2012 – Page 31

The Supreme Court of Justice has appointed two magistrates to convene an audience to review the case of Felix Bautista that had been shelved indefinitely. The disposition is contained in Article 283 of the Penal Process Code that addresses objections to decisions taken by the courts. On Monday, 19 November the Chief Justice, Mariano German …

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The authorities say that Dr. Soanny Montero, the young woman who went missing and was found dead in her car a week later in a parking garage in Santo Domingo last month, died of poisoning from an unknown substance. The National Forensic Pathological Institute has not been able to establish the exact type of poison, …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Abel Martinez, travels in a Lexus 479 SUV without any license plates. This is in violation of all of the laws pertaining to the use of public roads by a motorized vehicle. His Lexus was spotted parked outside the Chamber of Deputies with no sign of any license …

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Some deputies enter the plenary sessions with a firearm, which is against Chamber regulations, despite the fact that there is a metal detector at the entrance. Some female police agents also watch the entry and exit of the legislators, reporters, photographers and cameramen as well as legislative personnel. The complaint was made by the president …

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The most common disciplinary sanction employed by the penal authorities for the 20,000 inmates surveyed in 42 prisons, of which 22 are the traditional model, is solitary confinement, which occurs in 60.2% of the cases. This is followed by physical punishment, which occurs in 28.1% of the cases. The information is contained in the Second …

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At least 15 families living on the edge of a ravine in Hoyo de Elias, in La Yaguita de Pastor in Santiago de los Caballeros, where four people drowned during the rains on Monday 19 November, will be moved to a safer location this morning, Wednesday 21 November in order to prevent more tragedies in …

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The National Police (PN) have arrested two people and is pursuing three others who are accused of the murder of a husband and wife and their two maids in a house in the Evaristo Morales residential area in the capital on Tuesday, 13 November, as reported in Diario Libre. The criminals also stole jewelry, a …

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The National Police, working with the Justice Department and the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), has dismantled a powerful network of criminals with international scope. They seized 337 cell phones, mostly BlackBerry and iPhone smart phones that had been stolen in different parts of the country. The authorities also seized a list of the IMEIS …

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Last night, Tuesday 20 November, the Major League star of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Hanley Ramirez, greeted the pitching of the Aguilas Cibaenas with two doubles and a single to lead the Tigres del Licey to their first victory in six games, 5-1. The game was tied in the sixth inning when Ramirez hit his …

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Yesterday, Monday 19 November, President Danilo Medina handed over RD$20 million to 162 ginger farmer families in Monte Plata province and announced that next month or in January he would give another RD$40 million to reach another 300 farmers. The farmers would receive RD$50,000 per tarea (627 square meters). The President was in Bayaguana, in …

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