2017News

Blas Peralta admits firing shots killed Mateo Aquino Febrillet

After more than a year of delaying the case on legal technicalities and maintaining his innocence, Fenatrado truckers’ association president Blas Peralta admitted in court on Thursday, 29 June 2017 that he shot the bullets that killed former UASD rector Mateo Aquino Febrillet. Aquino Febrillet was rector of the UASD from 2011-2014. During the opening …
2017News

Green March Movement shares insights into Odebrecht case

The Green March Movement says that during the mandates of Presidents Hipólito Mejía, Leonel Fernández and Danilo Medina, the government and the National Congress violated or allowed the violation of the Constitution and laws when allowing for multimillionaire contracts to be issued. A technical study carried out by the Green March Movement on transactions carried …
2017News

Plastic surgeons salute actions taken by Ministry of Public Health

The Dominican Society of Plastic Surgery (Sodocipre) backs actions by the Ministry of Public Health to close centers that are carrying out plastic surgery procedures without duly certified personnel. In a press release, the board of Sodocipre recognized actions taken after in 2015 the Ministry of Public Health issued Resolution 08-15 that regulates who can …