2014 – Page 237

The editorial board chairman of the Constitutional Court Yearbook for 2013, lawyer and journalist Adriano Miguel Tejada has suggested that Dominican society is duty bound to ask social and political actors to play fair with the nation’s High Courts. He stated that one thing is to obey or accept a decision that might be the …

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The Senate of the Republic approved over 70 changes to the Penal Process Code yesterday, Wednesday 26 March. The modifications include authorizations to make injuries caused by domestic violence subject to public action and to allow judges of the First Instance to decide cases involving sentences of up to five years in prison. The legislation …

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The Army’s commanding general, Ruben Paulino Sem, reported yesterday morning, Wednesday 26 March that troops in Dajabon pursued and forced the stop of a white Infinity FX, but the driver fled the scene. When the vehicle was searched they found nearly 100 sacks of garlic weighing over a ton. Most newspaper reports say that this …

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The upper crust of the nation’s business community, as represented by the National Business Council (Conep), warned yesterday, Wednesday 26 March that they would leave no stone unturned in pursuit of a Labor Code reform in order to promote formal employment in the Dominican Republic. As reported in Listin Diario, Conep president Manuel Diez Cabral …

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The Dominican Republic’s Foreign Service payroll is exorbitant when compared to much larger countries like Mexico or Argentina. For this reason, social scrutiny of the use that is being given to state resources at the Ministry of Foreign Relations has been increasing. Last year the ministry received a budget of RD$6.1 billion pesos. Two cases …

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In a widely welcomed move yesterday, Wednesday 26 March, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources definitively prohibited the installation of a second electricity generator barge in the Cafemba Bay, Puerto Plata. The barge, with a 36.5-megawatt production capacity was to join another such craft, but the ministry established that it would have a …

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Azua senator Rafael Calderon reports that the special commission that he chairs, which is studying the legislative proposal to declare Loma Miranda as a National Park, will be visiting the area today, Thursday 27 March. The legislator did not specify the exact time of this field visit, but he mentioned that all the commission members …

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Representatives of nearly three dozen barrios and communities in Santiago are calling for direct intervention by the local authorities and asking them to declare a state of emergency in the city. A demonstration was held yesterday, Wednesday 26 March, in response to the rising crime rate across the city, according to the leaders of the …

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Dominican musicals producer Amaury Sanchez is arranging a symphonic music evening for the popular singer and composer of ballads Anthony Rios. The event will be staged at the National Theater in Santo Domingo tomorrow Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March. Rios will be accompanied by the 60-strong Santo Domingo Philharmonic Orchestra. The concerts are expected …

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The Dominican National Ballet will be performing at the Palacio de Bellas Artes from 4-6 April. Stars of the dance season are Herve Palito from France, Gentian Doda from Albania, and Dominican Awilda Polanco who are dancing in a show called Habitantes. Mercedes Morales made the announcement about the performances. https://es-la.facebook.com/pages/Ballet-Nacional-Dominicano/328815194921 For more on upcoming …

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