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Local August 10, 2017 | 12:43 pm

Taxpayers pay for mayor’s US$118.8M generosity toward ‘poor’: report

Santiago.- During his presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, Abel Martinez, donated RD$5.7 billion (US$118.8M) to alleged "poor" registered as "people of limited resources," but the Accounts Chamber audit couldn't verify that figure when analyzing the lower Chamber's expenses from 2010 to 2015. Acento.com.do reports that Martinez gave away a total of RD$15.2 billion to officials, friends, assoc... Read more

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