2011 – Page 232

Lawyer Alberto Fiallo feels the Constitutional Court created to review Constitution issues studied by the Supreme Court of Justice and other courts will be inviable. In a review in Listin Diario, he called for revisions and that if these do not happen, the Constitutional Court will be known as the “Unconstitutional Court.” He highlights that …

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The Association of Commercial Banks is accusing the ProConsumidor, the government consumer defense body, of threatening the reputation and the stability of the sector with its campaign demanding the registration of the standard-form contracts issued by the financial intermediaries. According to the bankers, the state consumer protection agency has accused the financial institutions of being …

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The governor of Santiago, Raul Fernandez, will head a ceremony on Thursday honoring one of the leading figures in the preservation of the Santiago Carnival’s folkloric traditions, Manuel Ulises Bonelly Valverde. The ceremony will take place at 8pm at the Governor’s Palace on Calle del Sol, across the street from Duarte Park. This year’s carnival …

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Barely 13.5% of the country’s 1.2 million workers earn salaries above RD$25,000, while 57% earn less than RD$10,000. Only 174,047 employees earn more than RD$25,000 and most earn less than RD$10,000, a total of 736,208 employees. According to a financial report on the Dominican social security system from the Social Security Treasury, the country has …

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There is a new legal structure for companies with assets of RD$3 million or more, and the RD$100,000 deposit requirement for company formation has been lifted, among other changes. President Leonel Fernandez signed Law 31-11 that modified Company Law 478-08 and incorporated a new simplified form to be known as the Simplified Corporation (SAS). Companies …

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On Monday public transport users in Santo Domingo were met with an unannounced four-hour strike by Fenatrano (led by Juan Hubieres) and CNTU (led by Ramon Perez Figuereo) unions. The wildcat strike began at 6am and lasted through 10am, affecting students and workers in the National District and the Province of Santo Domingo. The transporters …

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The Anti-Narcotics Police have arrested a 10-year old boy in possession of 177 grams of marijuana and the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) detained a drug distributor in Villa Duarte. Diario Libre also reports that the DNCD arrested Jose Rafael Gonzalez Guante, 35, a repeat offender of Law 50-88 on the control of drugs and …

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A man who passed himself off as a staff member of the United States Consulate was arrested yesterday on charges of swindling US$29,000 from three people in return for visas to the United States. He was sent to preventive custody by the Judge for Permanent Attention of the National District. According to Listin Diario, Pedro …

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The Migration Department has revealed that Venezuelan Rafael Mauricio Bardeja Vargas, who was shot dead last Thursday while sitting on the terrace of a restaurant on Avenida Sarasota, had traveled from Santo Domingo to South America, the Netherlands Antilles and Spain in 2010. On 7 January he traveled to Aruba, returning on 27 January. According …

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The head of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Major General Rolando Rosado Mateo, said last night that an organization of Mexican drug traffickers is operating in the Dominican Republic and trying to penetrate pharmacies in Santiago and in the Cibao Valley. According to Listin Diario, during a meeting in Santiago the DNCD told pharmacy …

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