UNIBE and Florida International University graduate 30 professionals
Local September 29, 2012 | 12:56 pm
Santo Domingo.– Thirty professionals from different fields graduated from the Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) degree, conducted jointly by the Universidad Iberoamericana (UN[...]
Agents arrest airline owner Rafael Rosado
Local September 29, 2012 | 10:57 am
Santo Domingo.– The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) arrested Rafael Rosado, Owner & CEO of CaribAir, who is under investigation due to a plane crash involving a twin-engine aircraft [...]
National Literacy Program has 3,800 volunteers so far
Local September 29, 2012 | 9:31 am
Santo Domingo.– Some 3,800 applications from potential volunteers hoping to participate in the National Literacy Plan have been received by the Education Ministry, following the President Danilo [...]
Twelve hurt as truck hits bus in busy corner (Update)
Local September 28, 2012 | 4:23 pm
Santo Domingo.- The accident on the intersection of 27 de Febrero Av. corner of Josefa Brea St left 12 people hurt, two seriously, new reports say, while several outlets still affirm that four peop[...]
Self-pensioned senior official caves to pressure, gives it up
Local September 28, 2012 | 12:32 pm
Santo Domingo.- Bowing to mounting pressure, General comptroller Haivanjoe Ng Cortiñas Friday said he’ll desist from collecting his self-awarded pension of RD$651,000 monthly from the Banks [...]
Dominican Republic opposition party rift rocks NYC streets
Local September 28, 2012 | 11:11 am
NEW YORK- Capping months of infighting, around 50 New York Police officers from three uptown precincts had to break up a protest Thursday night against Miguel Vargas Maldonado, president of Domini[...]
Top official hums familiar tune: halt inmate benefits
Local September 28, 2012 | 10:13 am
Domingo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Domínguez on Friday ordered the removal of air conditioners and other privileges in the country's prisons, an announcement top officials make from [...]
Tropical wave brings showers
Local September 28, 2012 | 8:26 am
Santo Domingo.- For the rest of today and part of tomorrow the National Meteorological Office (Onamet) forecasts scattered showers from a tropical wave lingering over the western portion of the is[...]
Twin-engine plane crash in Central Mountains kills two
Local September 28, 2012 | 8:07 am
CONSTANZA, Dominican Republic.- Two people died when a twin-engine plane crashed at La Cumbre, eight miles east of Constanza (central), from where it had taken off in on a domestic flight to the La[...]
Dom. Rep. ranks 8th at most risk from climate change
Local September 28, 2012 | 7:49 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic ranks 8th among 177 nations at most risk from the affects of climate change, says a study by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released Thursd[...]
Dozens injured in Barrick Gold Dominican Republic protest
Local September 28, 2012 | 7:18 am
COTUI, Dominican Republic.- At least 25 people were injured Thursday by shotgun pellets in the vilage of La Cabirma amid exchange of gunfire between police and protesters who demanded that the min[...]
BrowardBulldog.org: Dom. Rep. resort scam linked to GOP donor
Local September 27, 2012 | 3:52 pm
Article by Dan Christensen, of BrowardBulldog.org
Two figures at the center of an alleged $164 million real estate scam marketed out of South Florida have been indicted by a federal grand jur[...]
Self-pension scandal explodes, opens can of worms
Local September 27, 2012 | 3:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- The woes of the self-pensioned ex Banks superintendent Haivanjoe Ng exploded Thursday, when three senators and ruling PLD party colleagues asked president Danilo Medina to revoke it[...]
Surprsing move: Top prosecutor to go after beleaguered senator
Local September 27, 2012 | 11:44 am
Santo Domingo.- In a surprising move, Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to review the corruption charges against senator Felix Bautista, noting that they cou[...]
Dominican woman arrested in murder rocked Puerto Rico
Local September 27, 2012 | 10:03 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Early Wednesday morning US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a woman wanted by the Puerto Rico Police Department as the main suspect of a very public homi[...]
Official says he deserves self-approved hefty pension
Local September 27, 2012 | 9:46 am
Santo Domingo.- Former Banks superintendent Haivanjoe NG Cortiñas on Wednesday justified the pension he himself approved before being removed from the post.
As to deputy Francisco Matos[...]
Scattered showers continue from tropical wave
Local September 27, 2012 | 8:38 am
Santo Domingo.- The showers will continue today from a tropical wave moving westward over the Windward Passage and the humidity over Dominican territory.
The Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts[...]
High Court ruling reveals slew of lawmakers’ “advisers”
Local September 27, 2012 | 8:22 am
Santo Domingo.- In compliance with the Constitutional Court ruling to provide the list of advisers to any citizen who requests it, the Chamber of Deputies released their names, their work and thei[...]
Three daylight gangland killings within 1 week
Local September 27, 2012 | 7:58 am
Santo Domingo.- In broad daylight, at least three gangland style executions have occurred in less than one week.
Two men were found shot to death Saturday inside an SUV parked near the villa[...]
Self-pension stirs Dominican Government’s 2nd corruption scandal
Local September 26, 2012 | 12:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- A ruling party lawmaker Wednesday affirmed that current Comptroller Office director Ivanhoe Ng Cortinas pensioned himself with RD$650,000 per month at 12pm on August 1, alleging he [...]