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Supreme Court rules power distribution companies need to reimburse customers for overbilling

The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) ruled that electricity distribution companies could incur in civil liability if they overcharge in their billings. The Supreme Court of Justice ruled that, according to General Electricity Law 125-01, the electricity distribution companies are responsible for the refund of the amount overcharged. “According to Article …
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Woman charged with fraudulent sale of cryptocurrencies is remanded in custody

Judge Bienvenido Liz of the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of Santiago imposed three months of preventive detention against Sarah Rodriguez Diaz. She is accused of defrauding dozens of people out of more than RD$50 million with the fraudulent sale of cryptocurrencies. Magistrate Liz, who also declared the case complex, sent Sarah Rodriguez Diaz …
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Homeland Security takes stance against US firearms smuggling to Haiti

The United States’ Homeland Security Investigations is stepping up the pace to halt the smuggling of weapons from Florida to Haiti. In a press conference on Wednesday, 17 August 2022, special agent Anthony Salisbury of Homeland Security Investigations in Miami and other US officials displayed dozens of recently seized military-grade weapons. These included heavy caliber …
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President Luis Abinader speaks from the Teatro Regional del Cibao

Commemorating the 159th anniversary of the Restoration of the Republic from Spain, President Luis Abinader spoke to the nation from the Teatro Regional del Cibao in Santiago. Originally, the President had planned to speak outdoors from the Monumento de la Restauración, but a passing tropical wave sent the event indoors. He spoke from the theater …
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Alfredo Pacheco and Eduardo Estrella to keep at the helm of Congress

Legislators voted in favor of keeping Alfredo Pacheco (PRM-National District) as president of the Chamber of Deputies and Eduardo Estrella (Dominicanos por el Cambio-Santiago) as president of the Senate for the next year. The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) had the majority vote to decide. The Dominican Liberation Party has positioned Juan Julio Campos as …