2018 – Page 68

One of those implicated in the fraud committed at Banco Peravia, who reached an agreement with National District prosecutors, has admitted that the bank issued irregular checks to commit fraud, some signed by him, but it was not for themselves but for the executives of the bank. Pausides Donato Morales, one of the court witnesses, …

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According to a press release, issued by the Attorney General’s Office, the legal case against the former deputy minister of Youth, Odalis Ledesma Hernández, will proceed. Ledesma is accused of the rape of Canadian citizen Joanna Linda Kocsis. He was dismissed from his post and now, by means of presidential decree 340-18 he has lost …

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The Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) decided on Monday night, 1 October 2018, to call a meeting of the Central Committee to determine the mechanism to choose the presidential candidate of the party. Reinaldo Pared Pérez, president of the Senate and General Secretary of the PLD announced that the meeting would be …

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The career judges are backing the request made by the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus) and another twelve institutions of civil society and businesses for the election of a new representative for the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM). This is the second time they have asked for the plenary session to be held …

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The Presidency never confirmed or disputed claims that the CEO of the Brazilian construction firm, Odebrecht, Luciano Nitrini Guidolin, would visit Santo Domingo on 1 October 2018, for a meeting with President Danilo Medina. The announcement had been made by the National Committee to Combat Climate Change (CNLCC), as reported in Acento.com.do He was due …

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XCoal, headquartered in Pennsylvania, USA, was awarded the contract to supply coal to Punta Catalina. The company specializes in integrating systems to deliver coal from all origins to customers around the world. The source of the coal was not announced. The company is contracted to supply 462,000 metric tons for the 720MW Punta Catalina coal-fired …

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As part of its participation in the United Nations General Assembly, the Dominican Republic on 27 September 2018 signed the Escazú Agreement. Other regional nations that have signed are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia and Uruguay. This treaty enacts binding provisions for States …

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The National Plan for the Integral Management of Solid Waste (Dominicana Limpia) has handed over the first 100 sets of equipment to different city halls and municipal districts in the country for their work in prevention, cleaning and landscaping of public areas. The first donation of 392 packages, under the direction of Johnny Jones at …

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The Medina administration is open to legalize all the betting shops nationwide. An article in Diario Libre speculates that the government desires the tax revenues that these betting parlors could generate and thus is authorizing their formal legal status. The betting shops represent is one of the largest industries in the country and most of …

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Former member of the Monetary Board, economist Eduardo García Michel, writes in an op-ed feature in Diario Libre that “the government has opted to transfer to the future belt-tightening of bellies inflated by additional borrowing.” “Their heads use this instrument for a comfortable time in power, by delaying changes that are needed,” he writes. “Debt …

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