2017 – Page 140

Two men died and one was seriously injured on the General Gregorio Luperon Road in Puerto Plata. The accident involved a motorcycle and a public transport autobus. The victims are Ruddy Feliz Feliz (a mechanic by trade), aged 48, along with Canadian national, 23 year old Amir Hassan, who were on the motorcycle when it …

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The police have announced that following the murder of two police officers in San Jose de Ocoa early on Monday morning, 10 July 2017, the total number of police killed so far this year by criminals has risen to 14. Nelson Rosario, police spokesman said that they are on the heels of the four men …

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Another woman has been killed by her partner bringing the number of femicides to 47 so far this year. The latest murder happened in the community of Las Guáranas in Duarte province. The victim suffered multiple stab wounds. She was identified as 37-year old Esperanza Mena Duarte. Her presumed killer is Juan Toribio Estrella (El …

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The First Collegiate Court of the National District sentenced transport czar Blas Peralta to 30 years in the La Romana Jail (Centro de Rehabilitación y Corrección de La Romana – Cucama) for the murder of former rector of the state university, UASD, Mateo Aquino Febrillet. Peralta is the president of the Federación Nacional de Transporte …

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The defense lawyers of businessman Ángel Rondón, accused in the Odebrecht bribes case, will request a revision in the preventive custody terms that were upheld at a recent appeal at the Supreme Court of Justice. According to lawyer, Luis Manuel Minier, along with other lawyers Juan Antonio Delgado, Pedro Balbuena and Manuel Fermín who are …

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Six of eight accused men in the Odebrecht bribe case, who won their appeals to have their preventive custody rulings reversed, left Najayo jail yesterday, Tuesday 11 July 2017. In place of preventive custody, the men were authorized on Saturday, 8 July 2017 to post bail of between RD$5 million and RD$15 million. The men …

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The secretary general of the Social Democrat Revolutionary Party (PRSD) Luis Miguel De Camps speculates that the migratory issue is in the press and social media is acting as a distraction from the more important issue of government corruption and impunity. De Camps made his comments on the La Super 7 en la Mañana radio …

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The Migration Agency (DGM) in Santiago with the military and migratory control crews reportedly arrested several undocumented Haitians. The sweep was carried out on the avenues Salvador Estrella Sadhalá, 27 de Febrero, Circunvalación Sur and in the municipalities of Licey al Medio, Tamboril, Navarrete and Puñal. Also in the nearby province of Valverde. Individuals detained …

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“Clean Dominicana” (Dominicana Limpia) is the name of the new education program that could become part the official curricula starting 2017-2018 schoolyear. Project coordinator Jorge Luis Bisonó says that the ambitious program that seeks to insert half an hour every week or an hour every 15 days so students can become familiar with sorting waste …

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The National Anti-Terrorist Committee of the Dominican Republic is looking into strengthening institutions and implementing measures to prevent the entry of terrorists, the Presidency reported on 11 July 2017. In a meeting, the committee studied measures to prevent banks from receiving capital that could be used to finance terrorism. While experts indicated that the risk …

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