2008 – Page 22

The Dominican legal system is in a serious situation, because of the introduction of foreign codes and statutes into the country’s legislation, threatening its very existence, according to a complaint by Victor Joaquin Castellanos, president of the recently created Dominican Law Academy. The academy was created with the aim of ending the “periodic mutilations” that …

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The Supreme Court has awarded the Department of Inspections the task of digging deep into a complaint made by the former president of the Joint Tribunal of the First Instance in San Juan de la Maguana, Maria Elena Quevedo Rosario. The magistrate, who was demoted and transferred to a Court of Instruction in Las Matas …

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The entire Supreme Court (SJC) has decreed that a complaint filed against Senator Wilton Guerrero for defamation of character and damages by the former prosecutor for Bani, Victor Cordero was inadmissible. The highest tribunal took its decision on the grounds that the complaint filed by Cordero was not precise in its accusations. The court accepted …

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The placement of dollars channeled through financial institutions and without the participation of the currency exchange agencies that act within the market constitutes a privilege by the Central Bank that favors one sector in prejudice of another. This is the opinion of Augusto Peignand, the president of the Dominican Association of Money Exchangers (Adocambio), as …

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Prominent priest and sociologist Father Jorge Cela said yesterday that the fact that the Dominican economy is not armored against the international financial crisis, means that “the country’s poorer citizens need to be protected in the 2009 budget”. Interviewed on the Uno+Uno breakfast TV program on Channel 2, the Catholic priest said that the state …

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The executive director of the foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus), said that this group has never agreed with the idea that prosecutor’s offices should operate in police stations, due to the negative consequences that derive from this relationship. According to Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, “We cannot be in agreement because, historically, the police do …

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Journalist Miguel Franjul returned to his post as Listin Diario editor yesterday, after being officially sworn in by the newspaper’s proprietor Ramon Baez Romano. The ceremony took place at Listin’s editorial offices. Baez Romano called Franjul the “historic director of Listin Diario” because of the progress made during his various times at the newspaper’s helm. …

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Wednesday’s newspapers did not carry the story because the game was still tied when they went to press. However, Licey finally defeated the Gigantes del Cibao, 10-9, after 18 innings of tense baseball. The game saw the Tigres come back three times from certain defeat and tie the game. Once in the seventh inning, once …

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While President Leonel Fernandez accepts that the state of the world economy could bring potential problems to the DR in 2009, he also remains confident that the DR will overcome any obstacles and that 2009 will be a year of peace and prosperity for the nation. Quoted in Hoy, Fernandez said the government would do …

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Yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the new highway connecting the Santiago de la Cruz crossroads with Buena Vista and Loma de Cabrera, in Dajabon province. The 20-kilometer road stretch cost RD$296 million. But it was the efforts of concerned citizen-turned social activist Angel Sosa that really got the road completed. Sosa, dubbed the Pilgrim of …

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