2012 – Page 6

Nelson Gutierrez, president of the National Council for Human Rights has complained about the disappearance of two people who were allegedly assaulted by various members of the National Police. The victims are Danilo Cuevas Rodriguez, a blacksmith and moneylender, and his driver who were stopped by supposed police officers at kilometer 13 on the Las …

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Members of the Specialized Airport Security and Civil Aviation Corps (CESAC) have complained that they still have not received their Christmas bonus salary. They are saying that the government started to hand out the double salary on 6 December, but as they have not had it they are unable to pay their bills. One of …

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Police spokesman General Maximo Baez Aybar says that according to the National Police Statistics Department, there has been a decrease in crime this year, even though it may be hard to believe given the events which have happened over the last few days. He said that the police are still investigating the death of a …

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National District Prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso says she does not think that Sobeida Felix Morel, girlfriend of Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa Agosto and Levy Nin Batista, his wife, should be allowed out on parole. She said that they have not complied with a series of requirements which formed part of the agreement they made …

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Overseas Deputy Ruben Luna and the president of the PRD’s New York office, Fidel Casilla, have categorically denied that they have taken US$20,000, supposedly given to them by party president Miguel Vargas to pay off the debt for renting the office they are using. The accusation was made by members of the party’s Executive Committee, …

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Major Jose de los Santos Perez Perez, spokesman for the Police Southern Regional Office says that investigators have been retracing the steps of a woman, disguised as a nurse, who stole a newborn baby, daughter of 18-year old Katty Jean, on Monday afternoon, 17 December, from the Jamie Mota hospital in Barahona, and that she …

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Casa de Teatro and Jazz en Dominicana present Cyrille Aimee and her Surreal Band on Saturday, 22 December at the Cafe Teatro in a special concert for music and culture lovers. The Dominican-French vocalist recently won the first prize in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (21 October) and the album Junction with The …

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An urgent vote after two readings yesterday, Tuesday 18 December and the Chamber of Deputies passed the legislative proposal containing next year’s General State Budget, with the modifications sent by the Executive Branch. The Senate had passed everything on Monday, 17 December for an overall amount of RD$530.9 billion. It is now law and will …

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Starting tomorrow, Thursday 20 December, the Presidential Social Plan will begin a series of activities that includes handing out Christmas baskets, dinners and popular fiestas in barrios and other neighborhoods. The numbers are staggering: 875,000 baskets will be distributed, starting in the south on Thursday. Cesar Prieto, the head of the Plan, told El Caribe …

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The vice-president of the Public Electricity Companies, Ruben Jimenez Bichara, says that back in 2004 their losses were in the range of 45%, and despite all the programs that have been introduced to reduce theft and fraud to a minimum, with distance metering and other instruments, the losses are still around 38%. Next year, distance …

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