Dominican Republic will not recognize Maduro: top official
Local January 24, 2019 | 8:22 am
New York.- Foreign minister Miguel Vargas on Wed. said that during the meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) today Thursday, the Dominican Republic will ratify its position and not reco[...]San Pedro wins Dominican baseball crown 5 decades later
Sports January 24, 2019 | 7:41 am
La Romana.- The most protracted wait is in Dominican Republic sports history is over for San Pedro's Estrellas Orientales. In the course of 51 years from January 1968 and 2019, seven men occupied t[...]US Coast Guard stops 29 Dominican boatpeople near Puerto Rico
Local January 23, 2019 | 4:47 pm
San Juan.- The United States Coast Guard intercepted 29 Dominican boatpeople, including a possible smuggler, trying to reach Puerto Rico's coast in two separate operations, it said Wed. in a statement[...]Dominican Republic’s first Smart City: the booming East
Bavaro & Punta Cana January 23, 2019 | 4:26 pm
Madrid.- The Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium (CEPM) on Wed. showcased at the FITUR 2019 tourism fair the results of its over US$140 million investment in the Bávaro area, which includes 85 megawat[...]Venezuelans rebuke Maduro in the Dominican capital
Local January 23, 2019 | 3:52 pm
Santo Domingo.- Hundreds of people called to gather in Santo Domingo by the Venezuelan community in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday protested against the government of Nicolás Maduro, as part of [...]Odebrecht ‘bagman’ would plea deal but not returnUS$92M bribe
Local January 23, 2019 | 3:32 pm
Santo Domingo.- The businessman Angel Rondón -dubbed by local media the "bagman" in the Odebrecht case-, on Wed. said he's willing to reach a plea deal with prosecutors, to seek a solution to the cas[...]CEMEX taps new president in the Dominican Republic
Economy January 23, 2019 | 12:34 pm
Santo Domingo.- José Antonio Cabrera will assume starting Feb. 1, the CEMEX presidency for the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Haiti, replacing Alejandro Ramírez Cantú, who was appointed pres[...]US Coast Guard detains a Dominican on boat off Florida shore
Local January 23, 2019 | 11:24 am
Santo Domingo.- The United States Coast Guard said Wed. that it detained a Dominican national, after intercepting a boat headed illegally to Florida, along with other boatpeople. It said the 20-foo[...]Greens want all corrupt judges be given the boot
Local January 23, 2019 | 10:37 am
Santo Domingo..- To mark the second anniversary since it emerged, the Green March asked the National Magistrate Council to unseat all Supreme Court Justices, which they affirm allow "corruption and [...]No flight plan from plane crashed in southeastern town(UPDATE2)
Local January 23, 2019 | 10:14 am
Santo Domingo.- Authorities began Wed. morning the investigation into the plane crash in Boca de Yuma, San Rafael del Yuma municipality, La Altagracia province (east). It emerged that the plane a[...]San Pedro, one win away from Dominican baseball crown
Sports January 23, 2019 | 9:40 am
San Pedro, Dominican Republic.- Starter Yunesky Maya with three relievers roped La Romana's Toros to two scattered hits as San Pedro's Estrellas shut out their east region rivals 3-0. It was the fi[...]Bird flu outbreak: a veil of secrecy shrouds poultry producers
Economy January 23, 2019 | 8:54 am
Santo Domingo.- A veil of secrecy has shrouded Dominican Republic's poultry producers over the outbreak of bird flu detected in northern Espaillat province, on fear of stating a position after Agricul[...]Medina cuts ribbon on modern border control point in NW
Local January 23, 2019 | 8:20 am
Montecristi.- At a cost of RD$90 million, president Danilo Medina on Tues. cut the ribbon on the third border control point, with modern equipment to prevent the trafficking of drugs, weapons and il[...]Dominican Republic’s biggest bank finances tourism with US$800M
Economy January 23, 2019 | 7:44 am
Madrid.- Dominican Republic's biggest bank group, Popular on Tues. said it remains committed to tourism, as evidenced by its financing that exceeds RD$ 40.0 billion (US$800 million) for the sector in [...]Antinarcotics shakeup continues in the wake of colonel’s murder
Local January 22, 2019 | 3:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- Newly-designated Antinarcotics (DNCD) agency president Félix Alburquerque on Tues. continued the shakeup in the agency, ordering the return to their respective branches the hundreds[...]US$6.9M+ organic pineapple plantation eyes sales on Amazon
Economy January 22, 2019 | 3:06 pm
Santo Domingo.- Agriculture minister Osmar Benítez on Tues. said the company Shared-X Impact Farm of the Las Carolinas Free Zone Park is installing an organic pineapple plantation in eastern Monte [...]Colombian kingpin obtained a Dominican passport, ID
Local January 22, 2019 | 12:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio César Castaños Guzmán on Tues. announced an investigation to determine how Colombian kingpin Julián Alberto Jiménez Monsalve (Machete[...]Medina lies about Dominican deportees: US lawmaker Espaillat
Local January 22, 2019 | 12:11 pm
New York.- The Dominican lawmaker in the US House of Representatives on Sun. labeled as inappropriate and false president Danilo Medina's allegation that Dominicans deported from the US are to blame f[...]Local golfers give compatriots a reason to cheer: Yahoo
Sports January 22, 2019 | 11:26 am
La Romana, Dominican Republic.- "They’re not sleeping in their own beds, but for the nine golfers from the Dominican Republic, the fact that the Latin America Amateur Championship is being played at[...]US think tank, Central Bank talk cybersecurity
Economy January 22, 2019 | 10:56 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican central banker Héctor Valdez Albizu met with a group of specialists from the William J. Perry Hemispheric Defense Studies Center, assigned to the National Defense Universi[...]