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[...]