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State requests more time to prepare Bahia de las Aguilas fraud case
Santo Domingo.- The National District Office of the Prosecutor on Thursday requested an extension of the deadline to file evidence and motions in the Bahia de las Aguilas land fraud case. The trial against former Dominican Agrarian Institute director and main suspect, Jaime Rodriguez Guzman is slated to start June 6. His wife and his brother are also accused of defrauding the State out of ...
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Top gun dealer denies RD$28.0M fraud in assault rifles for the military
Santo Domingo.- Gun business leader Eulalio Peralta on Thursday denied an alleged RD$28.0 million fraud stemming from an Accounts Chamber audit on weapons the Armed Forces Ministry bought from his company. "Such strange news published by Acento.com and picked up by newspaper Hoy creates suspicion because on November 23, 2010, around three years ago, these weapons were delivered to the ...
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Rains keep seven provinces under green alert
SANTO DOMINGO. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) declared a green alert for seven provinces due to the rains falling over recent hours. The rains were caused by the effects of a tropical wave located to the Southeast of Haiti and a low pressure trough located over the Windward Passage.The provinces under alert are Santo Domingo, Monsignor Nouel, San Pedro de Macoris, Monte Plata, San ...
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Foundation criticizes poor condition of cemeteries
SD. The cemeteries of the country suffer from the deterioration of their infrastructures, insecurity, lack of lighting, an abundance of weeds, the presence of refuse and garbage, a lack of vigilance, streets in poor condition and other problems.This was the opinion of the Foundation for the Rescue and Cleanup of the Country's Cemeteries, an entity that hopes to help the city councils in the ...
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Details of changes to PN law Chief will not be by promotion list
SD. The government revealed yesterday the modifications introduced to the Organic Law of the National Police (PN) where they excluded the National Directorate for Drug Control as an agency assigned to the Attorney General.Paragraph 1 of article 23 which instructed the President to choose the director general of the PN from a list of the first five generals on the promotion list was ...
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In 16 years the parties have received RD$8.26 billion
SANTO DOMINGO. When they have in their hands the check for December of this year, the political parties will have receives the tidy sum of RD$8,260,288,466.17 (eight billion, two hundred and sixty million two hundred and eighty eight thousand, four hundred and sixty six pesos with seventeen cents) from the contributions from the state since 1998.In 16 years, the political parties have received a ...
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Dominican Republic busts network possibly linked to foreign terrorists
Santo Domingo.- The National Investigations Department (DNI) arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti. DNI chief operating officer Fidel Paulino identified the Sri Lankan- Canadian Karunanithy Nallathamby as the group's leader, arrested in ...
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Dominican businesses expanding role in Haiti reconstruction
The Dominican Republic is already a regional leader in Central America and now looks poised to play an even greater role in the future of disaster-hit Haiti. The two countries are already major trade partners, and this relationship looks set to expand into rebuilding the country as well.
The Dominican Republic has one of the strongest economies in Central America and is one of the major trade partners of earthquake-beleaguered Haiti. For this reason, political leaders in the country have pointed out that it is vital for local businesses to continue or expand their involvement in Haiti’s reconstruction, or the country would lose an important source of revenue. Read more
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