2018 – Page 14

The Attorney General Office, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior and Police and the National Police in a joint statement announced that “cocaine cowboy” Augusto (Willie) Falcon has left the Dominican Republic. Dominicans learned in mid-November that he was here after the revelation that he had entered with a deported Dominicans on 6 …

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Officers of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) seized 659 packages of what is suspect to be cocaine off the coasts of Bayahibe, La Altagracia provinces, and another 23 during a raid on a residence at Calle N near Calle Primera in Bayahibe. Some US$42,880 was also seized at the site. The 659 packages were …

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The US Coast Guard reported that rescue crews were able to assist 21 persons, but seven more on board the illegal boat trip are missing. As reported, US Coast Guard rescue crews recovered the survivors from a capsized migrant boat in waters about six nautical miles just off Isla Saona, in eastern Dominican Republic. The …

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A recent attempt on 29 November 2018 to steal a Piper PA-23 twin engine plane from the Arroyo Barril Airport in Samana has now entangled four members of the armed forces. Those military officials include a full colonel of the Armada, equal to the OF 5 rank of NATO, a sergeant, a private and a …

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The Attorney General has revealed the names of five of seven persons who are known to have perished in the Polyplas plastics factory blast in Villas Agrícolas in northern National District on Wednesday, 5 December. The victims are: 46-year old Claudio Hernandez Jimenez; 49-year old Julio Salazar Mejia; 31 year old Ronny Vargas; 44 year …

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Hearings in the US$92 million bribes case involving the Brazilian construction company contracts in the Dominican Republic will continue in January 2019. Judge Francisco Ortega, set the case to reopen on 23 January 2019, with the readings of the charges. The Attorney General has presented formal charges against: former presidents of the Senate Andres Bautista …

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The anti-impunity group Green March submitted to the Administrative Corruption Specialized Prosecution Agency (PEPCA) of the government formal accusation against former Industry & Commerce Minister Jose del Castillo Saviñon for alleged favoring of three propane gas distributors in detriment to local consumers. Manuel Robles, speaking for Marcha Verde, demanded the evidence of collusion with the …

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The 2010 Constitution was amended in 2015 to allow for then President Danilo Medina to run for a first re-election. Now his followers want Congress to amend the constitution again so he can stay in power. President Danilo Medina has said he will announce his decision regarding seeking a reelection in March 2019. The ruling …

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The tramway that connects the National District on the west with Sabana Perdida on the east side of the Ozama River, suffered what appeared to be a mechanical or an electrical failure, leaving dozens of passengers literally “hanging in the air.” Officials of the Office for the Reorganization of Transportation (Opret) that operates the skylift …

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The Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Freddy Antonio de Jesus Breton, published an editorial in the nationally distributed Catholic weekly “Camino” that he titled “A License to Kill?”. The editorial starkly and fiercely criticizes the yearly decision taken by the Dominican government to remove the limits to drinking hours in the nation’s bars, hotels …

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