2012 – Page 335

The Center for Exports and Investment (CEI-RD) reports that Dominican exports from January to September are up 23.61% compared to the same period in 2010. Dominican exports increased from US$4,835.56 million to US$5,977.22 million. Non-traditional exports were up 13.90% to US$4,149.27 million, compared to US$3,642.93 in 2010. Industrial products showed an increase of 12.95%, with …

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A meeting of the Council of the Judicial Power, chaired by the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mariano German Mejia, completed the assignments for Second and Third Chambers of the Supreme Court yesterday. The judges who will serve in the Second Chamber, the penal chamber, will be Miriam Concepcion German Brito, the second …

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and the chairman of the Judicial Branch Council (CJP), Mariano German Mejia, headed yesterday’s session that dealt with a 39-point agenda that included 21 requests for promotions by judges and four requests for transfers. In point 14 of the agenda, 21 judges asked for their …

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The Dr. Heriberto Pieter Oncological Hospital, under construction on the grounds of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) is about 90% finished, according to Luis Sifres, the director of the Office of Supervising Engineers of State Projects, the agency in charge of the building. However, there is some disagreement on the question of who …

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The Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Fedomu) will meet to decide on the preferred candidate for the post of secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). The meeting will be held before the 26 January assembly of the LMD. The only real news is that the PRSC has received the backing of the ruling PLD …

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Citizens of the Dominican Republic, Panama or Colombia, who possess Schengen visas to the European Union or tourist visas to either Canada or the United States, can enter Haiti without the need to obtain a visa. Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Lamothe said that the new measure would come into effect on 10 January. …

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The Judicial Branch Council, which is chaired by Mariano German Mejia, has ordered an investigation into the Court of San Cristobal after receiving a complaint from Deputy Nelson Guillen, who questioned the sentences issued by this tribunal. The information was given to reporters from El Nuevo Diario yesterday by the legislator who said that the …

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The new District Attorney for the National District, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, met with the former PRD senator Tonty Rutinel last night. Rutinel continued to refuse to sign the bail contracts that would release him as his case is heard. Following the meeting, Rutinel was taken to Najayo jail to wait for his definitive sentencing in …

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Claiming lack of evidence demonstrating that the charges against six members of the armed forces, including a lieutenant colonel, would stand up in a trial, the Collegiate Court of the Judicial District of Puerto Plata discharged the case. The prosecutors had charged the six with trying to send 29 packages of cocaine to Canada through …

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On Monday, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) said that the death toll over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays was 47, of whom 45 were in traffic accidents and two resulted from alcohol poisoning. A total of 1,048 people were affected in some way: 776 in traffic accidents, 182 by alcohol poisoning and 43 by …

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