Bus union’s ban on riding Haitians draws quick rebuke
Local December 13, 2018 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- The ban on transporting Haitian citizens regardless of immigration status announced Wed. by bus union (Conatra) boss, Antonio Marte, has already drawn rebuke. Minority PRSC party pr[...]Bahamas to release 45 Dominican fishermen in Jan.: official
Local December 13, 2018 | 9:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Foreign minister Miguel Vargas announced that 45 Dominican fishermen being held in the Bahamas will be released during the first week of January. He said Bahamian courts reduced the[...]Magnitude 3.3 tremor shakes the northwest
Local December 13, 2018 | 8:31 am
Santo Domingo.- A magnitude 3.3 tremor was registered Thurs. morning east of Villa González (northwest), Santiago. The quake occurred at 7:14am today around 23 kilometers in depth, according to th[...]Ivanka, Kushner stiff the US for US$58K in Dominican vacation: Quartz
Local December 13, 2018 | 7:54 am
Santo Domingo.- A weekend in August at a luxury Dominican Republic resort by the daughter of US president Donald Trump, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner cost American taxpayers over US$58,000, o[...]Deputies approve 2019 Budget of US$18.4B
Economy December 12, 2018 | 5:04 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday approved the 2019 Budget of RD$921.8 billion (US$18.4 billion) in two roll calls. The budget was approved with 122 deputies voting for and 43 ag[...]Is it a dud or big dough? Only testing will tell
Economy December 12, 2018 | 4:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Energy and Mines Ministry (MEM) on Wed. said it has decided to allow the gaseous mist at Villa Tapia to remain open for a determined period of time, because if the pressure continu[...]Caribbean and Central American countries to improve insurance coverage against quakes and climate risks
Local December 12, 2018 | 3:18 pm
Germany, through KfW, contributes an additional €15 million to the Central America and Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Program Katowice.- KfW and the World Bank signed an agreement today for[...]Nov. prices decline -0.35% paced by fuels
Economy December 12, 2018 | 3:04 pm
Santo Domingo. - The Central Bank on Wed. said consumer prices in Nov. fell -0.35% compared with Oct., placing cumulative inflation at 1.39% for the first 11 months of 2018. It said November's nega[...]Trade was the talk at Dominican Republic-Commonwealth seminar
Economy December 12, 2018 | 12:44 pm
Santo Domingo.- The president of the Roundtable of Commonwealth Countries in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday urged the public and private sectors to join forces to take advantage of economic and t[...]67.6% of Dominicans use the Web, poll says
Local December 12, 2018 | 11:56 am
Santo Domingo.- 67.6% of the Dominican population uses the internet. Of that figure, 71.0% belongs to urban areas. According to the National Multipurpose Household Survey (Enhogar) 2017, the people[...]Mist spewing at Dominican north is 53% methane: Refinery
Economy December 12, 2018 | 10:16 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic authorities remain firm in their belief that some of the hydrocarbon deposits found in several parts of the territory are commercially exploitable. On Tuesday the[...]Trump undermines nutrition for immigrant families: Espaillat
World December 12, 2018 | 9:19 am
Press Release Washington, DC ─ Today representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement in opposition to the Trump administration's proposed rule to redefine public charge,[...]New Constitutional Court justices take the oath
Local December 12, 2018 | 8:51 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Tuesday administered the oath to the new Constitutional Court justices, chosen Monday by the National Magistrate Council. Alba Luisa Beard, Domingo Antoni[...]Tourists want to come but Dominicans want to leave
Local December 12, 2018 | 8:26 am
Santo Domingo.- Since 2010 around half of Dominicans have expressed the desire to emigrate to another country, according to a Gallup survey published Tues. The National Multipurpose Household Surve[...]Dominican Republic one step closer to natural gas
Economy December 12, 2018 | 8:00 am
Villa Tapia, Dominican Republic.- Residents of the village La Guásuma are stunned by a well which spews a reportedly inflammable mist-apparently natural gas- in northern Hermanas Mirabal province. [...]Crime is the country’s main problem: Govt. poll
Poverty December 11, 2018 | 4:58 pm
Santo Domingo.- 76.6% of households in the Dominican Republic consider that the country's main problem is crime, while 44.6% says unemployment, 28.6% the cost of living and 24.9%, corruption. The f[...]Marriot to build 2 hotels in Puerto Plata for US$350.0M
Tourism December 11, 2018 | 4:19 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Marriott International hotel chains and the real estate developers The Ocean Club Group on Tues. unveiled a merger to establish a new tourism standard and announced the constructio[...]Dominican girl has become famous in the Arctic
Business & Pleasure December 11, 2018 | 3:50 pm
By Nicolai J. Nissen njn@heca.gl Special for Dominican Today Nuuk, Greenland.- She was born in Santiago and had recently lived in Punta Cana. She has now become a popular phenomenon in Greenland[...]Dominican Govt. aims to sell 50% of power plant in scandal
Economy December 11, 2018 | 1:16 pm
Santo Domingo.- Finance minister, Donald Guerrero, revealed Tues. that the Government aims to sell up to a 50 percent stake in the nearly finished Punta Catalina power plant in Peravia province (sou[...]Justice Ministry to probe blast that killed 8
Local December 11, 2018 | 11:43 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Jean Alain Rodríguez said Tues. that the causes of the Polyplas factory blast are being investigated to determine if there is criminal liability. "As in all cases,[...]