2011 – Page 219

The lawyer who represented drug kingpin Quirino Paulino Castillo is in trouble with the law. Judge Jose Reynaldo Ferreiras placed a RD$1 million bond, periodic visits to the court and an exit ban on Henry Alexander Duval Mendez who allegedly attempted to obtain some of the property seized from Paulino Castillo by fraudulent methods. According …

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The owner of the Premium Latin Music record company, Franklin “Junior” Romero is currently detained and in jail pending arraignment before the courts in New York after being arrested on charges of possession with intent to distribute and money laundering that were filed in 2000. The record label owner had escaped to the Dominican Republic …

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Lawyer Efrain Reyes Duluc was buried with honors at the Cristo Redentor Cemetery yesterday. Founder of the Hielo Cristal ice factory, he was better known for being one of the founders of the cooperative movement in the DR, for his community solidarity, and for his efforts in upholding the law while general prosecutor under one …

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Three Dominicans are in the running for a spot on the starting rotation for the New York Yankees this spring. Bartolo Colon, Ivan Nova and Dellin Betances, one seasoned veteran and two youngsters, are vying to fill the spots vacated by the retirement of Andy Pettitte, the failure to capture Cliff Lee and a disappointing …

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The Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes of the Palacio de Bellas Artes is exhibiting the works of Dominican painter Alberto Bass. A retrospective of his life work takes up both halls of the gallery. Open from 10am to 5pm. For more on upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar  

President Leonel Fernandez returned several bills to Congress on Friday. They are the bill that modifies the National Magistracy Council (the body in charge of choosing the Supreme Court of Justice and Constitutional Court judges), and the bill on the vote of Dominicans living abroad. As reported in Diario Libre, President Fernandez flagged article five …

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President Leonel Fernandez dedicated an extensive part of his 51-page 27 February speech to justifying his government’s education policies and maintained that what was most important was quality, not quantity. Recently, there has been a major campaign for more state funding for education based on the country’s very poor scores in international rankings, including the …

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In his Independence Day speech, President Leonel Fernandez mentioned that the public sector foreign debt was 36% of GDP, or some US$18.2 billion. “At present, the DR is not facing a devaluation or a loss of confidence in its currency. As a fact, in 2010 bonds were placed on the international market at the lowest …

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In his state of the nation address on 27 February President Leonel Fernandez defended what his government has done to fight corruption in government. “My answer to this is very simple: the Prosecutor General should act. He should do so with full independence and freedom. Everyone should be responsible for their actions,” said Fernandez, justifying …

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In his speech yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez announced he would be sending several bills to Congress. They include the Law on the National Development Strategy, on Public Service (Public Administration), a law on Salaries for the Public Sector, a law of mobility, traffic and land transport, a Law on Expression and Communication Media, a Law …

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