2017 – Page 177

A man from Houston, Texas, who has been held in jail in the Dominican Republic for more than a year, has been found not guilty of drug smuggling charges and is expected to be released sometime in the next 48 hours. Larry Davis was accused of helping smuggle drugs into the country aboard the ship …

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Former President Hipólito Mejía has said that the country should fight to prevent the abuses and arbitrary processes by authorities that are similar to those carried out during the time of Trujillo. He made the observation in a declaration yesterday, 30 May 2017, on the occasion of the commemoration of 30 May 1961, the date …

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Andrés Bautista, president of the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM), has denied any involvement in the Odebrecht case, for which he is currently under arrest. He said that he had acted with transparency, honesty and determination for his whole life, and managed any public funds in the same manner. He said that his arrest was in …

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“What happened is that I walked through the mud, but no mud stuck on me,” said president of the Senate, Reinaldo Pared Pérez (PLD-National District) when asked to comment on observations from the Revolutionary Modern Party officials that his name should have been on the list of those arrested in the Odebrecht bribery case. Pared …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies Lucia Medina has sent the request from the Attorney General asking for the removal of the privileged immunity for the legislator Alfredo Pacheco (PRM-National District) to the disciplinary committee of the Chamber. Pacheco is one of those accused in the Odebrecht bribery scandal. The commission will hear the …

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It was originally announced that the coercive measures requested against the 10 people under arrest in the Odebrecht bribe scandal would be heard at 3 pm yesterday, Tuesday, 30 May, 2017, but judge Francisco Ortega Polanco postponed these for Wednesday, 31 May at 5pm. Attorney General, Jean Alain Rodríguez, had originally said they would be …

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The Chamber of Deputies eliminated all language from the Civil Code that permitted legal marriage of minors. In the Dominican Republic anyone under 18 years is a minor. The deputies agreed with the conclusions of a report developed by the Justice Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, presided over by Henry Meran, that spelled out …

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Deputies representing several political parties rejected in the Tuesday, 30 May 2017 session, to vote in favor of the Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism Bill because this establishes cooperatives will now fall under the regulation of the Superintendence of Banks. This is the same bill that had been passed in the Chamber of Deputies …

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The National Weather Service (Onamet) reports light rains and thunderstorms nationwide will be felt on Tuesday and Wednesday (30-31 May 2017) due to the passing of a tropical wave. The rains will most likely be felt in Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís), Samaná, Hato Mayor, Monte Plata, San Pedro de Macorís, La Altagracia, El Seibo, …

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