2011 – Page 33

A mission from the International Center for the Integrated Management of Hydraulic Resources, part of the United States Army, is in the country to assist the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI) in a study of the unexplained phenomenon of rising water levels affecting Lake Enriquillo. The INDRHI press release says that the commission will …

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Today marks the seventh anniversary of the “new” Penal Processes Code, perhaps one of the most controversial pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress. Seen as the Devil’s work by some and blessed by others, the Code is widely held to need revision. According to El Caribe, the Code’s defenders, who include Servio Tulio Guzman, …

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The head of the Central Electoral Board, Roberto Rosario, announced that the JCE would not prosecute the baseball pitcher known as Leo Nunez of the Florida Marlins. Nunez, whose real name is Juan Carlos Oviedo, had been working in baseball for nearly a decade before the discovery of his false identity. He, himself, came out …

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Today’s Listin Diario editorial urges the Dominican Law Association to apply penalties to the membership that includes 7,000 lawyers allegedly using fake cedulas, or identity cards, according to Diego Jose Garcia, president of the organization. The editorial stresses that these people should be taken to court, and the Central Electoral Board (JCE) must launch a …

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For every 1000 women who become pregnant in this country, 92 are adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19, with a maternal mortality rate of 19%. A report says that 20.6% of all adolescents have been pregnant at some point. The statistics place the Dominican Republic among the first five countries in the …

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Residents of Licey al Medio and some parts of Moca are up in arms over the prolonged blackouts and the failure to repair the roads in their areas. They began a series of violent demonstrations yesterday, burning tires, tearing down trees and scattering refuse across the streets to block traffic. According to El Caribe reporter …

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Classes have been suspended for a second day running at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). The president of the university’s Federation of Professors’ Associations, Ismael Peralta, said that the government has not responded to their request for a 15% salary rise, increased per diems and other demands. UASD rector Mateo Aquino Febrillet said …

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Puerto Rican drug capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto’s lover, Sobeida Feliz Morel, was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison and a fine equivalent to 50 minimum public sector salaries (About RD$175,000). At the same time, her former husband, Eddy Brito Martinez, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Mary Elvira Pelaez Frappier, Sammy Dauhajre, …

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The Santo Domingo District Attorney, Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, has described the sentences handed down by the judges as “unprecedented” in the country. He said that the sentences fulfilled most people’s expectations. He said that his office would be making a detailed study of the 600-page decision by the judges in case there is a need …

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Two National Police majors will be discharged and a colonel will be pensioned off over their “lack of ethics” in the performance of their duties in connection with the murder of Colonel Cesar Augusto Ubri Bocio, assigned to the National Drug Control Department (DNCD). As reported in Diario Libre, the Chief of Police, Major General …

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