Judge reschedules hearing for Puerto Rican kingpin’s paramour
Local December 5, 2013 | 11:30 am
Santo Domingo.- A National District judge on Thursday postponed the hearing on charges that the Office of the Prosecutor violated the plea bargaining agreement, with convicted money launderer Sobe[...]
Human Rights Commission ‘won’t spook anyone’: Dominican senators
Local December 5, 2013 | 8:52 am
Santo Domingo.- The delegation of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission has riled some senators, who on Wednesday affirmed that they came to the country “with the conviction against the Domi[...]
Human Rights hears complaints from both sides of the border
Local December 5, 2013 | 8:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) delegation leader Emilio Álvarez headed a meeting Wednesday with representatives from Dajabon (northwest) and the Haitian city [...]
Agents seek plane reportedly crashed near isolated stretch of highway
Local December 4, 2013 | 4:46 pm
Pedernales, Dominican Republic.- Various law enforcement agencies actively search for a small plane that reportedly crashed in a rugged area near the village of Las Mercedes, next to the surprising[...]
U.S. ambassador in Dominican Republic makes 1st public visit
Local December 4, 2013 | 2:39 pm
Santo Domingo.- U.S. ambassador James "Wally" Brewster on Wednesday visited the Centro Franklin, the communications unit of Washington’s diplomatic facility, local media report.
Bill Clinton urges Dominicans, Haitians to ease the tension
Local December 4, 2013 | 1:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- Former U.S. president Bill Clinton on Wednesday urged Dominicans and Haitians to surmount the tension unleashed by the Constitutional Court ruling, and lauded Santo Domingo’s aid[...]
Human rights officials interview hundreds of Haitian-Dominicans
Local December 4, 2013 | 8:55 am
Santo Domingo.- In the second day of interviews by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) delegation in the country, more than 2,000 cases, reports, testimonies and petitions by offspri[...]
High Court’s snub reveals Dominican Republic’s addled foreign policy
Local December 4, 2013 | 7:56 am
Santo Domingo.- While the Constitutional Court on Tuesday snubbed the Inter-American Human Rights Commission’s request of a meeting claiming that its ruling stands on its own, the President’s L[...]
Dominican Republic police, church swap guns for gospels in barrios
Local December 3, 2013 | 5:01 pm
Santo Domingo.- To lower the rampant violence and crime reported in inner city neighborhoods and in rural areas, the National Police in coordination with the Church of God Worship Center is carryin[...]
Top Haitian-Dominican activist rebukes government’s plan for foreigners
Local December 3, 2013 | 12:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- Haitian-Dominican rights movement (Reconoci.do) coordinator Ana María Belique on Tuesday called on all offspring of Haitians with a Dominican ID to reject the Government’s Pl[...]
Transparency Int. again calls Dominican Republic a corrupt country
Local December 3, 2013 | 11:04 am
Berlin.- Venezuela and Paraguay are Latin America’s most corrupt countries while Uruguay and Chile are transparency leaders, says a report by the German NGO Transparency International (TI) releas[...]
Widely scattered showers, mild temps continue
Local December 3, 2013 | 10:11 am
Santo Domingo.- The Meteorology Office (ONAMET) forecasts scattered showers and thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon, as the cloudiness from a trough over Haiti and the prevailing East wind continues ove[...]
Two US pilots die in cargo plane crash in Puerto Rico(Update)
Local December 3, 2013 | 9:16 am
Santo Domingo.- A Fairchild SA227-AC plane registry no. N834BC went down in Puerto Rico Monday night, killing both pilots, according to colonel Enmanuel Souffront, head of the Civil Aviation Accide[...]
Announced bill would naturalize those ‘born here who can show roots’
Local December 3, 2013 | 8:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Presidency chief of staff Gustavo Montalvo yesterday said the next few days the government will submit legislation to naturalize people were born in the Dominican Republic and who [...]
Dominican Republic mulls radar, attack plane to halt drugs
Local December 3, 2013 | 8:36 am
Santo Domingo.- National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) president Julio César Souffront revealed Monday that surveillance along the southwestern coast was reinforced, since the Caribbean Sea has [...]
Dominican Republic ruling unmasks the Caribbean’s xenophobia
Local December 3, 2013 | 6:47 am
Santo Domingo.- The recent Constitutional Court ruling that outlines the conditions for citizenship in the Dominican Republic has unmasked the Caribbean’s rampant xenophobia.
Although seve[...]
Police plan eyes a Quiet Christmas until January 10
Local December 2, 2013 | 12:17 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Police on Monday launched the "Quiet Christmas 2013" plan to reassign around 10,300 agents to patrol the streets nationwide.
Police chief Manuel Castro[...]
Human Rights delegation starts its ‘meddling’ in Dominican Republic
Local December 2, 2013 | 11:01 am
Santo Domingo.- The Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) delegation is meeting with Government officials Monday morning headed by Presidency chief of staff Gustavo Montalvo in the Nationa[...]
Official: The Mafia already has Haiti, Dominican Republic is next
Local December 2, 2013 | 9:15 am
Santo Domingo.- While many Dominicans are “cowering” from the current row over their Constitutional Court ruling which affects thousands of Haitian offspring in the country, their Hispaniola n[...]
6,000 more Police agents to secure a ‘Quiet Christmas’
Local December 2, 2013 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo.- National Police chief Manuel Castro on Sunday said the plan "Quiet Christmas 2013" w ill be launched 9am Monday, when around 6,000 additional agents well as new patrol ve[...]