2014 – Page 22

Communities in Santo Domingo province and the eastern provinces of San Pedro de Macoris and Hato Mayor officially received 75 new classrooms yesterday, Tuesday 2 December 2014 as President Danilo Medina inaugurated the new school facilities. An opening ceremony marking the inauguration of the five new extended day public schools took place in the Maria …

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European Union ambassadors and United Nations representatives met with President Danilo Medina yesterday, Tuesday 2 December 2014 to express their support for the discussions about the development of Haiti. They also presented conclusions of previous meetings by the two institutions to discuss projects in Haiti and how to best support the high-level talks between the …

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Today, Wednesday 3 December 2014, National Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo will launch the “Peaceful Christmas 2014” campaign where more than last year’s figure of 10,295 police officers will be patrolling the streets. Although the initiative is aimed at preventing robberies, wounding and killings, security specialist Daniel Pou says that just as in …

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According to a new report issued today, Wednesday 3 December 2014 by the NGO Transparency International, Venezuela and Paraguay are seen as the most corrupt countries in Latin American and Uruguay and Chile are the most transparent. The best countries in the world in terms of corruption perceptions are Denmark, New Zealand and Finland. The …

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As Transparency International releases the 2014 Global Corruption Perceptions Index and the DR is ranked 115th of 174 countries, protestors are urging the Supreme Court to enable hearings in the case of alleged corruption against PLD senator Felix Bautista, the former director of the Supervisory Office of Public Works of the Presidency (OISOE) during the …

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The former Papal Nuncio in the Dominican Republic, 65-year old Jozef Wesolowski who is accused of pedophilia, has been under house arrest in the Vatican since September, pending a decision on whether to indict. According to the latest reports, he is now free but is not allowed to leave the Vatican State. Vatican spokesman Federico …

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Police spokesman Jacobo Mateo Moquete says that they are looking for two brothers who are on the run, accused of six murders in the Cibao region. Omar and Cesar Lopez Mendez are thought to be behind the shooting of police officer Emmanuel de Jesus Taveras Rosario who is now fighting for his life after being …

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National District Judge, Teofilo Andujar has cancelled a habeas corpus appeal brought by the lawyers representing Venezuelan businessman Luis Rafael Rios Virla who is seeking an end to the case against him. The case was cancelled as his lawyer Cesar Amadeo Peralta did not turn up in court. The appeal was brought against the Public …

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