2021 – Page 107

For many years, Attorney General Miriam German Brito was the presiding judge of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice. Her team of prosecutors now has alerted that the Penal Code as passed in the Chamber of Deputies is full of incongruencies and violations of national and international legislation that would make processing …

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The Ministry of Agriculture says African Swine Fever has been detected in 11 provinces. An infected pig will die in a week’s time. The Ministry of Agriculture has ordered all the pigs in Sanchez Ramírez be sacrificed. It’s a sad repeat of the days back in 1978 when the country had to sacrifice all its …

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Pro Dominicana, the Dominican Export and Investment Agency, announces the availability of a market intelligence and market requirements information platform — Requisitos de Acceso a Mercados Internacionales (RAMI). Executive director Biviana Riveiro said that the updated information is essential for local exporters to compete in international markets. The platform carries a breakdown of all regulatory …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed the Customs and the Zero Bureaucray bills. The Customs Bill received the vote of 114 of 116 deputies. The bill seeks to update the present customs legislation to the new times regarding trade, control and customs procedures. The Zero Bureaucracy Bill received the vote of 101 of the 122 deputies …

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The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) continues to favor entities whose actions and operations are questioned for irregularities. The TSA now has overruled the recourse that sought to stop the operations of a Seaboard floating barge located in the Ozama River. The recourse had been submitted by the Institute of Lawyers for Environment Protection (Insaproma). Armando …

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Dominican weightlifting bronze medallist Crismery Santana (-87 kg) and Zacarias Bonnat (81 kg), silver, return on Thursday, 5 August to the Dominican Republic with the rest of the Dominican delegation that completed their events in Tokyo 2020. The Weightlifting Federation has prepared a welcome celebration. With a bronze in -87 kg weightlifting, Crismery Santana made …

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Underdog Dominican runner Marileidy Paulino is competing for gold in the 400m in Tokyo 2020. Paulino has already won a silver, running in the 4 x 400 mixed relay. On Wednesday, 4 August, Paulino clocked in at 49.38, a national record and personal best in the semi-final. She qualified with the second best time, only …

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The Presidency announced the lifting of curfew in the National District and La Altagracia province as of Monday, 9 August 2021. Decree 477-21 establishes the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages everyday from 12 midnight to 5am. Ministry of Public Health permits are required for events where people agglomerate and public places and private …

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The president of the Senate, Eduardo Estrella (Dominicanos por el Cambio – Santiago) did not include the about 400-article Penal Code on the Tuesday, 3 August 2021 agenda. There had been speculation senators of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) had agreed to …

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The Presidency announced the lifting of the curfew in the National District and La Altagracia province as of 5am of Monday, 9 August 2021. The epidemiological data shows that 77% of the capital city population and 81% of the population of La Altagracia province is fully vaccinated. Decree 477-21 that lifts the curfew keeps some …

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