2017News

Environment Minister offers no compromises for Valle Nuevo

Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito has said that the government-ordered de-occupation of land in Valle Nuevo, which the state has decided to protect, can no longer be delayed. The Minister said the extent of environmental degradation is so extensive that neither man nor nature could fully restore the area. He observed that that the damage …
2015News

Radhames Jimenez denies links with Arias Valera

Former Attorney General Radhames Jimenez (2006-2012 under the Leonel Fernandez administration) has denied links with resigning member of the Judicial Branch Council (CPJ) judge Francisco Arias Valera. Arias Valera is mentioned in connection with corruption cases. When he resigned, Arias Valera announced he would go to work for Radhames Jimenez Pena’s private office. Jimenez said …
2015News

Supreme Court president says judge admitted she took bribes

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Judicial Branch Committee, Mariano German Mejia has revealed that suspended National District judge, Awilda Reyes Beltre, has admitted that she accepted money in return for issuing favorable decisions. At a press conference yesterday, Monday 23 November 2015 German Mejia said that Reyes Beltre had said …