2013 – Page 313

Enrique Soto, one of baseball’s most prominent trainers in the Dominican Republic for the last two decades, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of charges of sexually assaulting two boys who were trainees at his academy 10 years ago, according to a report that first aired Monday night on Noticias …

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The police have arrested three more suspects in the case of the murder of Alexandro Acosta Soto (Alex), who was shot in a liquor store on Rafael Augusto Sanchez Street at the corner of Abraham Lincoln Avenue in Santo Domingo last Friday, 1 February. Jordan Garcia Contreras (Jordan), 22, was accused of driving the motorcycle …

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The 2012 edition of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Health in the Americas report includes a list of traffic accident-related deaths, topped by the Dominican Republic, with 32.2 traffic-related deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. However, the new Law for Traffic and Transport, which will be reintroduced into Congress during the next session, will include a 20-point …

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The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has ratified all parts of the sentence against Eddy Soriano Rojas, who was accused of stealing electricity from the Edesur utility company. The Assistant Attorney General for the Electricity System (PGASE) Moises Ferrer said that Soriano was convicted under the General Electricity Law to pay RD$593,951 for making illegal …

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The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has ordered the extradition of a Canadian woman, Janice Pemberton to the United States. She is accused of belonging to a gang that defrauded dozens of elderly people in a telemarketing scam. Judge Miriam German Brito also ordered all her possessions to be returned to her, as they had …

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The Dominican Republic, represented by the Leones del Escogido, defeated Venezuela yesterday, Wednesday 6 February, 4-2 in the Caribbean Series and leads the championship 5-1. Today, Thursday, 7 February is the last game that will decide the Dominican victory. It will be played between the Dominican Republic and Mexico because the rules establish that the …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 5 February, the Chamber of Deputies enacted the law to issue US$1 billion worth of sovereign bonds to be invested in the international markets, as well as to cover the internal public debt for more than RD$45 billion, as requested by the Executive Branch. They also approved a bill for controlling and regulating …

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The government has now guaranteed that salami produced and sold in the country is fit for human consumption. A study by the Health Ministry, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the National Doctor Fefillo Laboratory, the Nutrition Institute of Central America and Panama and the Industrial Biotechnology Institute (IBBI), found that sodium nitrate levels have decreased …

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In an interview with Hoy newspaper, leading teacher Maria Teresa Cabrera asks the Minister of Education to put herself in the position of teachers, and to understand that if she is finding it hard to cope with the high cost of living on RD$185,000 a month, how does she expect teachers who earn RD$8,972 to …

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Colonel Jacobo Moquete, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transport Authority (Amet) says that they have ticketed 3,721 car drivers and motorcycle riders in January this year for breaking Law 241 in the National District and Santo Domingo province. He said that the violations included crossing a red light, driving without a license, and going the wrong …

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