Showers, partly cloudy skies
Local February 14, 2013 | 10:12 am
Santo Domingo. - The National Meteorology Office (ONAMET) forecasts scattered showers for much of the country and partly cloudy skies for the Central and Eastern mountain ranges.
It said the [...]
RD$850M default is the country’s first major Securities fraud case
Local February 14, 2013 | 9:55 am
Santo Domingo.- Securities superintendent Gabriel Castro announced criminal charges filed Wednesday in the Office of the National District Prosecutor against the Corporacion Delta Intur for violati[...]
Agents nab fugitive linked to drug cartel
Local February 14, 2013 | 8:26 am
Moca, Dominican Republic.- Antinarcotics (DNCD) agents arrested in the village La Hincha, alleged drug trafficker Jeremy Garcia Lopez (El Gordo), wanted in connection with the Cibao Cartel and who [...]
The Web fires top Dominican Republic officials
Local February 14, 2013 | 7:23 am
Santo Domingo.- The chief of the National Police and of the Drugs Control Agency still have their heads on and continue to fight crime, even after the Wednesday’s massive tweets nationwide fired[...]
High Court rules for Senator charged with bribing Haiti’s Martelly
Local February 13, 2013 | 4:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- Supreme Court special instruction justice Esther Agelan on Wednesday ruled to uphold the decision by the Justice Ministry’s Anticorruption Dept. (DPCA) to decline indicting senat[...]
Beach theft scandal spurs Dominican Government response
Local February 13, 2013 | 2:54 pm
Santo Domingo.-- The third major scandal over the attempted theft of the more than seven kilometer-beachfront at Bahia de las Aguilas (southwest) has apparently prompted the Dominican government to[...]
Officials, senior power company executives face fraud charges
Local February 13, 2013 | 12:55 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Anticorruption Alliance (Adocco) on Wednesday filed charges against officials of the agency which manages funds derived from the State-owned companies (FONPER), and se[...]
Notorious Dominican lawmaker heads protest against Barrick Gold
Local February 13, 2013 | 11:39 am
Santo Domingo.- Hundreds of people including a notorious Deputy are marching Wednesday to protest against Canadian miner Barrick Gold, demanding a revision of the contract to exploit the Pueblo Vie[...]
DEA agents interrogate Puerto Rican drug lord’s wife, lover
Local February 13, 2013 | 11:11 am
Santo Domingo.- The wife and the paramour of Puerto Rican former drug lord Jose Figueroa Agosto were escorted under tight security to the Justice Ministry Wednesday morning, where local reports aff[...]
Official hails the government’s initiatives for the disabled
Local February 13, 2013 | 9:04 am
New York.- The Dominican government’s initiatives for people with disabilities were hailed on Tuesday by UN Social Development Commission president Lamsal Sewa Adhikari and by the many delegation[...]
Menendez scandal turns toward Dominican Republic road tolls
Local February 13, 2013 | 8:39 am
Santo Domingo.- The scandal involving U.S. senator Robert Menendez and millionaire eye doctor Salomon Melgen on Tuesday took another unexpected turn, right into one of the country’s major highway[...]
Top negotiator hails ex president’s decision to step aside
Local February 13, 2013 | 8:09 am
Santo Domingo.- Monsignor Agripino Nuñez said yesterday's announcement that former president Hipolito Mejia would be willing to step aside to prompt the start of reconciliation talks in the op[...]
More sinkholes in upscale sector built on a bog
Local February 13, 2013 | 7:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Just weeks after a sinkhole collapsed part of a building under construction, another one also swallowed a few ago days a pickup truck in the parking lot of a house in the upscale s[...]
Retired general linked to Puerto Rican kingpin blames ex Police Chief
Local February 12, 2013 | 12:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- Major General (r) Jose Luis Dominguez Castillo on Tuesday appeared before the National District Office of the Prosecutor to state his willingness to be questioned into his alleged l[...]
Notorious retired general sues journalists for alleged slander
Local February 12, 2013 | 11:19 am
Santo Domingo.- Unfair and unfounded were the terms the attorney Namphi Rodriguez used Tuesday to describe the slander suit filed by retired general Pedro Julio (Pepe) Goico against the journalists[...]
NYPD says 1,181-strong Dominican gang keeps growing
Local February 12, 2013 | 10:18 am
NEW YORK.- The Dominican gang "Los Trinitarios” (The Trinity) of New York, has 1,181 active members, according to the New York City Police (NYPD) report cited by The New York Times.
C[...]
High pressure system means fewer showers
Local February 12, 2013 | 9:06 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecasts fewer showers today, from a high pressure system located over the waters of the Atlantic coast.
It said the remnants of clou[...]
Authorities behind theft of exotic Dominican beach: Environmentalists
Local February 12, 2013 | 8:22 am
Santo Domingo.- One of the country’s most active environmental groups on Tuesday denounced unfettered efforts by authorities as well as individuals to “consummate” the theft of Bahia de las A[...]
Senator sought to derail U.S. donations to Dom. Rep., AP reports
Local February 12, 2013 | 7:23 am
WASHINGTON.- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez's communications in January with the Homeland Security Department reveal efforts to stymie U.S. donations of freight inspection equipment to Dominican Rep[...]
Dominican Republic’s outspoken Cardinal among Papacy hopefuls
Local February 11, 2013 | 2:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- For the second time in his career, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, known for his razor sharp rebukes of even senior political leaders, is among the prelates who could suc[...]
