2019 – Page 102

Drug capo Cesar Emilio Peralta was a big patron of the arts in the Dominican Republic, especially of urban artists. The capo had structured a network of nightclubs, drinks and other businesses to launder drug trafficking money. A report in El Dia explains that the collaborators of drug capo Cesar Emilio Peralta (El Abusador) were …

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The purchase of luxury automobiles and properties in the name of others (mostly willing but some not-so-willing) is one of the ways to money launder cash from illicit crime. Others are the opening entertainment locales and bars under legitimate commercial enterprises and carrying out murky transactions through currency exchange offices. The Attorney General Office lists …

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The Justice Ministry filed a request for coercive measures against four of the nine people under arrest for their ties to the network of drug trafficker César Emilio Peralta, better known as “César El Abusador” (César the Abuser). The Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of the National District is asked to impose a year …

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Speed kills. That is a truism borne out nearly daily on the roadways of the Dominican Republic. At the end of last week, three more young men were missing from their family’s dinner table. All three died on the north coast highway between Sosúa and Río San Juan in three different incidents. Fabián Bonilla died …

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Over the last six years, the production of artisanal beers in the Cibao Valley and, in general, in the northern part of the Dominican Republic, has increased considerably. In Santiago alone five brands sell eight varieties, but there are many other home breweries. Carlos Benoit, a young beer entrepreneur, says beer festivals held in the …

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President Danilo Medina recognized HanesBrands for its contributions to industry in the Dominican Republic. The recognition came on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the export free zone industry model operation in the Dominican Republic. Gulf & Western Industries was first to implant the model in La Romana. The Presidency recognized Hanes as the …

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Emerging politician Claudio Caamaño calls for the passing of a bill that would create the Tribunales Electorales de Primer Grado. These first-level electoral courts would hear most of the electoral-related cases in the provinces and the National District. Caamaño sees this as a solution to an expected legal bottleneck at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). …

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Main avenues and side streets in Santiago were re-paved not too long ago. Then hundreds, if not thousands, of maintenance holes were left uncovered some even at a depth of 2”-3” below the level of the new roadways. This, in turn, created a series of deep potholes for drivers of all sorts of vehicles. There …

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The Ministry of Agriculture and the Sur Futuro Foundation have inked a RD$40 million agreement for the production of tree seedlings to be planted in the highlands of the southwest of the country. The agreement, signed by Minister Osmar Benítez and Sur Futuro’s Melba Segura de Grullón, is aimed at promoting sustainable food production through …

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The director of the Office of Supervising Engineers of Public Works (OISOE), Francisco Pagan told reporters that persons unknown knocked a hole in the roof of the Alejandro Cabral Regional Hospital in San Juan de la Maguana. Water accumulated from a recent rain shower then entered the hospital. The incident is under investigation. He denied …

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