2021 – Page 62

Judge Iris Borgen Santana, of the Permanent Attention Services Office of this judicial district has ordered 18 months of preventive detention for 15 of 23 implicated in the Operation Falcon, an alleged network of money laundering and drug trafficking based in Santiago and operating in other parts of the country. Others were allowed house arrest …

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The Presidency has removed curfew restrictions as of Monday, 11 October 2021. At the same time, the Ministry of Public Health announced the continuing of preventive measures. The government will be requesting physical or digital proof that a person is fully vaccinated for entering public offices or a public school as of 18 October 2021. …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #568 reports 517 new cases, down from the recent high of 886 on the previous day. There continue to be significant increases in cases for Greater Santo Domingo. The positivity for the National District is at 9.45% and for Santo Domingo province at 7.60%. The Presidency is going …

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Samantha Power, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), had praise on 7 October 2021 for Dominican President Luis Abinader. Power spoke at the Presidential Palace and remarked that since day one, Abinader has taken steps to strengthen the rule of law “and show that democracies can deliver for their people”. …

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Janel Andres Ramírez Sánchez, the new president of the Chamber of Accounts, the government entity in charge of auditing government agencies and departments, says that before the end of the year it will have completed the audits that the Specialized Administrative Corruption Prosecution Office (Pepca) has requested. The new president of the Chamber of Accounts …

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The Customs Agency (DGA) and the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AmChamDR) signed a letter of intent on 7 October 2021 for the carrying out of the “Study of the Dominican Republic Logistics Hub Segment.” The country is taking important steps towards becoming a world-class logistics hub. The study will identify the …

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The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) called for the naming of a specialized committee of the United Nations and Transparency International to audit the wealth of Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) members. In a written note, the ruling party blasts members of the PLD for “disguising corruption by kidnapping the government’s control entity.” The PRM said …

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Judge Leomar Cruz Quezada for the second time has postponed the hearing for preventive custody measures against suspended Police corporal Janli Disla Batista. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is accusing Disla Batista of voluntary homicide and criminal association. The judge gave the defense lawyers until Friday, 8 October at 4:30pm after motorcycle driver Rafael Castillo Nova …

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Leslie del Carmen Valerio Jimenez, accused of driving in the wrong direction on 27 de Febrero Avenue and injuring three people was allowed to post bail for RD$1 million. Surveillance video caught when she entered the 27 de Febrero tunnel driving in the opposite direction. The video went viral on social media, leading to her …

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Dominican drug trafficking capo Cesar Emilio (El Abusador) Peralta is in the Picota Jail in Bogotá, Colombia awaiting extradition to the United States on major drug charges. But now it is announced that he is being charged of murder of a fellow inmate, Colombian citizen Jaisson Elías Otero Forero, who also has pending clearance from …

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