2005 – Page 39

Dominican business consultant Luis Alvarez Renta has been found guilty by a jury in Miami where he illegally transferred moneys stolen from collapsed Banco Intercontinental to several banks in Florida. Clave Digital also reports that he was found guilty of money laundering after being accused by the Dominican government of participating in a multi-million dollar …

Read more…

Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has questioned the ruling in favor of the defendants in the rock ash case (see DR1 Daily News 7 November 2005), and said this casts doubts upon the independence of the Judicial Branch. El Caribe indicates other cases that support his concern are the greenhouse fraud case and the Plan …

Read more…

District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero has said that all the required documentation has been turned over to the Attorney General for the extradition request of retired colonel Pedro Julio “Pepe” Goico Guerrero, but a Spanish court will have to decide upon his return to the DR. Diario Libre reports that Goico is wanted for …

Read more…

The former Dominican consul in Cap-Haitien, Radhames Ramos Garcia, who served 18 months in Najayo prison for smuggling illegal Asian immigrants through the DR-Haitian border, was selected as PRD candidate for Deputy of La Vega Province, in that party’s convention held last Sunday. Ramos Garcia received 3,399 votes in section No. 1 which includes the …

Read more…

The US Coast Guard has returned a group of 95 people to the DR after they were caught trying to reach Puerto Rico in a fragile boat. They included 25 women, three of whom are Haitian. The DR liaison officer with the US Coast Guard sea and air operations, Pedro Jimenez, said that patrolling increases …

Read more…

According to Finance Minister Vicente Bengoa, the foreign exchange rate will continue to decrease because merchandise for December has already been purchased, hotels are full of tourists and next month Dominican expatriates will start arriving to spend Christmas at home. Also, Listin Diario reports that the government has completed the renegotiation of the private debt …

Read more…

The ten-member Municipal Council of Villa Mella has approved the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) proposal to build an elevated railway in their area, following Diandino Pena’s presentation of the project. Diario Libre reports that retailers were also happy with the plans as they include the negotiation of soft loans through the Small and Medium Business …

Read more…

The magistrate heading the instructional phase of the case of rock ash dumping in Manzanillo and Samana has decreed that the government did not have a case against the accused former Mejia administration officials. Favored by the decree were, first, Domingo Antonio Rosario Pimentel, former PRD senator for San Cristobal, and president of “Trans Nacional …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez will sign an energy agreement with Colombia during his weekend there. On Monday, Fernandez will meet Colombian entrepreneurs who have shown an interest in investing in the DR. Together with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Fernandez will look at the possibilities of developing alternative energy sources, similar to what has been done in …

Read more…

The Dominican government will initiate a round of talks with its Canadian counterparts, with the aim of working out a free trade agreement between the two nations. At least this is the gist of the conversations between Dominican President Leonel Fernandez and Paul Martin, the Canadian Prime Minister. According to several newspapers, the press release …

Read more…