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Court keeps Emmanuel Rivera Ledesma in jail as real estate scam case is heard

The Sixth Investigative Court ratified the coercive measures against all the accused in the case named Operación Nido (Operation Nest) by the Attorney General Office. The network would have scammed mostly Dominican expats living in New York for around RD$700 million. The prosecution had ordered the arrest of the main accused Emmanuel Rivera Ledesma in …

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Bernardo Pie and Madelyn Rodriguez win slots to Paris Olympics in taekwondo

Dominican taekwondo athletes Bernardo Pie (68 kilos) and Madelyn Rodríguez (-67 kilos) made the cut during the 2024 Taekwondo Olympic Continental Qualifier taking place at the Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo. Both defeated Chileans 2-0 to win the right to compete in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. They …

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President Abinader presents plan to regulate media

During the Monday, 8 April 2024 press meeting, President Luis Abinader presented the Bill on Freedom of Expression, Audiovisual Media and Digital Platforms that seeks to update current legislation on freedom of expression. The draft law would replace Public Expression Law 6132. It would create the National Communications Institute (Inacom) that would replace the National …

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Government’s legal defense gets Florida court to override MiaCargo lawsuit

Legal advisor to the Presidency, Antoliano Peralta Romero announced the government’s defense was able to get the Federal District Court of South Florida to dismiss on 28 March 2024 the million-dollar lawsuit filed in 2022 by MiaCargo against the Dominican Postal Institute. MiaCargo had sued the government on 14 June 2022 requesting damages for US$10 …

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Young people seek seats in Congress; many are offspring of long-term politicians

Hundreds of descendants of politicians are attracted to pursue careers in politics. El Dia reports on the many 20-30 olds who seek to win seats in the upcoming congressional election scheduled for 19 May 2024. Among the relatives of leading politicians that are now running are: Omar Fernandez, son of former President Leonel Fernandez, who …

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Convicted former legislator’s big businesses leave no trace locally; speculation they continue to operate under other names

The earth seems to have swallowed former Santiago deputy Miguel Gutierrez’s footprints, reports Listin Diario. The newspaper says that in just two years there is no sign of Miguel Gutierrez in Santiago. The man who presented himself as a real estate magnate and who reportedly had built more 5,000 apartments in the country’s second-largest city …

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