Government remains frugal, despite mine contract windfall
Local May 14, 2013 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Despite the extra funds the government will get from the renegotiated Barrick Gold Corp. mining contract, it still needs one more year to cut the fiscal deficit, so austerity measur[...]
Medina seeks Obama’s support to reintegrate deportees
Local May 14, 2013 | 9:07 am
Washington DC, (listin.com.do).- Dominican Ambassador Anibal de Castro on Monday revealed that president Danilo Medina seeks U.S. support to reintegrate deported locals into Dominican society, afte[...]
Senator again warns of “swift rebuke” against Xstrata Nickel mine
Local May 14, 2013 | 8:35 am
Santo Domingo.- La Vega province senator Euclides Sanchez on Tuesday repeated his warning that any attempt by Xstrata Nickel Falcondo to exploit Loma Miranda, “will be met rebuke of unforeseeable[...]
Dominican government watchdog agency “inoperative, politicized”
Local May 14, 2013 | 7:38 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Anticorruption Alliance (Adocco) on Monday called on the members of the Accounts Chamber to resign, describing the watchdog agency as useless, dysfunctional and ineffe[...]
U.S. agents nab Dominican on boat smuggling Brazilians
Local May 13, 2013 | 3:07 pm
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agents, working together with special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland [...]
Government official defends family planning ads, defies Catholic Church
Local May 13, 2013 | 3:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National District Prosecutor on Sunday became the first government official to defy the power of Dominican Republic’s Catholic Church, stating her support for the sexual educ[...]
USAID, National Police launch strategic safety program
Local May 13, 2013 | 2:32 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Police on Monday launched a strategic planning program in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to train 26 colonels and captains and more than[...]
Two hospitals open 11 months after ex President cuts ribbons
Local May 13, 2013 | 12:38 pm
Santiago.- The Public Health Ministry on Monday officially opened two hospitals in the municipal districts of Hato del Yaque and Baitoa, Santiago province, where 11 months ago then president Leonel[...]
Statement from NY Sen. Adriano Espaillat on Assembly Farmworkers vote
Local May 13, 2013 | 12:02 pm
New York. “In recent years, we’ve seen rising consumer interest in the organic and “locavore” movements - and families have a right to know if their produce was grown pesticide-free, or wha[...]
Dominican-born NY lawmaker fights corruption charge like a “cornered cat”
Local May 13, 2013 | 11:32 am
NEW YORK.- Although his name figures on a list along with seven other elected officials probed on alleged fraud by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, NY State Sen. Jose Peralta has yet to deny or cl[...]
Widely scattered showers in the afternoon, evening
Local May 13, 2013 | 10:41 am
Santo Domingo.- A low pressure system over the northern part of the country will cause widely scattered showers and thunderstorms for Monday afternoon and evening, mostly for the southeast, southw[...]
Electoral Board’s public bickering prompts congressional probe
Local May 13, 2013 | 9:39 am
Santo Domingo.- The public bickering among several Central Electoral Board (JCE) members over how the status of more than 22,000 citizens of Haitian descent has been managed concerns many people.
“Venom” document targets Medina’s top aid; Ethics chief
Local May 13, 2013 | 8:32 am
Santo Domingo.- The head of the Government’s Ethics Commission on Sunday revealed a 22-page unsigned document he affirms seeks to discredit Danilo Medina’s administration, specifically targetin[...]
Minor quake shakes east region
Local May 13, 2013 | 6:47 am
Santo Domingo.- A magnitude 3.6 tremor shook the country’s east region local Time 9:49am Sunday at a depth of 125 km., according to Earthquakereport.com.
According to the U.S. Geodetic Surv[...]
Antinarcotics agency president announces new changes
Local May 11, 2013 | 10:19 am
Santo Domingo.– National Drug Control Agency president Rolando Rosado made changes and removals in key positions, including the appointment of new heads of Operations, Northern Regional Division [...]
2 US men rescued by Dominican Navy
Local May 11, 2013 | 9:34 am
Santo Domingo.– Two U.S. men who were sailing from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico have been rescued after their sailboat was disabled, said Navy spokesman Antonio Cabral.
According t[...]
Debit card scam affected Dominican entrepreneurs and artists
Local May 11, 2013 | 9:12 am
Santo Domingo.– The international ring that stole US$45 million in 27 countries through ATM operations, also cloned the cards of businessmen and celebrities from the Dominican Republic, the Natio[...]
City Hall, Dominican government lock horns over “garage “university
Local May 10, 2013 | 4:12 pm
Santo Domingo.- Office State Works Engineers Supervisors (OISOE) director Miguel Pimentel on Thursday reiterated the Government's plan to build a pedestrian walk in front of Caribe University inclu[...]
TV mogul to spend 3 months in jail on battery case(Update)
Local May 10, 2013 | 12:33 pm
Santo Domingo. – TV mogul Francisco Antonio Jorge Elias (Frank) will spend three months in a San Pedro de Macorix jail to await trial on battery charges filed by his wife, Sandra Kurdas.
Th[...]
Delta Intur RD$1.5B bond fraud rocks Dominican Republic
Local May 10, 2013 | 11:27 am
Santo Domingo. - More than 150 families affected by Corporation Delta Intur’s alleged fraudulent bankruptcy cry out for justice to expedite a settlement and state concern that the company's execu[...]
