300 plump Police officers off to weight loss camp
Local August 21, 2018 | 7:33 pm
Santo Domingo.- Starting today Tuesday, 300 National Police officers will be subjected to a nutritional program that seeks to achieve a radical change in the physical, mental and emotional state of th[...]Foreign minister receives China’s 1st envoy to Dominican Republic
Economy August 21, 2018 | 7:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- Foreign minister, Miguel Vargas, on Tuesday received China's newly appointed ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Zhang Run. The Foreign Ministry said that after receiving the offi[...]Halt media yak, focus on old pols who block youth: Industries
Economy August 21, 2018 | 4:54 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Industries Association (AIRD) president Campos de Moya on Tues. called on the media to stop talking about the president's reelection and focus on those political leaders who [...]Agro-industry push would pave the way for ‘a new country’
Economy August 21, 2018 | 4:10 pm
Santo Domingo.- Herrera Industries Association (ANEIH) president Antonio Taveras on Mon. proposed an articulated push of agriculture and industry to pave the way for "a new economy for a new country[...]Foreigners face Aug. 26 deadline to renew legal status
Economy August 21, 2018 | 3:36 pm
Santo Domingo.- As of Monday, 200,00 people had taken advantage of the extension of the one-year term granted to foreigners by the National Migration Council, as Law 169-14 stipulates to renew their d[...]Cabarete ex-mayors get 2 years for embezzling US$3.7M
Local August 21, 2018 | 1:56 pm
Puerto Plata.- The Justice Ministry on Mon. announced the arrests of former mayors of Cabarete, Gabriel Antonio Mora (Canoa), and Eddy Ramón Morfe, after a two-year prison sentence was upheld for emb[...]AES Dominicana Foundation sends local firefighter to train in Texas
People August 21, 2018 | 1:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- The AES Dominicana Foundation recently sponsored the participation of a Santo Domingo Este Firefighter in a specialized course at Texas A & M University. Manuel Gil Sano widened[...]Two Dominican sensations advance in America’s Got Talent
People August 21, 2018 | 12:54 pm
Santo Domingo.- More and more Dominicans are emerging who put the Dominican Republic on the world map, such Amanda Mena, 15, and the dance group Da' Repúblik, who are representing the country in the [...]Environment calls for celebration on clean beaches
Local August 21, 2018 | 12:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry will engage the public about recycling and cleaning beaches during awareness day on September 15. It said the push is part of a plan to celebrate World Beac[...]After tension from shooting, border returning to normal
Local August 21, 2018 | 12:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- Despite the continuing tension along the border area from the shooting last weekend, things are returning to normal, after Belladère (east Haiti) mayor, Ledoux Macklish, denied that D[...]Dominican Republic ‘bagman’ billed Odebrecht US$101.8M
Local August 21, 2018 | 11:44 am
Santo Domingo.- Odebrecht's "bagman" in the country, Angel Rondón revealed that his companies moved RD$14.7 billion between 2001 and 2017, including US$101.8 million billed to the Brazilian construct[...]Industries eye the cash in trash
Economy August 20, 2018 | 8:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- The articulation among companies and institutions that form part of the logistics chain of trash collection and management, as well as promoting recycling and reuse of solid waste are [...]For 71% of Dominican voters the country is on the wrong track: poll
Local August 20, 2018 | 7:43 pm
Santo Domingo.- 71 percent of Dominicans believe that the country is on the wrong track, well above the 52% of their opinion in 2016, according to the most recent Mark Penn survey published on Mon. [...]Six hurt in Haiti-Dominican border conflict ‘yet to be resolved’
Local August 20, 2018 | 7:12 pm
Santo Domingo.- The mayor of Belladère (eastern Haiti) Ledoux Macklish, on Mon. acknowledged that the exchange of gunfire by troops from both countries over the weekend occurred in a neutral zone at [...]Traffic cops strip hundreds of LED lights from autos
Local August 20, 2018 | 4:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- Traffic and Transport Directorate (DIGESETT) spokesman Rafael Tejeda on Mon. said 761 LED light bars were retained nationwide, in compliance with the National Transport Institute (INTR[...]Jail awaits the Caribbean’s ‘King Midas’ of real estate
Local August 20, 2018 | 3:22 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National District Office of the Prosecutor on Sun. said it seeks the incarceration of businessman Luis José Asilis. Who's charged with tax fraud, forgery and money laundering. [...]Actor ‘weds’ a tree to protest deforestation
People August 20, 2018 | 2:01 pm
Santo Domingo.- Peruvian actor Richard Torres on Sun. "married" a tree in the Dominican capital's Colonial City to draw attention to the "indiscriminate" felling of trees in the country and in the wor[...]Medina to talk about reelection bid in March
Local August 20, 2018 | 1:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina said Sun. night that he will speak about his possible reelection bid in March next year. "The moment of me touching that issue will come, and more now with t[...]North region water supply dwindles as drought speads
Economy August 20, 2018 | 12:54 pm
Santiago.- The drinking water supply due to dwindled reservoirs has forced thousands of families in the North region to buy it from tanker trucks. In some villages residents must pay as much as 50 [...]Sugarcane can be used in aircraft fuel
Economy August 20, 2018 | 12:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- A feasibility study of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with European Union funding suggests that the country request local and international cooperation to acquire[...]