Disgruntled contractor blocks entrance to major dam site
Local February 20, 2019 | 12:44 pm
Barahona, Dominican Republic.- Dozens of workers of the Brazilian contractor Andrade Gutiérrez, which builds the dam at Monte Grande (south) early Wed. were blocked from entering the work site by a f[...]Small plane flies from Dominican soil crashes in Aruba; 2 arrests
Local February 20, 2019 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo.- A single-engine plane, which left from the Dominican Republic with two people on board crashed Tuesday afternoon at Monte Calbas, in the area of Calabas, on Aruba. According t[...]After bold announcement the Gov. postpones Electric Pact signature
Local February 20, 2019 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Just hours after a bold announcement the Gov. again postponed the signature of the Electricity Pact, revealing a core stumbling block. And despite the "good intentions" from all s[...]69% of Dominicans reject the President’s 3rd term: poll
Local February 20, 2019 | 7:36 am
Santo Domingo.- 69 percent of Dominicans disagree with amending the Constitution to let president Danilo Medina seek a third consecutive term, according a survey on electoral preference released Tuesd[...]Rescuers again fail to retrieve bodies of Italians who died while diving
Local February 19, 2019 | 4:11 pm
Cabrera, Dominican Republic.- The rescuers who work to recovering the bodies of two Italians who drowned while diving in El Dudú lagoon (north) have again failed to bring them to the surface. The [...]Local February 19, 2019 | 11:16 am
Dominican Ombudsman candidate bares humble roots New York.- Councilman's Ydanis Rodríguez rapprochement with the city's myriad communities reveals why he wants to be Ombudsman, and say[...]Catholic Church says Gov. must enforce immigration law now
Local February 19, 2019 | 9:48 am
Santo Domingo.- The Catholic Church reiterated on Mon. that the government is obliged to "without delay and seriously" enforce the immigration laws, "taking into account the irregularities along the D[...]Political surveys and pollsters are strictly regulated
Local February 19, 2019 | 8:18 am
Santo Domingo.- Political surveys and polls have new regulations in the Electoral Law and the companies that conduct them and must be recognized by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and meet the req[...]Indicted in ‘Air Cocaine’ case face trial in France
Local February 18, 2019 | 11:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Nine men are set to face trial starting Monday in Aix-en-Provence (southeast of France) as alleged members of a drug trafficking network that smuggled hundreds of kilos of cocaine and [...]
