2014 – Page 219

The president of the Constitutional Court, Milton Ray Guevara said the court has four months to issue an opinion on the controversial elimination of the clause that restricts citizens from suing government officers for corruption that had been included in Art 85 of the Penal Procedures Code. The case was presented to the Constitutional Court …

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The Specialized Anti Money Laundering Prosecution Service, headed up by Judge German Miranda Villalona, and the National District Prosecution office are now investigating TelexFree Dominicana for money laundering, fraud and violating monetary and finance laws following a complaint by the Superintendence of Dominican Stocks and Shares made on 3 March. Wendy Lora, director of the …

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The National Committee Against Money Laundering (CONCLA) has announced the sale of nine apartments, seven tracts of land, three houses, 11 motor vehicles, a watch and a catamaran, all of which were part of the goods confiscated in several money laundering cases. The total value of the items to be sold at a public auction …

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Judge Rosa Maria Almonte Francisco from Monsenor Nouel province has handed down three months on remand in jail to a lawyer and a mother accused of selling three of her four children to two brothers from Puerto Rico. Those remanded are Maria Yesenia Goris Tavarez aged 24 and her lawyer, Juan Jose Vargas. Goris Tavarez …

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Large numbers of the New York City-branded condoms that are distributed for free across the city’s five boroughs under a US Health Department program are being smuggled into the Dominican Republic and sold for cash. At the Pharmacy in Las Galeras on the Samana peninsula, the condoms are sold for about 50 US$ cents each …

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Early on Tuesday morning, 15 April, there was a total eclipse of the moon, which became a red and orange color, known as the Blood Moon. This eclipse was the first of a series of four consecutive “Blood Moons” which will happen roughly once every six months in the Dominican Republic, with the next one …

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The Dominican Republic is the partner of the European Night of Museums. Those attending and visiting the Unesco headquarters are invited to discover the work of Dominican artists Jorge Pineda and Polibio Diaz. This is the 6th consecutive year in which UNESCO gives its patronage to the European Night of Museums and opens its doors …

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President Danilo Medina received his new biometric identity card (cedula) yesterday, 14 April, an event that marks the start of the issuing of the new Central Electoral Board (JCE) identity card to around 7 million persons in the Dominican Republic. The president of the JCE, Roberto Rosario Marquez was at the Presidential Palace to complete …

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First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina will head up the delegation representing the Dominican government at the ceremony for the canonization of former Popes, their Holinesses John XXIII and John Paul II, which will take place at The Vatican on 27 April. In addition to the First Lady, the delegation includes the current and the …

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Health officials assured that two principal trauma hospitals, Dario Contreras and Ney Arias Lora, are fully equipped with beds, medicines and medical personnel ready for the anticipated influx of patients during Easter Week, the peak domestic travel time. The director of the Ney Arias Lora Public Hospital, Dr. Felix Hernandez, said that the hospital had …

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