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The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the 10 year prison sentence and RD$2 million fine against the ex Progreso bank president Pedro Castillo, convicted of defrauding the entity out of RD$14.0 billion.

The high Court struck down Castillo’s appeal of the sentence, citing article 426 of the Penal Procedural Code which limits its power to overturn convictions only on constitutional or human rights issues.

The resolution confirms the civil conviction against Castillo, including payment of damages of RD$5.14 billion to the bank Progreso; RD$6.9 billion for the Progreso shareholders, and RD$233 million to affiliated companies.

The National District Appellate Court’s 1st Penal Chamber upheld the conviction against Castillo on August 7.

La Romana, Dominican Republic.- Three people have come forward to testify in the trial against San Francisco Giants player Angel Villalona (Papa), in the murder of the Mario Felix de Jesus Velette, 25, in the club “D’Tony Super Fría.”

Their testimonies agree, according to the La Romana Office of the Prosecutor, that the prospect shot a killed de Jesus on Saturday night, September 19, after an argument over a seat led to a scuffle in the club.

Permanent Instruction judge Araníbal Manzano sent the player to jail for two months, until the start of the trial, and if convicted faces up to 20 years in prison.

Villalona’s talent led him to sign a bonus of 2.1 million dollars.

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Angel Villalona, a top prospect for the San Francisco Giants was charged with murder in the death of a 25-year-old man last weekend at a bar in La Romana.

Villalona, who received a club-record $2.1 million bonus when he was signed by the Giants in 2006, wore a bulletproof vest Monday to his hearing at a court in the city of La Romana and pleaded innocent. The 19-year-old prospect could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty in the Saturday night shooting death of Mario Felix de Jesus Velete.

Judge Aranibal Manzano Zapata ordered Villalona jailed for two months while authorities prepare their case in the Dominican Republic. Villalona turned himself in 12 hours after the shooting at a La Romana bar.

According to public prosecutor Jose Polanco, “this is a serious case of voluntary homicide”. Police haven’t said what the motive for the shooting was. The first baseman played in 74 games with Class-A San Jose this season, batting .267 with nine home runs and 42 RBIs

The A/H1N1 influenza death toll in the Dominican Republic has risen to 21 with confirmed cases up to 405, the country’s health authorities said.

The Dominican National Direction of Epidemiology said that till Sept. 12, there were 2,310 possible cases of the flu in the country, according to health reports.

About 81 percent of the dead were women, of them 52 percent were pregnant, said the reports.

Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic will receive a US$20 million loan from Venezuela’s Petrocaribe program to ease the ongoing energy crisis, said Hacienda minister Vicente Bengoa, who stressed the loan will help repay what private power companies say is a US$425 million debt.

The Dominican government will also provide US$10 million toward repayment. He said Wednesday that the companies already received US$274 million this month.

The increase of daily blackouts have lead to protests in which demonstrators clashed with police, leaving two dead. Power companies also have blamed faulty equipment for the crisis.

Venezuela created Petrocaribe in 2005 to sell fuel to member countries at preferential terms and help finance oil infrastructure projects.

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