2015 – Page 27

Dominican Notary Association president Pedro Rodriguez Montero has called on Mariano German, president of the Supreme Court of Justice and Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito to explain to the Legislative Chambers and the country why they have increased the fees for legalizing documents and created taxes without going through Congress in the proper manner. Rodriguez …

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Citizen Participation (PC) former coordinator Francisco Alvarez went public with the conversation had with suspended judge Awilda Reyes. He met with her twice with present coordinator Rosalia Sosa. The judges are linked to the “mafia” network, which according to the Attorney General is manipulating processes and negotiating the freedom of people linked to organized crime, …

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An appeal court in San Pedro de Macoris has decided to postpone the hearing for remand terms for the PRSC mayor of La Romana, Juan Antonio Adames until Wednesday 16 December 2015. The decision was taken yesterday, Tuesday 1 December 2015 because those who issued the writ had allegedly not been invited to court. Adames …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) says that 410 people had to be evacuated from 82 homes and three communities were cut off by the recent heavy rains yesterday, Tuesday 1 December 2015. The areas worse affected were Villa Duarte in Santo Domingo East, where 50 homes were affected and in Mendoza, also in Santo Domingo …

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Hotel Billini is sponsoring a free concert of Christmas carols by children at the plaza in front of the Regina Angelorum Church on Calle Padre Billini in the Colonial City in Santo Domingo. The children are students of the Estudio Dina de Educacion Musical and are directed by teacher Wanda Guzman. This Sunday, 6 December …

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Speaking in Paris during the Climate Conference (COP21) yesterday, Monday 30 November 2015, President Danilo Medina defended the decision by the world’s leading nations to accept their historical responsibility for climate change and take on a new role before the international community. He said that the world had chanced since the Kyoto Protocol was signed …

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According to President Danilo Medina, the Dominican Republic is a founder member of the International Alliance for Generating Solar Energy, an initiative led by India and France aimed at generating sustainable, green and clean solar energy. The announcement was made in Paris yesterday, Monday 30 November 2015 at the 21st International Conference for Climate (COP21). …

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Speaking to Dominican journalists at his hotel while attending the International Climate Conference in Paris yesterday, Monday 30 November 2015, President Danilo Medina said that opinion poll results come and go and that his challenge was to work towards winning the elections next May 2016. He said that he didn’t like talking about opinion polls, …

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Minister of Environment Bautista Rojas Gomez has confirmed that the country has the government’s firm assurance that protected areas are non-negotiable. Speaking at the 21st International Climate Conference (COP21) in Paris yesterday, Monday 30 November 2015, he said that the protected areas, which account for 25% of the Dominican territory, have made a significant contribution …

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The Young Entrepreneurs Association (ANJE) is calling for a comprehensive reform of the National Police to change the force’s current role. Yesterday, Monday 30 November 2015, ANJE presented an analytical study that shows the importance of taking measures to create an efficient police service. As reported in a front-page story in Diario Libre, ANJE says …

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