2014 – Page 279

Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito met with Papal Nuncio Jude Thaddeus Okolo yesterday, Monday 10 February, to discuss various aspects of the pedophilia case involving his predecessor Joseph Wesolowski and Juncalito parish priest Wojciech Gil (Father Alberto). A press release from Dominguez Brito’s office said that during the meeting they agreed that the courts should …

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An investigative report in Diario Libre today, Tuesday 11 February says that 80% of cyberfraud in the country is credit card related, according to data collected by the Attorney General office. Most of the fraud involves credit card cloning, transferring money and phishing. From October 2010 to December 2013, the Superintendence of Banks received 9,861 …

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Popular bachata singer Frank Reyes has been summoned to appear in court in Bonao accused of sexually molesting a 15-year old girl. According to the girl’s family, the event occurred last weekend at a farm in Piedra Blanca in Bonao. One of Reyes’ lawyers, Loamy Pena, said that the singer would talk about the accusation …

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Caribbean Cinemas has corrected earlier reports that Dominican thriller-comedy “Vamos de robo” was the most popular movie in Puerto Rico last week. The film that currently tops the ratings in Puerto Rico is in fact Lego Movie. The Dominican film has been showing in Puerto Rico since 30 January. Dominican actors and comedians Fausto Mata, …

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From 6 to 9pm, The Gallery at Altos de Chavon is welcoming friends of Altos de Chavon to its silent auction of student and faculty art and works by former artists-in-residence. The event is sponsored by the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, a US 501©(3) public charity registered in Washington, D.C. that supports donations …

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President Danilo Medina was in the southwest yesterday, Sunday 9 February visiting goat farmers, beekeepers and fruit and coffee producers in Villa Jaragua, Galvan and the Neiba mountain range. He approved RD$37 million for farm production, but stressed that the money would have to be repaid. “I am not improvising or throwing around state money. …

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The Department of Taxes says that January was a good month for collections. It happily announced that it received RD$27.5 billion, that is RD$3.57 billion more than for the same period last year. He said this was 100.3% of the budgeted amounts for January 2014, and a 15% increase compared to the same month in …

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A report in today’s Diario Libre, Monday 10 February, focuses on the Ministry of Education’s free spending on transport vehicles and advertising. Diario Libre says that the Ministry of Education received RD$99.6 billion last year, in response to public demands for 4% of GDP to be assigned to education. Nonetheless, according to financial reports, the …

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The director of the governmental Health Sector Reform Commission (CERSS) Humberto Salazar says that the Dominican Social Security Institute should be closed down. “My proposal is to comply with the law. The hospitals under the Social Security should now go under the Public Health Services Network, he said. He said that the childcare and elderly …

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Attorney general Francisco Dominguez Brito says he is very concerned at the changes approved by the Senate to the penal procedures code that he fears will benefit organized crime and impunity in white collar crimes. In a letter sent to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Dominguez Brito warned that the changes include the …

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