2006 – Page 269

According to Armed Forces Minister Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez, night flights by US helicopters on the Haitian border must first be notified to his ministry and he is investigating why there were night flights last weekend without any such notification. He explained that even during daytime flights, the helicopter pilots are accompanied by Dominican pilots …

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The “sexual freedom” juridical clause that was originally included in the proposed Civil Code reform was quickly withdrawn as soon as the first reactions came forth after Diario Libre printed the news yesterday. It is thought that this legal precept would open the doors to future homosexual unions, which resulted in its elimination from the …

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The Dominican government has asked the United Nations Security Council to mobilize the international community’s support in calling for the pardon of Haiti’s debt, requested that the UN peace mission be kept there and warned the elected authorities about the need to work with all political forces towards stabilizing and promoting democracy in Haiti. El …

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Presidential Minister Danilo Medina supports the protests by Hispanic immigrants in the United States against proposed modifications to the law which are intended to criminalize undocumented status, as reported by Listin Diario. The law has not been passed in the US, so the Dominican government is waiting before making any statement about its position on …

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Former director of foreign trade for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Hugo Rivera Fernandez said that it is more than likely that the DR will not begin to implement the free trade agreement with the United States because several requirements are not being met. As reported in El Caribe, Rivera said that the start …

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AES Ede Este announced yesterday they will soon be implementing a pilot pre-paid power service project. The project will start in the city center of Yamasa, Monte Plata. Consumers will be able to pre-pay for power they will receive. The company commits to a constant supply of power, new networks, no need to pay reconnection …

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Last Monday, National Drug Control Department (DNCD) agents seized 47.310 kilos of heroin, the largest haul of its kind in the department’s history. Diario Libre reports that the seizure took place at Las Americas International Airport and that the drug was wrapped in 44 packages in three boxes. The heroin arrived in the DR in …

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Orlando Cristian Duarte Garrido was found guilty of the involuntary homicide of Maria Marcelino Castro de Bonilla, and sentenced to three months in prison by Judge Yuly Tamariz of the National District Criminal Chamber. Clinica Abreu was also told to pay RD$11 million in compensation for moral and material damages caused and a RD$100,000 fine. …

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Jurists have differing opinions regarding the imposition of life sentences for very serious offenders. Servio Tulio Castanos, the director of the Foundation for Institutionality and Justice (FINJUS), told reporters from the Listin Diario that re-introducing life sentences and imposing stricter sentences would not solve the current issues of rising criminality and violence. This is the …

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The case against the Clinica Independencia for alleged refusal to treat a 22-year old man who was taken to their emergency room after being a victim of gun bullet wounds during a theft was decided in favor of the medical center. The medical center was fined five minimum wages for the “negligence” that didn’t give …

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