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Guillermo Moreno creates Alianza Pais for 2012 presidential elections
Santo Domingo.– The former District Attorney Guillermo
Nicknames stall hearing in case of Bani killings
Santo Domingo.- Nicknames such as El Loco (crazy), Toro Bravo (mad bull), El Grande the Big One), among others have stalled the hearing in the trial of the case Paya, when defense lawyers claimed that those aren't their identities.
Land sale scandal signals return of the 'bagman to the Dominican Congress
SANTO DOMINGO.- Three ruling PLD Party deputies and one of the opposition PRSC on Wednesday warned president Leonel Fernandez to be on the alert to the sale of government lands to individuals at the price of a “dead cow.
Motorists, bikers be warned: Traffic Law to be strictly enforced
Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso and Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) director Jose Sanz Jiminián on Wednesday warned that all military, police and civilians who run the red light and drive motorcycles without a plates and helmets, will be detained and taken before a judge who'll slap the fines as the Law stipulates.
Gun importers say ban spurs smuggling
SANTO DOMINGO. – The smuggling of weapons of all calibers has risen as the result of their import ban and also prompts citizens to buy guns illegally to protect against the latest nationwide crime spree.
Dominican authorities investigate death of British investor
Santiago- Dominican Republic authorities announced Wednesday an investigation into the death of a British national Denise D. Courtnay, 60, whose decomposed body was found in a grassy area near the town Cabarete, Sosúa (north).
Deputy smells a fish as lawmakers press for government land sale
Santo Domingo.- The deputy Jose Ricardo Taveras revealed Friday that some legislators insist on approving the sale of nearly 14 million square meters of government lands in eastern Monte Plata province to the family Rizek Llabaly, despite the denounced bribes.
Spokesman says Police Chief's ties to drug trafficking suspect only golf
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Police spokesman Nelson Rosario denied Friday that his boss Rafael Guzmán is a friend of the Spaniard Arturo del Tiempo, who's being held in his country on drug trafficking charges, but admitted they had played golf together.
Suspects in Santiago RD$100M Customs fraud sent to jail
SANTIAGO.- The Santiago province Instruction Court ruled to send to prison for eight months the three accused of defrauding the city's Customs offices out of more than RD$100 million, and declared it a complex case.
Report: Dominican Republic Police Chief has close ties with drug trafficker
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Police chief Rafael Guzmán has been identified by Ruth Sanchez Vargas, the fiancée of the son of Arturo del Tiempo Marques, as a friend and associate of the Spaniard being held in his country charged with smuggling more than 1,200 kilos of cocaine from the Dominican Republic, news source clavedigital.com reports.
Colombia, Dominican leaders agree to work closer on war on drugs
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic and Colombia on Thursday agreed to bolster bilateral relations, increase trade and work closer in security and on the war on drug trafficking.
Suspects in Santiago RD$100M Customs fraud to be arraigned today
SANTIAGO.- The Santiago Penal Court is scheduled to arraign the suspects charged with embezzling more than RD$100 million in the city's regional Customs offices today Thursday, after defense lawyers challenged two judges assigned to hear the case.
Dominican agents combed the globe to nab Puerto Rican kingpin
Santo Domingo. – In their effort to apprehend the Puerto Rican ex fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto and his Dominican paramour Sobeida Felix, the National Police and the Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) sent undercover agents to Puerto Rico, Europe and even Oceania countries, a Chinese, a Japanese, two women and others who seemed American among them.
Santo Domingo.– The former District Attorney Guillermo
Nicknames stall hearing in case of Bani killings
Santo Domingo.- Nicknames such as El Loco (crazy), Toro Bravo (mad bull), El Grande the Big One), among others have stalled the hearing in the trial of the case Paya, when defense lawyers claimed that those aren't their identities.
SANTO DOMINGO.- Three ruling PLD Party deputies and one of the opposition PRSC on Wednesday warned president Leonel Fernandez to be on the alert to the sale of government lands to individuals at the price of a “dead cow.
Motorists, bikers be warned: Traffic Law to be strictly enforced
Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso and Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) director Jose Sanz Jiminián on Wednesday warned that all military, police and civilians who run the red light and drive motorcycles without a plates and helmets, will be detained and taken before a judge who'll slap the fines as the Law stipulates.
Gun importers say ban spurs smuggling
SANTO DOMINGO. – The smuggling of weapons of all calibers has risen as the result of their import ban and also prompts citizens to buy guns illegally to protect against the latest nationwide crime spree.
Dominican authorities investigate death of British investor
Santiago- Dominican Republic authorities announced Wednesday an investigation into the death of a British national Denise D. Courtnay, 60, whose decomposed body was found in a grassy area near the town Cabarete, Sosúa (north).
Deputy smells a fish as lawmakers press for government land sale
Santo Domingo.- The deputy Jose Ricardo Taveras revealed Friday that some legislators insist on approving the sale of nearly 14 million square meters of government lands in eastern Monte Plata province to the family Rizek Llabaly, despite the denounced bribes.
Spokesman says Police Chief's ties to drug trafficking suspect only golf
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Police spokesman Nelson Rosario denied Friday that his boss Rafael Guzmán is a friend of the Spaniard Arturo del Tiempo, who's being held in his country on drug trafficking charges, but admitted they had played golf together.
SANTIAGO.- The Santiago province Instruction Court ruled to send to prison for eight months the three accused of defrauding the city's Customs offices out of more than RD$100 million, and declared it a complex case.
Report: Dominican Republic Police Chief has close ties with drug trafficker
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Police chief Rafael Guzmán has been identified by Ruth Sanchez Vargas, the fiancée of the son of Arturo del Tiempo Marques, as a friend and associate of the Spaniard being held in his country charged with smuggling more than 1,200 kilos of cocaine from the Dominican Republic, news source clavedigital.com reports.
Colombia, Dominican leaders agree to work closer on war on drugs
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic and Colombia on Thursday agreed to bolster bilateral relations, increase trade and work closer in security and on the war on drug trafficking.
Suspects in Santiago RD$100M Customs fraud to be arraigned today
SANTIAGO.- The Santiago Penal Court is scheduled to arraign the suspects charged with embezzling more than RD$100 million in the city's regional Customs offices today Thursday, after defense lawyers challenged two judges assigned to hear the case.
Santo Domingo. – In their effort to apprehend the Puerto Rican ex fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto and his Dominican paramour Sobeida Felix, the National Police and the Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) sent undercover agents to Puerto Rico, Europe and even Oceania countries, a Chinese, a Japanese, two women and others who seemed American among them.
