2016 – Page 21

Minister of Foreign Relations Andres Navarro has rejected repeated allegations that immigrants’ human rights are being violated in the Dominican Republic, in response to a June 2016 Amnesty International report. He dismissed the latest report as “just more of the same, when the Dominican Republic has proved in all international forums what it is, what …

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The Police say they have made it easier for citizens to report crime with the opening of 14 centers where data on each crime can be entered into a system that is interconnected with the Prosecution service, the Police Criminal Investigations Agency (Dicrim) and regional police commanders nationwide. The new system director Teofilo Gomez says …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez was in Colombia on Thursday, 16 June 2016 where he met with the country’s President, Juan Manuel Santos to discuss the situation in Venezuela. Fernandez shared a report on recent progress made in the talks between the opposition and the Venezuelan government. “We want the Venezuelans to find the right road …

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The Dominican Embassy in Spain is backing a plan to promote musical education for young Dominicans living in Spain who are at risk of joining criminal gangs and involvement in violence generally. Ambassador Anibal de Castro says that the idea is for “the bands of Tetuan” to be associated with musical bands rather than criminal …

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After 11 years as Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in India, the dean of diplomats in India Hans Dannenberg shares his experience and recommendations for better relations between Latin American countries, including the Dominican Republic and India in an interview with Diplomatic Square. He praised measures such as the forthcoming India-CELAC dialogue with Community of …

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The Venezuelan Attorney General presented charges against banker Jose Luis Santoro Castellano, shareholder of the collapsed Banco de Peravia in the Dominican Republic, on 14 June 2016. Santoro, a fugitive of Dominican justice, is accused of legitimizing the proceeds of irregular activities in Venezuela. Santoro has both Venezuelan and Italian nationality, and was a legal …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says he will ask for the maximum 30-year jail sentence for transport kingpin Blas Peralta and others accused in the case of the murder of the former rector of the UASD, Mateo Aquino Febrillet. However, this is the same Dominguez who prosecuted Felix Bautista, the senator and organizational secretary of …

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The mother of the senator for Montecristi, Hans Vieluf Cabrera, became the newest victim of armed robbery in the early morning of Friday, 17 June 2016. Ligia Cabrera Ligia Cabrera de Vieluf was robbed at gunpoint by two individuals prior to entering her residence in Cerros de Gurabo in Santiago. She had gotten up early …

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The media reports that at around 7am on 16 June 2016, four men robbed a family home in the upscale Los Cacicazgos neighborhood in Santo Domingo, getting away with RD$300,000 in cash as well as jewelry and other valuables. The media reports that the house, on Calle Hatuey, is in the same neighborhood as the …

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Lifeguards at the Punta Cana beach off Hard Rock Punta Cana hauled a blue shark to shore, fearing it would bite swimmers. A video showing the staff with the dead shark has been doing the rounds and has received criticism for the treatment that the shark may have suffered before its death. One expert was …

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