21, 2012 | 9:34 am
Santo Domingo.- Slightly more than half of DT’s readers hit the target on the surveys leading to the country’s presidential election won by ruling PLD party Danilo Medina with 51.2% of the vote[...]
Yzaguirre lauds the work by Electoral Board, OAS observers
Local May 21, 2012 | 9:04 am
Santo Domingo.- United States ambassador Raul Yzaguirre Sunday night praised Dominican Republic’s electoral process and the work by the Central Electoral Board, calling it efficient.
The di[...]
OAS questions the President’s “strong incidence in elections”
Local May 21, 2012 | 8:51 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Organization of American States OAS observers delegation (OAS) yesterday announced it will recommend to its headquarters that the next Dominican or ruling party’s President &q[...]
Heads of two major parties hail voters’ civism
Local May 21, 2012 | 8:17 am
Santo Domingo.- After casting his vote in the sprawling barrio of the capital Villa Juana, president Leonel Fernandez said the polls were a new celebration of democracy.
The also president o[...]
Ruling party wins Dom. Rep. Presidency with 51%; opposition balks (Update)
Local May 21, 2012 | 6:47 am
Santo Domingo.- With only 129 polling places to count, the ruling PLD has 51.24%, to the PRD's 46.93%.
File.- With more than 90 percent of the votes counted Danilo Medina of Dominican Republi[...]