2017 – Page 15

The son of former Supreme Court of Justice judge and former legal advisor to the Executive Branch, Pedro Romero Confesor, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on the evening of 10 December 2017, in Bonao. The late Percy Romero Concepción was found at his mother’s house in Calle Daurte Vieja, Las …

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Steisy Cordero Cruz, a young 20-year old woman, has been discovered murdered in scrubland in Los Alcarrizos. She had last been seen by her family last night before leaving home with a friend. During the evening, she published photos on Facebook of herself in a discotheque, but never returned home. According to her aunt, Yajaira …

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The United States’ representative of the bachata singer Anthony Santos, Raúl Gil Rodríguez, has been arrested by the Immigration and Customs’ Agency (ICE) and will be shortly deported to the Dominican Republic, according to his friends and family. Gil Rodríguez is facing charges of identity fraud and one for resisting arrested. Before being arrested on …

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According to the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), the Dominican Republic has gone backwards as far as human rights are concerned during the year of 2017. There have been many extra judicial executions, femicides and corruption. According to the Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Dominican Republic 2017, presented at …

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According to the Taiwanese government, Taiwan and the Dominican Republic have been cooperating successfully in the fight against a major transnational telecommunications fraud. The Taiwanese-funded cross-border telecom fraud ring preyed on Chinese nationals, according to the Criminal Investigation Bureau in Taiwan that sought Dominican cooperation after determining the ring had a branch in the Dominican …

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El Nacional newspaper reporters are following up on the story of the irregular shutdown of the surveillance system at the La Romana International Airport to allegedly allow an airplane from Colombia to land with a shipment of 500 kilos of cocaine. The shipment was destined for dealers in the United States and Europe. The newspaper …

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Movie-maker Rene Fortunato has said he will appeal the court ruling that ordered him to pay RD$1 million in indemnity to the heirs of Rene del Risco Bermúdez for the use of the title of a song by their father, “Una primavera para el mundo” (Spring for the world), in the title of a recent …

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Dominican gamer Saúl Leonardo Mena is the Capcom 2017 champion, in the Street Fighter 5. In addition to the trophy, he won a cash prize of US$250,000. The competition was held in Anaheim, California,USA. In the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour season, Mena competed against thousands of players in events around the world prior to qualifying …

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According to Chase Beamer, public affairs officer at the United States’ Embassy in Santo Domingo, the US wants to focus on expanding business ties with small and medium-sized businesses as a key to development in the US and the Dominican Republic. He highlighted that SMEs provide the majority of employment in the United States. The …

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A recent study by the Instituto de Evaluación de Investigación de la Calidad Educativa (Ideice) concluded that of every 1,000 elementary public school students, only 300 will finish high school. Deputy Rafael Mendez considered the school dropout rate alarming and called for the doubling of efforts to improve the quality of education in the public …

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