2014 – Page 34

Calm returned to Las Terrenas yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, 19 November 2014. The town was shaken by violent protests that resulted in two deaths and dozens of arrests in a conflict between two businessmen for the control of the local electric utility. An official commission, composed of high-ranking police and military officers, agreed on a 48-hour …

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Following the fire that swept through parts of Santiago’s baseball stadium yesterday morning, Wednesday, 19 November 2014, the Ministry of Public Works, the Aguilas Cibaenas and the Dominican Baseball League have agreed to suspend the games scheduled for this weekend, 22-23 November at the Cibao Ball Park given the scale of the damage. The administrative …

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The Police is investigating an incident where a man posed as a doctor to steal RD$98,000 in cash from the National Cardiology Institute on Monday, 17 November 2014. The man held several staff members hostage in order to carry out the robbery. Police Spokesman, Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete says that 15 people are under investigation …

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Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz (Maconi) is back in the Dominican Republic after serving a reduced five-year sentence for striking a deal with US prosecutors for cocaine trafficking. He was tried in the United States. He was charged for his complicity with the powerful drug trafficking ring headed by Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, who also received …

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The Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta declared yesterday, Tuesday 18 November 2014 that the Christmas season has begun and that President Danilo Medina’s greatest wish is for people to feel happy and to get what they need in order to enjoy the holidays in peace. He pointed out that people can improve …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 18 November 2014, President Danilo Medina received credentials from four new ambassadors. They are Domingo Santacruz Castro from El Salvador, Carlos Jesus de la Nuez Lopez from Cuba, Pedro Reinaldo Sanchez from Paraguay and Pablo Quintero Luna from Panama. President Medina was accompanied by Vice President Margarita Cedeno and Minister of Foreign Relations …

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The Superintendence of Electricity has announced that it will intervene in the internal crisis affecting the Luz y Fuerza power company in Las Terrenas, Samana. Differences between company shareholders have caused a major power crisis that has become violent and is affecting business and daily activities in the beach town that depend on the service. …

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After 14 years of discussion, the National Congress has finally passed changes to the Penal Code. The new Penal Code revokes 51 laws and rulings and has 395 articles that were modified by the Senate and approved by the Deputies. They include an increase from 30 to 40 years for contracted murder. A person with …

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Yesterday evening, Tuesday 18 November 2014, Supreme Court Judge Frank Soto ordered the lifting of legal restraint orders on transactions with properties identified as belonging to PLD Senator Felix Bautista’s company, Rofi SRL. He said that the Attorney General Office had violated the legal process when placing the orders without a warrant from a judge. …

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