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As reported by El Siglo newspaper, the Coalition for an Independent Justice urged that the questioning of former President Leonel Fernandez and 15 former government officers be postponed until the National Council of the Magistracy chooses the three new judges. Francisco Alvarez, spokesman for the group, said the postponement would help to calm down the …

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Senator Jose Gonzalez Espinosa, a newly elected member of the National Council of the Magistracy, told El Siglo that he is against life terms for presidents of the Supreme Court. He feels the presidency should rotate. He said the members of the National Council of the Magistracy have yet to determine the agenda of the …

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The President’s legal advisor Guido Gomez Mazara says only 18 lawyers have formalized their request to become a Supreme Court judge. He mentioned that among these is Pedro Romero Confesor, a legal advisor during the Balaguer administration. The PLD object to his candidacy on the grounds that he is a militant PRSC party member. Political …

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Radhames Segura, a former general manager of the Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDE), announced yesterday his aspirations to become mayor of Santo Domingo running on the PLD ticket. He is the second to announce his plans. Already Roberto Salcedo, a TV producer who was the party’s candidate in the 1998 election, has announced he wants to …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez said in a press conference yesterday that he feels politically persecuted by the authorities. He said agents of the National Department of Investigations (DNI) trail him constantly. “I feel persecuted in the DR, my telephones at home and at my office are tapped and wherever I go I am followed by …

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Standard & Poor’s risk rating agency issued a BB classification to the placement of US$500 million bonds. It also improved credit ratings on the Dominican Republic from B+ to BB-. In a June update, the agency had said that with Central Bank reform or other key reform and improved external liquidity, the rating of the …

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Two workers suffered concussions and required hospitalization at Plaza de la Salud when a platform on the 15th floor collapsed at the Acropolis-Citibank Tower building site on Winston Churchill Avenue. The workers’ conditions are serious but they are out of risk, according to a physician’s report. The 18- and 19-year-old workers were installing windows on …

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The Restaurant del Lago at Mirador del Sur Park has announced a ‘keep all you can catch’ lunch special for Saturday and Sunday, 8-9 September. The promotion says you can keep all the red carp that you can catch. The cost of fishing is RD$150 per hour. Bring your own fishing rod. For more information, …

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