2005 – Page 238

There were 360 deaths from shootouts between alleged criminal elements and the Police in 1994. These numbers were not included in the number of deaths by firearms in the National Police Report delivered to the Congress. Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has expressed concern for the number of shootout victims. While the numbers vary in …

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According to the National Police Report, in 2004 there were 1,750 homicides compared to 1,099 in 2000. The numbers for 2004 are 6% higher than those for 2003. Of all the homicides, 1,131 were committed by men and of the victims, 1,616 were men. Firearms were used in 1,140 of the cases. There were also …

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They had paid handsomely for the trip, but they did not have a vacation in mind. As El Nacional reports, the Navy arrested 35 illegal boat travelers yesterday, 17 of which were dropped off by the people smugglers at Cabeza de Toro beach, 15 minutes from Punta Cana or Bavaro tourist sites. The group had …

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The extradited Quirino Paulino Castillo continues to generate news in the Dominican Republic. All of today’s newspapers carry at least one article on the accused drug transporter. In the Listin Diario, one of the helicopters that was confiscated was said to have been purchased by Pepe Goico, using the credit card that had been issued …

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The recent case of the extradition of Quirino Paulino Castillo, accused in the DR and the US of drug trafficking, aroused some nationalistic feeling among several commentators. Lawyer Roberto Alvarez has taken exception to their statements in his opt-ed piece in the El Caribe. Alvarez argues that in a pluralist, democratic society it is widely …

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President Leonel Fernandez leaves on Wednesday for a 10-day trip that will take him to Chicago, New York City and Boston in the United States, and then on to Madrid, Spain. The DR’s President will arrive on Wednesday, 2 March in Chicago, where he will attend a reception at the University of Illinois at Chicago …

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President Leonel Fernandez will open the First Congress on Santo Domingo 2015, an event that seeks to take a futuristic look at where the city is headed and where it should be headed. The event will take place 16-18 March in the capital city. Speakers at the event will include New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, …

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President Leonel Fernandez has signed the ruling for the public information access law. Decree No 130-05 provides the mechanisms to implement Law 200-04 as ratified on 28 July 2004. The ruling is designed to guarantee citizens’ access to government activities and sources. The first case of the effective use of the law has yet to …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Jorge Subero Isa, speaking to more than 300 students from 14 schools at an event to honor patriot Juan Pablo Duarte yesterday, challenged Dominicans to present proofs of alleged acts of corruption by Dominican judges, as reported in Diario Libre. “When people say that the judiciary is …

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The Mining Department’s director, Octavio Lopez, says that the concessions granted by the state to mining companies are being affected by the new scope of the Sectoral Protected Areas Law (No. 02-04). He mentioned the specific cases of the Pomier concessions for Procalca and Marmotech in San Cristobal and that of Ideal Dominicana in the …

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