2020 – Page 70

The judiciary announced the restart of in-person hearings under new health protocols at 146 courts in cities nationwide. Another 74 will remain only operating online. Supreme Court Justice Luis Henry Molina explains the pandemic accelerated the implementation of online justice in the Judicial Branch plans for implementing over five years. Read more in Spanish:Poder Judicial …

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President Luis Abinader urged the Senate to decide the second majority’s representative in the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM). The Presidency, Senate, Chamber of Deputies and Supreme Court of Justice have yet to name their representatives to the eight-member council. The CNM is responsible for choosing the judges of the higher courts. The CNM …

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National District senator Faride Raful is now heading the multi-party committee interviewing the more 334 candidates for the five members of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and their five alternates. She replaces Ricardo de los Santos, who tested positive for Covid-19. Both represent the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRM). In a new development, former President …

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Dominican law requires high-ranking government officers to present their worth statements when entering and leaving a government position that handles financial transactions. The Abinader government has promised to comply with the laws. In a symbolic move, President Luis Abinader announced the suspending of eight officers who did not comply with the requirement. The officers will …

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The presiding judge of the First Collegiate Court of the National District, Giselle Perez announced the postponing for 5 October 2020 the restart of the case against the six remaining defendants. These are: Odebrecht commercial representative Angel Rondón, former Public Works Minister Víctor Díaz Rúa; lawyer Conrado Pittaluga; former PLD senator Tommy Galán; former PRD …

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Tourism Minister David Collado announced on his Twitter account on 30 September 2020 that the Riu Bambu is being fined RD$1 million for violating the health protocol. Hotels represented by the Association of Hotels & Tourism (Asonahores) and the Ministry of Tourism had agreed to the Covid-19 health protocol established in Resolution DJ-03/2020. Collado said …

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The Ministry of Public Health and the Dominican Baseball League (Lidom) signed off to the health protocol to celebrate the 2020-2021 Winter Baseball Championship. Follow the tournament from 15 November 2020 on TV and online. No fans will be allowed in the stadiums. Health Minister Plutarco Arias said that about 75 weekly tests per team …

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The National Police arrested three persons accused of severely burning a 19-year old woman with Plomerito “devil’s acid.” The substance is used to unclog toilets and domestic plumbing. It has been used as a criminal weapon in crimes of passion and revenge. Yocaira Amarante Rodriguez was seriously burned when about to board a public transport …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #195 reports 309 cases of persons testing positive to PCR tests over the past 24 hours. The 24-hour positivity rate is 9.15%, and the 4-week positivity rate is 12.82% and declining. The 4-week positivity rate was at 31% at the change of government on 16 August …

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The Senate committee in charge of assessing the applicants for the five Central Electoral Board (JCE) member seats and their five alternates held the first 24 interviews with candidates for the positions on Tuesday, 29 September. There are 334 candidates to the positions. Senators Ricardo de los Santos, Ramón Rogelio Genao, Faride Raful, Melania Salvador, …

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