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Ministry of the Environment sets rules for forestry

Minister of the Environment Miguel Ceara Hatton has announced regulations to attempt to curtail illegal logging and stimulate more sustainable uses Dominican forests. Previously, the ministry under the new leadership of Ceara Hatton had suspended all logging in the country. A more recent resolution, nevertheless, established strict controls over logging operations and incorporates the use …
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Court sentences Argenis Contreras in Yuniol Ramirez murder case

The brother of murdered university professor Yuniol Ramirez, Ramón Ramírez Ferreras says that the judges of the Second Collegiate Court of the National District ruled according to the evidence presented in court by state prosecutors. The judges ordered a 20-year sentence at Najayo Jail to Argenis Contreras, former financial officer at the Metropolitan Bus Authority …