I currently have 9 employees at my home, ?Rancho Dorado? who collectively perform most or all of the duties necessary to maintain and support my life style. This includes cooking, cleaning, washing, chauffer, bodyguard, translator, watchman, animal care, fence repair, building construction and repair, etc. I am a civil engineer and architect and as such very much enjoy designing and building new structures such as dams, water systems, buildings, etc. I treat ALL of my employees with respect and I believe am MORE than fair with them is ALL respects! They are ALWAYS paid on time and ALL received their Christmas ?Bonus? even to include one who had only worked for me two weeks previously. My wish and intention is to live my life in peace, help anyone in my area who truly needs and deserves help and to work to the benefit of ALL people on this island when ever possible?. HOWEVER?.One man seems determined to deny me this wish! I hired this man September 1, 2005 to care for my animals for RD$6000 per month. His performance was not wonderful, but acceptable until he had his 3 months time in. December, 2005 he turned into the employee from HELL! First I personally caught him hauling my fence posts to his house when he was supposed to be repairing my fence. With 20/20 hind sight, I should have hauled his butt to jail right then and charged him with theft!??BUT??out of respect for his father (my good friend), I lectured him for 30 minutes about not stealing and with his ?Promise to never, never steal again? allowed him to continue working. Next he started coming to work drunk from drinking rum! Another 30 minute lecture with ?Promise to never drink rum again???Next, a new roll of barbed fence wire was missing. Another employee said he had seen Paulino carrying it to his house. Paulino said, ?I took it to my house to keep it safe?! In January he was coming to work drunk every day. When I caught him beating a new born calf with a big stick?..that was ?.TOO MUCH!! January 15, 2006, I told him he could no longer work for me unless he quit drinking rum, quit stealing and took care of his family.
I invited him to accompany me to the Department of Work in Puerto Plata at 9:00AM January 16, 2006 to let them decide if and how much ?separation pay? I owed him. I went to the Department of Work without him because he failed to show up. The man at the Department of Work advised me that I owed him?NOTHING! That afternoon, his father and his wife came to my home to beg me to continue his employment. I gave them two weeks until 1 February to reform him from drinking rum, quit stealing, etc. and for him to return back to work. I saw nothing of him during these two weeks and just to be safe, on 2 February, I wrote a detailed letter to the Department of Work detailing my problems with Paulino and have my certified copy dated 9:25AM, 02 FEB 2006. In my opinion, I have been ?Patient as the legendary JOB? with this man and my kindness has been repaid with the following: About 3 weeks later, Paulino showed up at Rancho Dorado with another man who spoke some English. They DEMANDED that I pay Paulino some money!! When I refused, they first threatened me with jail!! When this had no apparent effect on me?..they threatened to kill me!! With that threat, I went to get my pistol and ordered them?.OFF MY PROPERTY! They responded that they would leave only after I paid them! When they saw that I really had my pistol in my hand they decided it was time to leave and quickly disappeared. Since that time, I am often OBVIOUSLY being followed by a new white Nissan pickup truck with 3 or four men to include the one who accompanied Paulino and threatened to get me and to kill me! On other occasions, I have been followed by two expensive new 150 Yamaha motorcycles when I am on the El Cupey country road to Puerto Plata. I can ONLY conclude that they are watching for a good opportunity to rob, kidnap or to kill me.
I am so tired of this game that I would ALMOST welcome such an attempt. I have no fear of dying and am expert with both pistol and shotgun. I travel well armed which is probably the reason I am alive today to write this. They have failed to date to rob or kidnap me and so NOW?..Paulino has decided to utilize the Department of Justice to harass me! He has now utilized an attorney in Puerto Plata to file a ?NOTIFICACION DE DEMANDA LABORAL? against me which is so COMPLETELY based on false claims as to be ?LAUGHABLE?! He claims he worked me 15 months?instead of the actual 4 ? months. I wasn?t even on the island 15 months ago! He claims I paid him RD$8000 per month instead of the actual RD$6000. He claims that I NEVER told him why he was fired??when the fact is, I NEVER FIRED HIM ! He FAILED TO COME TO WORK for the two weeks I generously granted his father and wife to reform him and get him back to work. He obviously decided that he did not want to work for me if he had to quit drinking, quit stealing and take care of his family as I required and carefully explained both to him, his father and his wife! He claims that I failed to present the required letter of explanation to the Department of Work. I have my ?Certified Copy?! Attached to the Demanda is a CERTIFICATION from the Dept. of Work stating that I presented no such letter to the Department from December 20, 2005 until January 7, 2006. This is TRUE?.but laughable?..in that he worked and was paid through January 15?..one week AFTER the period of this certification. I don?t think the law requires me to write an letter of explanation?.ONE WEEK or more BEFORE?.an employee fails to come to work for two additional weeks ?.or I terminate an employee!! Given that Rancho Dorado is my home?.ALL my employees are ?Domestic Help?. I sell NOTHING ?.and produce NOTHING FOR SALE. This is simply my home which I maintain and enjoy in my own way and style of choice. The law says I only owe vacation pay after separation and that ONLY after one year of employeement.
The Demanda is for a whopping??..RD$176,348.61
This is an OBVIOUS attorney trick to APPEAR to have a valid claim to steal money from me!! MY QUESTIONS ARE: What recourse for damages do I have against this attorney who filed this COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND FALSE Demanda against me? What LEGAL recourse do I have against Paulino who signed off on these COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND FALSE claims in this Demanda? Yes, I have HARD EVIDENCE to disprove this ENTIRE Demanda! BUT?.what about the money I have to spend to hire an attorney ?? What about my time which I provably value at RD$275 per minute?? What about the threat upon my very life ?? What about the harassment of being followed and chased when I have to travel from Rancho Dorado to Puerto Plata ?? Does the Department of Justice allow itself to be OBVIOUSLY used for HARRASSMENT and attempts to steal by a KNOWN THEIF?.and by attorneys who buddy up with them to file ABSURDLY FALSE Demandas in their attempt to steal money. Do attorneys have NO RESPONSIBILITY to even half way check the validity of claims they make in Demandas?? What about attorneys who include CERTIFICATION with their Demanda which doesn?t even extend through the time in question ?? Do I have to wait until such time as they finally see a good opportunity and ACTUALLY rob, kidnap or kill me?? How do I LEGALLY put a stop to this harassment ??
I know of two land owners up on the mountain in my area who have been killed by such trash as this within the time period I discuss. I REALLY would prefer not to be the third and simply be left alone to live in peace??BUT ??? NO?.Of course, I cannot PROVE they are following me with the intent to rob, kidnap or kill. That is impossible !!
Am I LEGALLY?..required to wait until such time as I am attacked, killed, etc. in order to have SUFFECIENT PROOF ?? I can easily prove ALL the claims in the Demanda are false??..but what about my life?
I invited him to accompany me to the Department of Work in Puerto Plata at 9:00AM January 16, 2006 to let them decide if and how much ?separation pay? I owed him. I went to the Department of Work without him because he failed to show up. The man at the Department of Work advised me that I owed him?NOTHING! That afternoon, his father and his wife came to my home to beg me to continue his employment. I gave them two weeks until 1 February to reform him from drinking rum, quit stealing, etc. and for him to return back to work. I saw nothing of him during these two weeks and just to be safe, on 2 February, I wrote a detailed letter to the Department of Work detailing my problems with Paulino and have my certified copy dated 9:25AM, 02 FEB 2006. In my opinion, I have been ?Patient as the legendary JOB? with this man and my kindness has been repaid with the following: About 3 weeks later, Paulino showed up at Rancho Dorado with another man who spoke some English. They DEMANDED that I pay Paulino some money!! When I refused, they first threatened me with jail!! When this had no apparent effect on me?..they threatened to kill me!! With that threat, I went to get my pistol and ordered them?.OFF MY PROPERTY! They responded that they would leave only after I paid them! When they saw that I really had my pistol in my hand they decided it was time to leave and quickly disappeared. Since that time, I am often OBVIOUSLY being followed by a new white Nissan pickup truck with 3 or four men to include the one who accompanied Paulino and threatened to get me and to kill me! On other occasions, I have been followed by two expensive new 150 Yamaha motorcycles when I am on the El Cupey country road to Puerto Plata. I can ONLY conclude that they are watching for a good opportunity to rob, kidnap or to kill me.
I am so tired of this game that I would ALMOST welcome such an attempt. I have no fear of dying and am expert with both pistol and shotgun. I travel well armed which is probably the reason I am alive today to write this. They have failed to date to rob or kidnap me and so NOW?..Paulino has decided to utilize the Department of Justice to harass me! He has now utilized an attorney in Puerto Plata to file a ?NOTIFICACION DE DEMANDA LABORAL? against me which is so COMPLETELY based on false claims as to be ?LAUGHABLE?! He claims he worked me 15 months?instead of the actual 4 ? months. I wasn?t even on the island 15 months ago! He claims I paid him RD$8000 per month instead of the actual RD$6000. He claims that I NEVER told him why he was fired??when the fact is, I NEVER FIRED HIM ! He FAILED TO COME TO WORK for the two weeks I generously granted his father and wife to reform him and get him back to work. He obviously decided that he did not want to work for me if he had to quit drinking, quit stealing and take care of his family as I required and carefully explained both to him, his father and his wife! He claims that I failed to present the required letter of explanation to the Department of Work. I have my ?Certified Copy?! Attached to the Demanda is a CERTIFICATION from the Dept. of Work stating that I presented no such letter to the Department from December 20, 2005 until January 7, 2006. This is TRUE?.but laughable?..in that he worked and was paid through January 15?..one week AFTER the period of this certification. I don?t think the law requires me to write an letter of explanation?.ONE WEEK or more BEFORE?.an employee fails to come to work for two additional weeks ?.or I terminate an employee!! Given that Rancho Dorado is my home?.ALL my employees are ?Domestic Help?. I sell NOTHING ?.and produce NOTHING FOR SALE. This is simply my home which I maintain and enjoy in my own way and style of choice. The law says I only owe vacation pay after separation and that ONLY after one year of employeement.
The Demanda is for a whopping??..RD$176,348.61
This is an OBVIOUS attorney trick to APPEAR to have a valid claim to steal money from me!! MY QUESTIONS ARE: What recourse for damages do I have against this attorney who filed this COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND FALSE Demanda against me? What LEGAL recourse do I have against Paulino who signed off on these COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND FALSE claims in this Demanda? Yes, I have HARD EVIDENCE to disprove this ENTIRE Demanda! BUT?.what about the money I have to spend to hire an attorney ?? What about my time which I provably value at RD$275 per minute?? What about the threat upon my very life ?? What about the harassment of being followed and chased when I have to travel from Rancho Dorado to Puerto Plata ?? Does the Department of Justice allow itself to be OBVIOUSLY used for HARRASSMENT and attempts to steal by a KNOWN THEIF?.and by attorneys who buddy up with them to file ABSURDLY FALSE Demandas in their attempt to steal money. Do attorneys have NO RESPONSIBILITY to even half way check the validity of claims they make in Demandas?? What about attorneys who include CERTIFICATION with their Demanda which doesn?t even extend through the time in question ?? Do I have to wait until such time as they finally see a good opportunity and ACTUALLY rob, kidnap or kill me?? How do I LEGALLY put a stop to this harassment ??
I know of two land owners up on the mountain in my area who have been killed by such trash as this within the time period I discuss. I REALLY would prefer not to be the third and simply be left alone to live in peace??BUT ??? NO?.Of course, I cannot PROVE they are following me with the intent to rob, kidnap or kill. That is impossible !!
Am I LEGALLY?..required to wait until such time as I am attacked, killed, etc. in order to have SUFFECIENT PROOF ?? I can easily prove ALL the claims in the Demanda are false??..but what about my life?
gre: Right now, I am merely being NICE........AND asking for EXPERT LEGAL ADVICE to settle this matter if such a way as to comply with what LITTLE LAW there seems to be on this island. I WILL LIVE HERE........OR I WILL DIE HERE !! The nickname "Caribee"....is merely short for "CARIBEE LION" a nickname I was given when I owned and operated a 110 ft. lobster trawler over half the Caribbean. There is NO LAW on the open Caribbean Ocean! Whenever a fellow fisherman was threatened by pirates or whatnot....they often called for me on the radio. I have settled MANY a pirates hash.....!! and trust me, I KNOW HOW !! I doubt you have EVER SEEN a person more prepared to live in the Caribbean than I........