2012 – Page 336

The community of Bani has been shaken by eight tragic deaths in less than 48 hours. As well as traffic accident fatalities, there have been several violent deaths in which the motive is unclear. According to Listin Diario, a 16-year old girl went into the Kali Super Fria beerhall and stabbed Maria Altagracia Arias Avalo …

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Two women who swindled men after inviting them to their cabanas were arrested by the National Police, after a complaint by one man who was conned out of RD$25,000. According to the police report, Luisa Isabel Andujar, 20, and Josefina Perez Matos were captured after it was proven that they had cheated trader Guillermo Herrera, …

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A 75-kilo shipment of cocaine was seized at the marina of Cap Cana, the National Drug Control Department reported yesterday. National Drug Control Department (DNCD) agents arrested three men, Puerto Rican Edward Onell Delgado, and Dominicans Esteban Santiago Sanchez, who had been deported from the United States, and Radhames Peralta Dippiton. The drugs were packed …

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A man who posed as a medical doctor and is accused of swindling thousands of pesos from family members of patients who were being treated in the emergency room of the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez Hospital in Santiago, has turned himself in with the help of one of the nation’s television and radio news …

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Last night the Dominican Winter Baseball League Championship entered the fifth game of the 18-game round-robin portion of the tournament with the Leones del Escogido on top, followed by the Aguilas, the Gigantes del Cibao and the Tigres del Licey. In last night’s action the Gigantes won their first game by a score of 9-1 …

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El Caribe carried a report on Monday, 2 January with suggestive photographs of foreign cheerleaders in suggestive sexual postures. The newspaper makes the point that the sexual movements of the cheerleaders is found offensive by fans who take the family to watch baseball games. Escogido was first to bring in the imported cheerleaders, but then …

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On Wednesday, 28 December, President Leonel Fernandez, acting in his role as president of the National Judicial Council (CNM), swore in the new justices of the Supreme Electoral Court, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Justice at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace. The process for selecting the judges began on 11 August …

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On Tuesday, 27 December, directors of the civil society watchdog, Participacion Ciudadana, Samir Chami Isa and Javier Cabrera complained that politics had prevailed in the selection of the justices. Participacion Ciudadana said that the selection of judges made evident there was a pact between the president of the PRD, Miguel Vargas and President Leonel Fernandez, …

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Judge Francisco Arias Valera says that it is the Council of the Judicial Branch, and not the Supreme Court of Justice that is the entity in charge of evaluating justices, as reported in Listin Diario on 28 December. Over the holidays, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez said that the Supreme Court of Justice should …

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The highly respected Santiago prosecutor, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, has been promoted to National District prosecutor. She replaces Alejandro Moscoso Segarra who was promoted to serve as a judge in the Supreme Court of Justice. Reynoso’s appointment was announced on 29 December by Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena. Luisa Liranzo was appointed as her temporary replacement, …

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