Haiti quake lesson: The Caribbean must boost disaster readiness
Local August 9, 2012 | 8:55 am
Santo Domingo.- Scientists and experts from different countries and European Union and UN representatives on Wednesday called for measures bolster the mitigation of natural disasters in the Caribbe[...]
Fernandez says Dominicans will acknowledge his legacy
Local August 9, 2012 | 7:45 am
LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic.- President Leonel Fernandez said Dominican Republic for the first time has had a government which has managed to combine democracy’s legitimate expression, freedom [...]
Lawmakers keep perks, draw wide rebuke
Local August 9, 2012 | 7:26 am
Santo Domingo.- Lawyers and representatives of civil society organizations yesterday rebuked the deputies for amending on Tuesday the bill on wage caps, by excluding lawmakers from the bans on ben[...]
Three senators slam Congress on legislating for “personal gain”
Local August 8, 2012 | 2:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- Three of Dominican Republic’s most prominent senators Tuesday night called the amendments submitted to the bill Government Wage Regulatory Bill unconstitutional, and predicted its[...]
Dominican National Anthem a big hit in London
Local August 8, 2012 | 1:09 pm
Santo Domingo.- “The Dominican Republic’s National Anthem is a lovely tune. Britain should borrow it for the rest of the Olympic Games," wrote British journalist Gordon Darroch in his Twit[...]
Alleged kingpin Toño Leña enters plea bargaining in Puerto Rico
Local August 8, 2012 | 12:41 pm
LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic.- Alleged kingpin Ramon Antonio del Rosario Source (Toño Leña ), who faces drug trafficking charges in Puerto Rico, began plea bargaining with the authoritie[...]
Energy chief admits US$786.8M debt as sectors eye change after August 16
Local August 8, 2012 | 11:01 am
Santo Domingo.- The CEO of the State-owned Electric utility (CDEEE) on Tuesday acknowledged that the US$786.8 million debt with the power companies is high, but affirmed it would be resolved and on[...]
“Mambo” singer sports cropped pate, calls it prison abuse
Local August 8, 2012 | 10:27 am
Santo Domingo.- “Mambo” music singer Antonio Peter de la Rosa, Omega, said it was an abuse that his locks were cut without his consent at San Pedro Prison, and affirmed that from now on he’ll[...]
Politico sees plot behind call for amnesty for undocumented Haitians
Local August 8, 2012 | 10:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Conservative FNP minority party senior leader Vinicio Castillo yesterday said the suggestion that the Dominican government grant amnesty to hundreds of thousands of Haitians living [...]
Government salaries have “undesirable distortions,” Constitutional chief justice says
Local August 8, 2012 | 9:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Constitutional Court presiding justice Milton Ray Guevara Tuesday night complained that judiciary officials earn paltry wages the same as other important government sectors.
G[...]
Tropical wave brings showers
Local August 8, 2012 | 9:13 am
SANTO DOMINGO. - The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) forecasts thunderstorms and scattered showers with occasional gusts, from a tropical wave moving across the Mona Passage.
It said [...]
Dominican Rep. to access Advanced Passenger Information System
Local August 7, 2012 | 3:49 pm
Santo Domingo.- Foreign minister Carlos Morales will travel to Washington Friday to sign with U.S. Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano, an agreement to bolster air transport security.
<[...]Lawmakers tighten controls over government salaries, except theirs
Local August 7, 2012 | 1:59 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Deputies approved Tuesday the bill to regulate government wages, but exempts the Congress from the regulations of the legislation which president Leonel Fernandez is expected to[...]
Deputies pass law limits government largess, pompous titles
Local August 7, 2012 | 12:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Chamber of Deputies approved legislation on civil service Administration, which limits the number of deputy ministers for each Government agency to “no more than six.”
Posts in City councils to likely stoke opposition party’s standoff
Local August 7, 2012 | 11:16 am
Santo Domingo.- The ruling PLD, as well as the opposition PRD parties will stage nationwide caucuses this week to select the new managers of the City councils on August 16, a process in which the l[...]
High temperatures, scattered showers
Local August 7, 2012 | 10:31 am
Santo Domingo.-The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecasts continuing high temperatures, increasing cloudiness, some scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon for the southeas[...]
Dominican makes the US ‘most wanted’ list on Boston killing
Local August 7, 2012 | 9:10 am
NEW YORK.- The Dominican Peter (Pedro) Castillo, 23, wanted by the authorities in Boston made the US list of most wanted fugitives and figures on the TV program "Americas Most Wanted," wh[...]
More money needed to create Dominican Republic’s own “CSI”
Local August 7, 2012 | 8:46 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Radhames Jimenez on Monday said a lack of funds has halted the creation of the National Police’s Crime Scene Investigation Dept., but hopes it will approved in ne[...]
Natural gas price jumps draw wide rebuke as sectors smell “monopoly”
Local August 7, 2012 | 8:20 am
Santo Domingo.- Rising natural gas prices began to concern wider sectors as yesterday, when Dominican Business Federation (FDC) president Ivan de Jesus Garcia accused the local subsidiary of U.S. b[...]
Investigative journalist stokes sausage row, study confirms poor quality
Local August 7, 2012 | 7:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Two studies disclosed by investigative journalist Nuria Piera confirm the Consumer Protection Agency’s report on the poor quality of salami and other sausages.
Analyzes by [...]