Dominican Republic’s highest court rules on two major cases today
Local April 17, 2013 | 7:39 am
Santo Domingo.- The Supreme Court is expected to hand down two key rulings in as many cases today Wednesday, starting with the Criminal Chamber’s decision on the appeal filed against former Domin[...]
Top comedians inject humor in U.S. Consulate’s anti-fraud campaign
Local April 16, 2013 | 3:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- The U.S. Embassy’s Consular Section on Tuesday launched its anti-fraud campaign "Watch out for that toad" featuring the country’s top comedians, Raymond Pozo and Migue[...]
Senator Espaillat condemns lawmaker’s immigration remarks
Local April 16, 2013 | 2:50 pm
New York.- Congressman Steven King is cynically exploiting a national tragedy to sabotage the best chance at immigration reform we’ve seen in decades, and keep millions of patriotic immigrants fr[...]
Medina sends condolences to president Obama, the American people
Local April 16, 2013 | 2:44 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina, on behalf of the government and the Dominican people, on Tuesday sent condolences to U.S. president Barack Obama and the American people, one day after the [...]
Robbers shoot and kill man in upscale sector(Update2)
Local April 16, 2013 | 2:31 pm
Santo Domingo.- A construction worker was shot and killed in a daylight robbery around 11:30am Tuesday in the exclusive sector of Bella Vista, where investigators seek clues to the whereabouts of a[...]
Prosecutors want more time in case against airline owner, 16 others
Local April 16, 2013 | 11:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The National District Office of the Prosecutor on Tuesday asked a Santo Domingo court to declare complex the case against 16 people, including Carib-Air airline owner Rafael Rosado,[...]
Two men arrested with 20,000 extasy pills headed to New York City
Local April 16, 2013 | 10:53 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) on Tuesday announced the arrest of two men trying to smuggle 20,000 extasy pills to New York City.
The detainees Jefry Alexander Pe&#[...]
Widely scattered showers; water rationing advisory continues
Local April 16, 2013 | 10:09 am
Santo Domingo.- The east -southeast wind and a high pressure system will bring widely scattered showers over the Northeast, Southeast and Central Mountains, the National Meteorological Office (Onam[...]
“Garage” university’s lack of parking puts students at risk
Local April 16, 2013 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Caribe (Unicaribe), one of several “garage universities,” runs the risk of being shuttered for failing to build parking facilities for its students, and failure to comply with [...]
Terror convict of Dominican parents gets 20 years in prison, EFE
Local April 16, 2013 | 8:51 am
New York.- Two Americans, one of Dominican origin, were sentenced Monday to long prison terms for conspiring to travel to Somalia to join an Islamic terrorist group and assassinate their rivals, EF[...]
High Court to decide on Bahia de las Aguilas fraud case on Wednesday
Local April 16, 2013 | 8:18 am
Santo Domingo.- The Supreme Court on Wednesday will announce whether to indict former Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD) director Jaime Rodriguez Guzman, a brother and his wife, the main defendant[...]
Americans linked to major drug bust in swankiest Dominican resort
Local April 16, 2013 | 7:37 am
Santo Domingo.-The authorities seized several villas in the exclusive resort Casa de Campo, La Romana (east) over the weekend, during an operation in which more than US$3.3 million belonging to wea[...]
Country’s “owners” would strike unless given subway’s bus routes
Local April 15, 2013 | 12:48 pm
Santo Domingo. –Just one week after the government cut the ribbon on Santo Domingo’s second subway (Metro2) line, the heads of the biggest bus owners associations o Monday threatened to halt tr[...]
Dominican leader congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro
Local April 15, 2013 | 12:06 pm
Santo Domingo. - President Danilo Medina on Monday congratulated Venezuela counterpart Nicolas Maduro’s win in that country’s presidential elections held Sunday.
The Dominican leader said[...]
US$3.7M seized in Dominican Republic’s most famous resort(Update)
Local April 15, 2013 | 11:12 am
Santo Domingo. - National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) president Rolando Rosado said the money was seized from Fausto Severino Marte, a former member of the Dominican Navy, and current head of the N[...]
Widely scattered showers, high temps continue
Local April 15, 2013 | 10:14 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecasts widely scattered showers from a high pressure system over the North Atlantic and the humidity dragged by the prevailing east -sout[...]
Dominican Republic Immigration chief is fed up with NGOs
Local April 15, 2013 | 9:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Immigration Agency director Jose R. Taveras on Sunday said Dominican Republic should put an end to the constant cases in the Inter-American Human Rights Court and the Human Rights C[...]
Children of Haitians arrived at the National Palace
Local April 13, 2013 | 7:15 am
Santo Domingo.– Dominicans of Haitian origin, who started last Thursday a walk from San Pedro de Macoris to the capital, arrived Friday at the National Palace to demand inclusion in the Dominican[...]
Maternal mortality stands at 102 per 100,000 live births
Local April 13, 2013 | 6:30 am
Santo Domingo.– The maternal mortality rate in the country stands at 102 deaths per 100,000 births, according to the Dominican Obstetrics and Gynecology Society [...]
Remnants of Quirino Paulino’s ring brought drug from Venezuela
Local April 13, 2013 | 12:59 am
Santo Domingo.– National Drugs Control (DNCD) president Rolando Rosado revealed yesterday that the drugs seized Thursday morning in La Malena in Boca Chica belonged to the remnants of the ring he[...]
