2013 – Page 96

“Everyone here is okay,” stated the mayor of Santo Domingo North (SDN), Francisco Fernandez, in his role as president of the Greater Santo Domingo Municipal Confederation, after a meeting held yesterday Wednesday 18 September with the mayors who belong to the group. Their aim was to find an amicable solution to the conflicts that have …

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In a ruling issued yesterday, Wednesday 18 September, Judge Rafael Delfin Perez of the First Hall of the Civil and Commercial Chamber of the First Instance Court of the province of Santo Domingo prohibited both government and the private sector from carrying out any action that degrades or reduces the ecosystem, biodiversity, flora or fauna …

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The new press attache of the United States Embassy in the Dominican Republic Jeremiah Knight told Diario Libre executives and reporters during a visit yesterday, Wednesday 18 September that the Embassy will start operating from its new complex at Avenida Republica de Colombia in February. The consulate will be located in the new building complex. …

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The consortium known as Century XXI Dominican Airports (Aerodom) declared yesterday, Wednesday 18 September, that it has not violated any law with the private issue of bonds on the international capital markets for a total value of US$500 million. According to a statement from the head office of Advent Airports B.V., Latin American Division, with …

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Due to the high levels of crime and people’s concerns about insecurity, there is a growing demand for security equipment. Alejandro Camber, who sells such equipment at the electronics store called Steren in the San Carlos sector of Santo Domingo, told El Caribe reporters that security cameras and recorders can sell for as much as …

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Three organizations have backed yesterday’s statements by Judge Daniel Julio Nolasco, who asked the Attorney General of the Republic to point out the judges who, according to him (Dominguez Brito) have been corrupted by drug trafficking. Junior Ramirez, of the National Convergence of Lawyers (Cona) and Julio Cesar Tiburcio, of the Dominican Alliance Against Corruption …

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The Attorney General of the Republic Francisco Dominguez Brito has banned the Chief of Police and the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) from publishing photographs of alleged drug dealers, fugitives or anyone in trouble with the law, until a sentence has been handed down. In a letter to the Police chief and the head of …

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The Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD) has announced the suspension of water service starting this morning, Thursday 19 September for some 20 neighborhoods in Santo Domingo East for essential works on a 30-inch pipeline. The pipeline is located on the San Vicente de Paul Avenue and this work is part of the …

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National Police investigators are working on the hypothesis that the incident in which three men were shot to death in the community of Yaguate was an act of revenge or a triple murder for personal reasons. The police identified two of the three bodies at the scene – National Police Sergeant Major Luis Mendez Sepulveda …

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The prosecutor of the Court of Appeals of the National District Jose del Carmen Sepulveda signed the release on a RD$3 million bail of Colombian brothers Huber Osvaldo Buitrago Ruiz and Angel Maria Buitrago Vacca on Wednesday, 18 September. The brothers were in jail in La Vega and San Francisco de Macoris accused of drug …

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