Santo Domingo.- A Santo Domingo province court on Wednesday ordered the return to a son of Supreme Court justice Rafael Luciano Pichardo, of a small plane which entered the country in 2008 with US$569,412, in violation of the Customs Law.
1st Instruction Court judge Miguelina del Carmen Campusano ruled in favor of Pichardo’s son Rafael Luciano Corominas, to return the plane, although Customs had already transferred it to the Armed Forces.
The court also ruled in favor of the pilot Luis Miguel Ovalle Tejada, who had confessed to the crime, and will be on parole for one year.
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
I am shocked shocked again
Written by: xwill7, 8 Jul 2009 2:23 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
must be good to roam around DR with well connected people.
From: United States
This is another sad day for justice in the Banana Republic.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
WOW!!!!!! That really happened?.........EVERYBODY....................NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.....NO JUSTICE NO PEACE......Can you guys imagine that? I wonder . ONE million Dominican MARCH, slowing down the economy by halting traffic with a million Dominicans marching down the main vien. We'll givem peace for justice........I thought the dukes of hazard was a show. This is one of the reasons DR is the Laughing stock of Latin America. We should be proud of our country not embarassed by it.
From: United States
What happened in Honduras will hopefully happen shortly in the Banana Republic.
You can only push people around so long and then it happens, suddenly and violently.
Honduras should have been a wake up call to the idots that think they are immune.
Written by: THINK, 8 Jul 2009 2:56 PM
From: United States, SDQ -- Mia --NY
Whole bunch of "BULL SHIX"...... you know what is the confiscated money for and from........ yet, you let it go........"NO LAWS IN DR", the law in DR is "FULL OF SHIx" for a lot of people who bearing consciousness.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
COOOL!! All we need is another 999,995 more Dominicans, We'll showem who's boss.
Written by: juanb, 8 Jul 2009 3:04 PM
From: Dominican Republic
RobertoJose:
Even though the money is being stolen from their pockets, you won't find 1,000 people to protest these atrocities, no less 1,000,000 people. The average citizen will tell you: That's the way it is. What can I do? And more importantly, how do I get some for me?
Written by: xwill7, 8 Jul 2009 3:19 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
eat or be eaten in DR
Written by: Juango, 8 Jul 2009 3:26 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Funny.... Hey Raffy (Rafael Luciano Corominas) where is my half million dollars !!!! You know we want those greenback. You know we will get it back ?? don't you?
Written by: Juango, 8 Jul 2009 3:35 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
US State Dept. Santo Domingo Station: Read this very carefully please. Don't give any more of our hard earned US Taxpayers money to this corrupt Government/Country ! Pull the USA VISAs of Judge Miguelina del Carmen Campusano along with all the DR Supreme Court Justices immediately, as a protest to this blatant injustice. Is that clear enough for you.
From: Germany, Stuttgart
And some wonder why Che Guevara is idolized by so many still to this day. The corrupt powers that be in La Dominicana will not be satisfied until someone is the first to pick up a rifle and scream "Revolucion!"
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
We also have to be carefull, some one may pickup a gun and say "Revolucion" and then oppress our people.............(Future chavez puppet)
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
It would be very interesting to know why the Judge Campusano made this judgement and also what happened to the half million dollars ...where has that gone to ??
I hope someone is making a list of all these apparent miscarriages of justice together with all the corruption allegations that seem to be swept under the carpet because it .
I suppose that when decent people have had enough of all this apparent disgraceful behaviour and corruption, there will be some form of revolt and the incumbents will all call for help from the federation of American states ..
I know that I would not bring one peso more into this country
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
Let's not get carried away.
For some chosen few, presumption of innocence is impossible to rebut.
Born innocent. Live innocent. Crimin' and wheelin' and dealin' innocent.
Juango: good idea, this visa-pulling thing.
Written by: okian, 8 Jul 2009 9:49 PM
From: United States
The law in the DR is always WHO you know and HOW MUCH money you have. That's just the way it is.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
One more sign yet of a neo-feudal and corrupt society, if not a failed state. I see no end to the abuse and indiscretions. I see no potential for changes in near or distant future, as pool of men of integrity and intellect and with desire to effect change is minuscule at best.
The system seems so totally corrupt and degraded that the courage to correct it may, sadly, have to be imported. How sad for a country with such a colorful patriotic and courageous history.
Basta ya!!!
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
Glomarexplorer yes ..the saddest thing is that appears to be no one of any integrity or decency to come in and lead the country from the corruption ..I just hope the next generation can produce someone
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
We are circling the drain ......We are doomed
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
That's right , our country is being flushd down the toilet, next LF will take it to the OUT-HOUSE
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
The country needs an enema .....Stick the hose in the Palace
Written by: pelaut, 9 Jul 2009 8:21 AM
From: United States
Ricardito: it WILL be just like Honduras, and Obama will help Chavez and Ortega take it over, just like Honduras. And the next generation will be worse. They are the product of the "teachers" appointed the last 10 years -- those that stayed in school, that is.
From: United States
This is one of those reasons that my husband and I are moving from DR back to the States...I really can't deal with all the blatant corruption.
Not that I am silly enough to believe that America is corruption free because no place is (as corruption seems to be the nature of man)...but it is a hell of a lot better.
At least the people have a voice and actually have protections. You know someplace isn't good if you are scared to death every time you see a police car.
From: United States, New York
Written by: xwill7, 8 Jul 2009 2:23 PM
From: United States, Chicago
must be good to roam around DR with well connected people.
Someone once told me that if you were to live in the DR you must have two things. A kick a$$ lawyer and a good doctor. The lawyer for ALL the connections of course.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
I am indeed astonished that the honorable Campusano did not award restitution in the form of interest, rent and penalties as well. In a country with a well-established and different "world order", with different sets of norms for vassals and lords, nothing that the ruling and judicial classes perpetrate would surprise me.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
pelaut ..actually I teach english at a school for very poor children,gratis, several times a week and in some ways you are right because I see the Dominican teachers seldom asking the students to think about issues and maybe I will be asked to leave for trying to provoke the children to think about how they could each improve their country.Without a doubt they all know about the Dominican corruption but can not see any solution except via violence. I have 2 students whom I believe are delinquents but would be great leaders for good if given half a chance.
But there are countries that were once totally corrupt like the DR and have turned around ,,so maybe there is hope here
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You can only push people around so long and then it happens, suddenly and violently.
Honduras should have been a wake up call to the idots that think they are immune.
Even though the money is being stolen from their pockets, you won't find 1,000 people to protest these atrocities, no less 1,000,000 people. The average citizen will tell you: That's the way it is. What can I do? And more importantly, how do I get some for me?
I hope someone is making a list of all these apparent miscarriages of justice together with all the corruption allegations that seem to be swept under the carpet because it .
I suppose that when decent people have had enough of all this apparent disgraceful behaviour and corruption, there will be some form of revolt and the incumbents will all call for help from the federation of American states ..
I know that I would not bring one peso more into this country
For some chosen few, presumption of innocence is impossible to rebut.
Born innocent. Live innocent. Crimin' and wheelin' and dealin' innocent.
Juango: good idea, this visa-pulling thing.
The system seems so totally corrupt and degraded that the courage to correct it may, sadly, have to be imported. How sad for a country with such a colorful patriotic and courageous history.
Basta ya!!!
Not that I am silly enough to believe that America is corruption free because no place is (as corruption seems to be the nature of man)...but it is a hell of a lot better.
At least the people have a voice and actually have protections. You know someplace isn't good if you are scared to death every time you see a police car.
From: United States, Chicago
must be good to roam around DR with well connected people.
Someone once told me that if you were to live in the DR you must have two things. A kick a$$ lawyer and a good doctor. The lawyer for ALL the connections of course.
But there are countries that were once totally corrupt like the DR and have turned around ,,so maybe there is hope here