Twelve people have been extradited from the Dominican Republic in the first quarter of the year
Local April 20, 2023 | 8:15 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) arrested 8,072 individuals suspected of criminal activities during the first quarter of the year (January-March). Of t[...]Director and Head of Department separated from Dominican maternity hospital after high neonatal mortality rates
Local April 19, 2023 | 2:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- On Wednesday, the Director of the National Health Service (SNS), Mario Lama, announced that the Director of the San Lorenzo de Los Mina Maternity Hospital, Leonardo Aq[...]Dominican Republic breaks record in tourist arrivals in the first quarter with more than 2 million
Tourism April 19, 2023 | 1:26 pm
On Wednesday, the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, announced that the Dominican Republic had broken its own records for tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, with a total of 2,076,171 visi[...]Dominican Police officers certified in human rights
Local April 19, 2023 | 8:37 am
Yesterday, 87 uniformed personnel who completed the supplementary program on human rights and citizen coexistence were recognized as part of the government's police reform. During the ceremony held at[...]Several emergency lines in the Dominican Republic could be a weakness, believes the Police General
Local April 19, 2023 | 8:26 am
According to General Yanet Jiménez, head of the Directorate of Domestic and Gender Violence of the National Police, having multiple emergency lines in the Dominican Republic could pose a weakness in [...]Migration assures that sanctioned Haitians are not in the Dominican Republic
World April 18, 2023 | 4:41 pm
On Tuesday, the General Directorate of Migration announced that the 39 Haitians sanctioned by the Dominican State are not in the country. Nevertheless, the communications director of the entity, Nelso[...]“Synthetic marijuana” opens space among Dominican popis
Local April 18, 2023 | 2:51 pm
Sources within the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) have revealed that the legalization of recreational marijuana in 21 states of the United States has had an impact on the Dominican Repub[...]Public Defense documents with audio and video alarming situation in Dominican Republic prisons
Local April 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm
The director of the National Office of Public Defense (ONDP) revealed that, for the first time, this institution managed to present in audio and video the true situation of those deprived of liberty i[...]Three Dangerous fugitives linked to Mocro Maffia and No Limit Soldier arrested in the Dominican Republic for extradition to the Netherlands
Local April 17, 2023 | 1:42 pm
The Dominican Republic has arrested three dangerous fugitives linked to the criminal organizations Mocro Maffia and No Limit Soldier, who have been accused of a range of crimes in the Netherlands, inc[...]Specialized tourism for the rich variety of the Dominican Republic’s flora
Tourism April 17, 2023 | 12:19 pm
Santo Domingo.– Sun, beaches, mountains, adventures, gastronomy and authentic rhythms are ingredients of the offer of the leading tourist destination in the Caribbean, the Dominican[...]Promotion of Anglo-Saxon and Roman-Germanic law through inter-institutional cooperation in the Dominican Republic
Local April 17, 2023 | 8:30 am
The Dominican Bar Association in the United States (DBA) and the APEC University School of Law (UNAPEC) have signed an agreement to promote research and dissemination of Anglo-Saxon and Roman-Germanic[...]Dominican President bans entry of former Haitian Prime Ministers and 37 others into national territory
Local April 17, 2023 | 8:13 am
Haiti's former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Evans Paul are among the 39 Haitian citizens barred from entering the Dominican Republic by order of President Luis Abinader. Other Haitian politicia[...]Most of the cannabis trafficked from Haiti would have the Dominican Republic as its destination
World April 17, 2023 | 8:09 am
According to a recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the majority of the herbal cannabis and other cannabis-like drugs leaving Haiti are destined for the Dominican Rep[...]IMF projects Dominican economy to grow 4.2 % in 2023
Economy April 16, 2023 | 11:30 am
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects that the economy of the Dominican Republic will grow 4.2% in 2023, a percentage slightly lower than the 4.4% reported last week by the World Bank. The[...]Weather: Showers with thunderstorms for today Sunday in the Dominican Republic
Local April 16, 2023 | 7:00 am
The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reported today that the weather for today Sunday over part of the national territory will be affected by downpours with thunderstorms and occasional wind gu[...]Dominicans emigrate from Puerto Rico because of poverty
Economy April 15, 2023 | 9:00 am
Santo Domingo, DR The severe economic crisis affecting Puerto Rico has been the cause of an exodus of the Dominican population residing in that country, which went from 69,683 in 2010 to 58,352 in 20[...]801,878 cruise passengers visited the Dominican Republic in the first three months of 2023
Economy April 15, 2023 | 8:32 am
Haina River Port, SDO, DR The director of the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom), Jean Luis Rodríguez, informed this Wednesday that some 801, 878 cruise passengers have arrived in the Dominican Repu[...]Dominican Republic and Brazil update air transport agreement protocol
World April 14, 2023 | 4:43 pm
On Friday, the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) announced that the Dominican Republic and Brazil signed an updated Air Transport Services Protocol to modernize the existing agreement between both nations si[...]Mortgages for foreigners in the Dominican Republic
Expats' Corner April 14, 2023 | 3:40 pm
The Dominican Republic is one of the few countries where foreigners with residency status or not can qualify for a mortgage to purchase a home. The mortgage application process will be more straigh[...]Presidents of supreme courts of the Dominican Republic and Canada discuss collaboration between both judicial powers
Local April 14, 2023 | 10:35 am
Judge Luis Henry Molina Peña, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), held a meeting with Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada, at the United Nations headquarters in New York before a[...]