2017 – Page 160

Tropical Storm Bret, located in the southeastern Caribbean, does not represent a threat for the Dominican Republic. Weather forecasts say it has weakened to a tropical depression. The storm is the first since the start of the Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season on 1 June 2017. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Tropical …

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The man who was injured at gunshot when driving his SUV across the 27 de Febrero overpass with Dr. Delgado street is a member of the Federación Nacional de Transporte Amigos de Peña Gómez (Fenatrapego), a transport union affiliated to the Federación Nacional de Transporte la Nueva Opción (Fenatrano) directed by Juan Hubieres. The victim …

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Judge Luis Carrera Muñoz ordered a year preventive custody at Najayo Mujeres to a woman accused of sex trading with her 5 and 7 year old daughters. The woman has just been identified by the authorities as DMR. The judge found cause for authorities to further investigate allegedly crimes of incest, trafficking in people for …

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The British Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic is inviting the public to the international business forum “Modern Threats to Security: Cybersecurity, Illicit Commerce, Counterfeit Medicine. “ The event is scheduled for Wednesday, 28 June 2017 at 8am at the Intercontinental Hotel Real Santo Domingo. For more information and to register, contact the British …

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Claudio Fernandez, the president of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce in the Dominican Republic (Fedocámaras), has reiterated that the private sector in the country is very interested in engaging in discussions with the Haitian authorities concerning the new ban imposed on Dominican products. Fernández said that if the decision to reject vegetable and animal …

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According to the Migration Agency (DGM) at least 323 Haitians decided to return voluntarily to Haiti after completing their contracts as sugar cane cutters at the Barahona sugar mill. With this number, in the last two months some 430 Haitians have returned voluntarily to Haiti as in May some 107 returned with the help of …

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National District Judge Danilo Amador Quevedo has ratified the coercive measures imposed on the four accused in the case of the bribes paid by the Brazilian company Embraer related to the purchase of eight Super Tucano airplanes. Colonel Carlos Piccini Núñez will remain in preventive custody for another two months and Major General Pedro Rafael …

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  The Specialized Prosecution Unit for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) has read the charges at the trial of the four people implicated in the corruption case at the Office of Supervising Engineers for State Works (Oisoe). Alejandro de los Santos and Joel Soriano are accused of having used their positions to extort contractors, …

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The former director of the Dominican Corporation of State Enterprises (CORDE), Leoncio Almánzar was interrogated yesterday, Tuesday 20 June 2017, about the irregular sale of land and government property in the Tres Brazos area of Santo Domingo East. He was questioned by the Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez, and the head of the Specialized Prosecution …

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Media reports indicate that former administrator of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), César Sánchez suffers from kidney stones. While under pre-trial detention in the Odebrecht corruption scandal, Sánchez was taken to the Centro Médico Dominicano after falling ill when at the Najayo Men’s Jail. Visits at the Centro Médico Dominicano are restricted, said César …

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