Top Deputy tells Barrick Gold contract review can’t wait
Local February 5, 2013 | 12:54 pm
Santo Domingo. - Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez on Tuesday called Barrick Gold executives to talks with the government to review the contract for its Dominican Republic mine at Pueblo [...]
The U.S. lists Dominican Republic’s port security shortcomings
Local February 5, 2013 | 12:25 pm
Santo Domingo. – U.S. Embassy chief of staff Daniel Foote on Tuesday said Dominican Republic needs better port security, more staff training on security, funding and stronger effort against corru[...]
Another Fernandez collaborator charged with embezzlement
Local February 5, 2013 | 11:48 am
Santo Domingo. - The lawyers grouped in the CONA on Tuesday filed suit against former Public Works minister Victor Diaz Rua, and petroleum mogul Mustafa Abu Naba'a, on charges of conspiracy to embe[...]
Alleged prostitute in Dominican scandal: I’m a virgin, don’t know Menendez
Local February 5, 2013 | 10:29 am
Santo Domingo. - One of the alleged prostitutes named in the scandal with New Jersey (D) senator and Foreign Relations Committee chairman Robert Menendez (Bob) on Monday said she doesn’t know the[...]
Court rejects challenge in DNA test case against U.S. Embassy
Local February 5, 2013 | 9:58 am
Santo Domingo. - The National District court that hears the case of Miguel Familia versus the U.S. Embassy on Monday ruled to continue the proceeding in the same tribunal, rejecting the plaintiff[...]
Dominican Government’s Anticorruption chief resigns: report
Local February 5, 2013 | 7:09 am
Santo Domingo.- National Anticorruption Dept. (DPCA) director Hotoniel Bonilla has resigned from the post in a letter to president Danilo Medina, it was learned Monday night.
Listin.com.do re[...]
Navy Chief warns of a tough fight against drug traffickers
Local February 4, 2013 | 4:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Navy Chief of Staff on Monday warned that a tough fight is being waged against drug traffickers and any one who attempt to perpetrate criminals along the country's coasts.
Agents nab more than $300,000-Canadian, arrest three
Local February 4, 2013 | 12:36 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) on Sunday seized more than $300,000 Canadian dollars and arrested three men who allegedly form part of a network which launders large sums o[...]
Restaurant owner fined a record RD$1.7M for stealing energy
Local February 4, 2013 | 12:02 pm
Santo Domingo. -The National District 8th Criminal Court fined Cesar Augusto Espinal, a customer of energy distributor Ede-Sur, a record RD$1.7 million, after finding him guilty of energy theft.
Menendez scandal linked to Dominican Republic drug trafficking
Local February 4, 2013 | 11:00 am
Santo Domingo.- A prominent lawyer and friend of U.S senator Robert Menendez on Monday linked the ongoing investigation to drug trafficking and organized crime in Dominican Republic, the latest twi[...]
Head of opposition party says “family” will soon fix ills
Local February 4, 2013 | 9:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The president of Dominican Republic’s opposition PRD party on Sunday affirmed that the PRD “family” and rank and file will soon surmount the organization’s current difficult[...]
Court sends late drug suspect’s entire family to jail
Local February 4, 2013 | 9:23 am
Santo Domingo.- A Santo Domingo province court sent the parents, his widow and a sister, of drug trafficker Junior Javier Minaya (Gilbert) to spend three months in jail to await an investigation o[...]
A 4.1 magnitude quake rattles North Coast
Local February 4, 2013 | 8:33 am
Santo Domingo.- Santo Domingo State University’s (UASD) Seismology Institute reported a 4.1 magnitude quake felt in Puerto Plata at 6:33pm Sunday.
It said the tremor was centered southwest [...]
Authorities extradite man wanted in N.Y. South District Court
Local February 4, 2013 | 7:46 am
Santo Domingo.- The authorities extradited a Dominican wanted in the U.S. to stand trial in New York South District Court, charged with smuggling an unspecified amount of heroin and cocaine for dis[...]
Sobeida Felix keeps fighting for her freedom
Local February 2, 2013 | 10:34 am
Santo Domingo.- Money laundering convict Sobeida Felix Morel is not stopping in her pursuit of freedom, and her efforts are now going to the San Cristobal Court of Appeals, where last week she fil[...]
Opposition party crisis languishes as factions return to Electoral Court
Local February 1, 2013 | 11:10 am
Santo Domingo.. - The faction of Dominican Republic’s opposition party (PRD) headed by former president Hipolito Mejia on Friday challenged the Superior Electoral Court’s (TSE) jurisdiction to [...]
Top general: 200 guns retrieved from unqualified hands in just 15 days
Local February 1, 2013 | 10:04 am
Santo Domingo.- Armed Forces minister Sigfrido Pared on Friday announced the recovery of around 200 firearms from active and retired military, and civilians.
When asked about the use of guns [...]
Authorities conduct major sweep in barrio known for drug trafficking
Local February 1, 2013 | 9:38 am
Santo Domingo.- Antinarcotics (DCND) and Police agents and assistant DAs backed by night-vision helicopters at 4am started a search of every house where drugs are allegedly sold in the sprawling se[...]
Yzaguirre calls on all sectors to fight slavery, human trafficking
Local February 1, 2013 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo. - U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre on Thursday called on all sectors to collaborate in the fight against the crimes of slavery and human trafficking, which defines, and asked Dominican[...]
Ex Dom. Rep. president, Cuba’s Raul Castro mull regional topics
Local February 1, 2013 | 8:05 am
HAVANA.- Former Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez met with Cuba president Raul Castro Thursday, and discussed the role Cuba can play as interim president of the Community of Latin Amer[...]
