Singer charged with beating his Latin American Idol wife to stay in jail
Local February 18, 2013 | 2:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National District 3rd Appellate Court upheld a lower court ruling to incarcerate urban singer Manuel Marte Varet “Vaquero,” charged with beating his Martha Heredia, winner [...]
Traffic cops impound bikes, including six from a La Romana club
Local February 18, 2013 | 1:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet) agents impounded 162 motorcycles for driving through the tunnels, on overpasses and for not having a helmet during the weekend, including six b[...]
Church group: Medina must avoid naming officials linked to corruption
Local February 18, 2013 | 11:27 am
Santo Domingo.- The Christian Pastoral for Human Rights on Monday urged president Danilo Medina to avoid naming officials of the ruling PLD party’s last Administration and those who’ve been lin[...]
Hoteliers have yet to decide on Bahia de las Aguilas row
Local February 18, 2013 | 10:53 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s hoteliers and tourism leaders grouped in the Asonahores on Monday said they’ve yet to set their position on the government's plan to end the land dispute ar[...]
Arab-American businessman faces attempted murder charge
Local February 18, 2013 | 10:16 am
Santo Domingo. - The National District 9th Criminal Court on Monday will hold the first hearing in the case of attempted murder charge against Arab-American businessman Karim Abu Naba'a, filed by t[...]
Moderate showers, high surf at all coasts
Local February 18, 2013 | 9:29 am
Santo Domingo. - The National Meteorology Office (ONAMET) forecasts moderate showers and winds early today, from a trough located over the country.
He said the rains will be more frequent ove[...]
Dominican Republic groups protest transactions with exotic beach
Local February 18, 2013 | 7:18 am
Santo Domingo.- Several civil society groups gathered at Independencia Park on Sunday to demand that president Danilo Medina revoke the special power issued to a commission to disburse 45% of proce[...]
Opposition leader rebukes his companion’s “barbarism and disorder”
Local February 16, 2013 | 10:26 am
Santo Domingo.- The president of Dominican Republic’s major opposition party (PRD) on Friday said the handover of its national headquarters marks the difference between those who "act accord[...]
Activity commemorates death of April 1965 Revolution hero
Local February 16, 2013 | 9:55 am
Santo Domingo.- Culture minister José Antonio Rodríguez will head the "Cultural event in honor of Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deño" today, to mark the 40th anni[...]
Former president denies seeking immunity, vows long stay in power
Local February 16, 2013 | 9:33 am
Santo Domingo.- Former president Leonel Fernandez denied Friday that his induction as deputy into the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) aims to obtain immunity from potential prosecution on al[...]
Civil Defense chief’s son off to jail on US$2.5M fraud charges
Local February 15, 2013 | 5:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- National District Permanent Service judge Jose Alejandro Vargas on Friday sent Luis Joel Luna Yorro, son of retired general (r) and Civil Defense director Luis A. Luna Paulino, to b[...]
Low chance of showers Friday, lower temperatures the weekend
Local February 15, 2013 | 10:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecasts a low probability of rain today Friday, while the winds from a high pressure system will bring significantly lower temperatures.
Electric glitch strands subway commuters for half an hour
Local February 15, 2013 | 10:45 am
Santo Domingo.- An electrical outage Friday morning left hundreds of commenters stranded in several stations of Santo Domingo’s subway, as confirmed by the deputy director of the Transport Refor[...]
Police return opposition party offices vandalized in clash
Local February 15, 2013 | 10:32 am
Santo Domingo.- Police Maj. Gen. Nelson Rosario Friday morning handed over the headquarters of Dominican Republic’s major opposition party (PRD), to Julio Marinez , one of its senior leaders.
[...]Recent court rulings, disturbing: Justice Minister
Local February 15, 2013 | 10:07 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Minister yesterday called some of the recent court rulings, disturbing, noting that a simple read of their content reveals the disorder in the entire criminal justice sy[...]
High Court clears Senator of embezzling RD$350M
Local February 15, 2013 | 9:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Supreme Court justice Juan Hirohito Reyes yesterday ruled to acquit senator Amable Aristy on charges he embezzled more than RD$350 million during several years as head of the Domini[...]
Dominican environmentalists rebuke touted pact as a “lie”
Local February 15, 2013 | 8:10 am
Santo Domingo.- The country’s environmental movement yesterday rebuked the government’s pact with the alleged titleholders in Bahia de las Aguilas, Pedernales (southwest), arguing that it would[...]
DEA interrogations could lead to more extraditions, official says
Local February 15, 2013 | 7:47 am
Santo Domingo.- The Government’s Antinarcotics adviser on Thursday said he doesn’t rule out more extraditions to the U.S. as the result of interrogations of Puerto Rican kingpin Jose Figueroa A[...]
Son of Civil Defense director arrested in US$2.5M fraud case
Local February 14, 2013 | 11:42 am
Santo Domingo. – Agents assigned to the National District Office of the Prosecutor arrested a son of retired general, and Civil Defense director Luis Luna Paulino, charged in a fraud of more than[...]
Attorney says Xstrata failed to pay US$100M in taxes since 2007
Local February 14, 2013 | 11:14 am
Santo Domingo. – Several alleged fraudulent transactions allowed the miner Xstrata Nickel Falcondo to evade nearly RD$4.0 billion (US$100 million in income taxes since 2007, from the sale of iron[...]
