Land Court suspends 19 on fraud and forgery
Local November 16, 2018 | 8:58 am
Santo Domingo.-The Judiciary Council on Thurs. announced the suspension of 19 employees of the Real Estate Jurisdiction, after detecting numerous irregularities that include forged signatures of decea[...]Civic group aims toward a more independent Justice
Local November 15, 2018 | 4:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- The civic movement and Dominican chapter of Transparency International held talks on how to achieve an independent justice, by jurists Francisco Álvarez, Fabiola Medina and Fernando H[...]Dominican Defense chief downplays tense incident at order
Local November 15, 2018 | 3:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- Defense minister Rubén Darío Paulino said Thurs. that the soldiers posted at the border did their job during the forced detention of a group of Dominican doctors by a Haitian mob, in[...]Foreign groups urge lawmakers to decriminalize abortion
Local November 15, 2018 | 10:28 am
Santo Domingo.- Human rights and women's rights organizations have sent letters to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, urging lawmakers to decriminalize abortion under extreme conditions to avert [...]Haiti lifts freeze on Dominican companies’ bank accounts
Local November 15, 2018 | 8:18 am
Port-au-Prince.- Prosecutor, Clamé Ocnam Dameus, on Wed. lifted his order issued on Monday to freeze the bank accounts of 36 companies allegedly linked in a network of corruption detected in the Petr[...]Legal woes: 282,000+ Dominicans cannot travel abroad
Local November 14, 2018 | 4:14 pm
Santo Domingo.- The number of Dominicans who cannot leave the country has increased considerably, due to travel bans placed by the Attorney General's Office against those accused of crimes and other[...]Human rights in Dominican Republic fare ‘very badly’
Local November 14, 2018 | 3:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- Human rights in the Dominican Republic "go very badly," according to the annual report being drafted by the National Human Rights Commission, to be released December 10. Manuel Mar[...]Techs rescue manatee trapped in Puerto Plata mangroves
Local November 14, 2018 | 12:48 pm
Puerto Plata.- Environment Ministry and National Aquarium technicians on Wed. rescued a manatee calf nearly 5 feet long and around 100 pounds, which was stranded in a ravine of Luperón bay. The en[...]Downpours drench much of the country to strengthen Thurs.
Local November 14, 2018 | 12:04 pm
Santo Domingo.- The downpours drenching much of the country will intensify Wednesday and Thursday, especially in the afternoon and evening, from a trough and a tropical wave, the National Weather Of[...]
