Victor Diaz Rua

The Minister of Public Works during the President Leonel Fernández administration was interrogated by Attorney General Jean-Alain Rodríguez on Thursday, 19 January 2017, as part of investigations into the Odebrecht bribery and overvaluations case. The investigations began once the US Justice announced publicly that Odebrecht had secured contracts through illicit payments to government officials. Previously, …

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Judges at the Superior Administrative Tribunal (TSA) have ordered the director general of Customs to not tax Internet purchases under US$200. Customs had announced the measure would go into effect on 15 August 2014. The upper court, headed by Federico Fernandez and also including Rafael Ciprian and Mildred Hernandez, took the decision following a writ …

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The Superior Administrative Tribunal (TSA) has suspended the construction of the two coal-fired power plants under the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE). TSA president Delfina de Leon said that the tribunal had accepted the motion filed in December 2013 by the Chinese Gezhouba Group Company Limited against the CDEEE, the tender winning companies Odebrecht, Tecnimount …

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Laura Castellanos, legal counsel to the Association of Dominican Courier Companies (Asodec), warned protesters belonging to the Juventud Democrata Institucional (JDI), the youth brand of the minority party Partido Democrata Institucional (PDI), that their announced nude protest is illegal. “It is a form of protest we do not encourage nor support,” she told the press …

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