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Sobeida Felix says her civil rights are violated in prison
Santo Domingo.- The inmate Sobeida Felix affirmed Friday that the Najayo prison authorities have limited her civil rights by curtailing her freedom of movement within the jail.
Court subpoenas Santiago's former mayor again
Santo Domingo.- The Santiago Appellate Court Penal Chamber subpoenaed that city's ex mayor Jose Enrique Sued to appear at 9 a.m. September 6, to face charges of violating several articles of the Laws on the Environment and on Health.
Justice Ministry tops all agencies in transparency for 4th straight year(Update)
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Justice Ministry topped all Government agencies with an index of 99 points from a maximum of 100, in adherence to the norms that promote transparency in public management in 2010.
Top official derails 'constitutional engineers' reelection train
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Presidency's Chief of Staff warned that keeping the topic of president re-election as a national issue aims to create obstacles for Leonel Fernandez's Administration.
Dismissal may signal rift in Dominican Republic political coalition
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez yesterday removed from the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) the controversial Jose Francisco Peña Guaba, whose previous tenures in the Price Control Institute and the National Lottery were marked by scandal.
Hapless deputies show Dominicans what to expect in the next 6 years
Santo Domingo.- A bit of everything marked the Chamber of Deputies' opening session on Tuesday, as more than 90 of its members are new, many of whom wandered lost in the corridors where they'll “represent their constituents for the next six years.
Dominican Immigration announces stricter passenger checks
Santo Domingo.- Immigration director Sigfrido Pared today Friday announced the implementation of a system to digitally obtain fingerprints for the identification of passengers with their photo and prevent the escape of fugitives.
NY bound mule straps drugs to his leg, gets nabbed
SANTO DOMIGO. – The Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) arrested a man who was about to board a flight at Las Americas International Airport to New York Thursday night, with his legs wrapped with bags of cocaine and the inner soles of his tennis shoes stuffed with the same drug.
Top Deputy willing to give up tax free auto perk, partially
Santo Domingo.- Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez said on Friday that he's in favor of reducing the tax exemptions provided for the lawmakers to import one vehicle every two years free of import duties.
US Army training pays off as top traffic cop sets record in fines
Santo Domingo.- The Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet) has collected RD$215 million in fines, in just five months since Jose Sanz Jiminián was tapped as its director.
Top Dominican anticorruption official paints a somber picture
SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Government's Anticorruption Department (DPCA) affirmed Thursday that the justice system isn't able punish corrupt politicians, because in the last 10 years RD$104.0 billion have been embezzled just in the major cases.
Fire chars office building, panics upscale sector in downtown Santo Domingo
SANTO DOMINGO.- A fire charred most of the basement parking area of the building MM located in the MejÃa Ricart street between Lope de Vega and Lincoln avenues Thursday afternoon, panicking many in the sector upscale Piantini and causing a major traffic jam which hampered the arrival of the Santo Domingo Fire Department.
Civic group challenges lawmakers' tax breaks for autos
Santo Domingo.- The nonprofit group Citizen Participation (CP) today submitted before the Supreme Court (SCJ) a Constitutional challenge to Law 5796 on the deputies and senators open tax exemptions to import vehicles.
Santo Domingo.- The inmate Sobeida Felix affirmed Friday that the Najayo prison authorities have limited her civil rights by curtailing her freedom of movement within the jail.
Court subpoenas Santiago's former mayor again
Santo Domingo.- The Santiago Appellate Court Penal Chamber subpoenaed that city's ex mayor Jose Enrique Sued to appear at 9 a.m. September 6, to face charges of violating several articles of the Laws on the Environment and on Health.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Justice Ministry topped all Government agencies with an index of 99 points from a maximum of 100, in adherence to the norms that promote transparency in public management in 2010.
Top official derails 'constitutional engineers' reelection train
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Presidency's Chief of Staff warned that keeping the topic of president re-election as a national issue aims to create obstacles for Leonel Fernandez's Administration.
Dismissal may signal rift in Dominican Republic political coalition
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez yesterday removed from the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) the controversial Jose Francisco Peña Guaba, whose previous tenures in the Price Control Institute and the National Lottery were marked by scandal.
Hapless deputies show Dominicans what to expect in the next 6 years
Santo Domingo.- A bit of everything marked the Chamber of Deputies' opening session on Tuesday, as more than 90 of its members are new, many of whom wandered lost in the corridors where they'll “represent their constituents for the next six years.
Dominican Immigration announces stricter passenger checks
Santo Domingo.- Immigration director Sigfrido Pared today Friday announced the implementation of a system to digitally obtain fingerprints for the identification of passengers with their photo and prevent the escape of fugitives.
NY bound mule straps drugs to his leg, gets nabbed
SANTO DOMIGO. – The Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) arrested a man who was about to board a flight at Las Americas International Airport to New York Thursday night, with his legs wrapped with bags of cocaine and the inner soles of his tennis shoes stuffed with the same drug.
Santo Domingo.- Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez said on Friday that he's in favor of reducing the tax exemptions provided for the lawmakers to import one vehicle every two years free of import duties.
US Army training pays off as top traffic cop sets record in fines
Santo Domingo.- The Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet) has collected RD$215 million in fines, in just five months since Jose Sanz Jiminián was tapped as its director.
Top Dominican anticorruption official paints a somber picture
SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Government's Anticorruption Department (DPCA) affirmed Thursday that the justice system isn't able punish corrupt politicians, because in the last 10 years RD$104.0 billion have been embezzled just in the major cases.
Fire chars office building, panics upscale sector in downtown Santo Domingo
SANTO DOMINGO.- A fire charred most of the basement parking area of the building MM located in the MejÃa Ricart street between Lope de Vega and Lincoln avenues Thursday afternoon, panicking many in the sector upscale Piantini and causing a major traffic jam which hampered the arrival of the Santo Domingo Fire Department.
Santo Domingo.- The nonprofit group Citizen Participation (CP) today submitted before the Supreme Court (SCJ) a Constitutional challenge to Law 5796 on the deputies and senators open tax exemptions to import vehicles.
