2009 – Page 270

Tirso Cuevas Nin, the man who drove the truck carrying 1,387 kilos of cocaine in 2004, will be returning to the DR today. Cuevas Nin, an associate of former military captain Quirino Paulino, said he was driving the drugs to Santiago where they were then to have been shipped off to the US. El Caribe …

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The Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court (SCJ) has ratified the sentence of Plutarco Ernesto Cedeno, who was charged with the murder of entertainer Milton Pelaez. Cedeno will have to serve a 14-year sentence for his crime. Cedeno must also pay damages.

Last week, 24-year old Ramon Argenis Guerra Florian, an employee at the Department of Control of Closed-Circuit Cameras at the Caucedo Multimodal Port was kidnapped from his home at gunpoint by four men who boarded a SUV, and he was later found murdered in a garbage dump in Andres, Boca Chica, as reported in Hoy. …

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Former Bani prosecutor Victor Cordero, accused by Bani Senator Wilton Guerrero of complicity with drug traffickers in the province of Peravia is out on one million peso bail after being accused of prevarication and of appropriating half a million pesos that Major League baseball player Julio Cesar Mateo had supposedly given him as an economic …

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In what is being labeled as one of the greatest upsets in sports history, last night the Netherlands baseball team beat the Dominican Republic for the second time in the World Baseball Classic tournament. The loss to the unknown Dutch team eliminated the DR from the WBC tournament and dashed any hopes of claiming world …

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The Italian ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Enrico Guicciardi, presented First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez with the Star of Italian Solidarity, with the rank of Grand Official, awarded by the Italian government in a ceremony at which President Leonel Fernandez was also present. The presentation took place at the diplomatic residence of the Italian …

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, Francisco H. L. Ou visited President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace yesterday. They met for about an hour. Ou was accompanied by Taiwanese ambassador Isaac Tsai and by Rolando Chuang, Dardo Chen and Benito Liao, as reported in Hoy. The government of Taiwan has expressed an interest …

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In an effort to facilitate the paperwork needed to obtain a deed on a piece of land, the Supreme Court has approved the Regulations for Boundary and Lot Adjustments. This new procedure will allow holders of “annotated proofs” of ownership to obtain Certified Titles of ownership (deeds) through an administrative procedure when there is agreement …

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The Director General of Customs (DGA) has announced the end of financial guarantees or deposits on goods entering the country under the Regimen of Temporary Admission for Asset Improvement. The new policy will improve competitiveness of local industry by removing one of the more important financial burdens for exporters and free zone manufacturers. DGA deputy …

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It now seems unlikely that the Chamber of Deputies will approve the legislation that seeks to modify the boundaries of the National Park of the East. This development comes in the wake of considerable uproar that was caused by the legislative proposal after it was approved on first reading on 4 March with the positive …

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