As agencies relish a US$30.0M planned fix, the Colonial Zone withers
Local July 20, 2012 | 9:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Everyone talks about the US$30.0 million "Comprehensive, Strategic Revitalization Plan" in the Colonial Zone -from street vendors to the heads of various public and privat[...]
Traffickers wage bloody war for extradited kingpin’s turf
Local July 20, 2012 | 8:54 am
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.- Two suspected drug traffickers wage an all out war for the East region "vacancy" left by alleged kingpin Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente ‘Toño [...]
Showers, not as hot Friday and Saturday
Local July 20, 2012 | 8:26 am
Santo Domingo.- A tropical wave and a trough over eastern Cuba will bring showers this weekend for all regions except the Northwest.
The Meteorology Office forecasts that the prevailing east [...]
Immigration law based on racial profiling, “ridiculous,” official says
Local July 20, 2012 | 8:09 am
Santo Domingo.- Foreign Minister Carlos Morales on Thursday called the statement that Dominican Republic enforces its immigration law based on racial or language profiling, “ridiculous.”
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Bill would impose sweeping changes over alcohol sales
Local July 20, 2012 | 7:44 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Executive Branch sent the Alcohol Sale, Control, Supply and Consumption bill to the Senate, which imposes sweeping changes on businesses including those in tourism regions, whic[...]
Alleged hacker gets 3 months in jail to await trial
Local July 19, 2012 | 3:41 pm
SANTO DOMINGO. – A National District judge on Thursday sent alleged ID thief and hacker Jose A. Gomez (Jochy) to spend three months in Najayo prison to await trial, as the Office of the Prosecuto[...]
Police seize 4 assault rifles, arrest 3
Local July 19, 2012 | 2:48 pm
Santo Domingo.-The National Police seized several guns in a house in Santo Domingo East, where three people were also detained Thursday afternoon.
Implements to handle controlled substances w[...]
Surgeons perform Dominican Republic’s 1st heart transplant
Local July 19, 2012 | 11:56 am
SANTO DOMINGO .- Dominican Republic medicine reached a milestone a Wednesday when team of surgeons conducted the first heart transplant in the Cedimat medical center, its director Julio A. Casta[...]
Major Dominican daily denies Anonymous cyber attack
Local July 19, 2012 | 11:21 am
Santo Domingo.- One of Dominican Republic’s major newspapers on Thursday denied being the target of hacking by the group Anonymous Do on Wednesday, in an attack which also affected the oldest dai[...]
Scattered showers Thursday and Friday
Local July 19, 2012 | 10:00 am
SANTO DOMINGO.-The National Meteorology Office (ONAMET) forecasts increasing cloudiness and scattered showers Thursday afternoon and early evening.
It said the showers would be accompanied by[...]
Cardinal says if guilty, priest charged with raping a minor must pay
Local July 19, 2012 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo.- Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez yesterday said if the priest charged with raping a minor is found guilty he must suffer the consequences and will be banned from exercising[...]
Haitian priest says Haitians should beg forgiveness for Dominican occupation
Local July 19, 2012 | 8:00 am
Santo Domingo.- Nearly 170 years after Dominican Republic severed its chains of Haitian domination, a priest from country believes that his countrymen "should get down on its knees and apolo[...]
More than 40 call for tenders suspended in 4 years, official
Local July 19, 2012 | 7:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Government Purchasing Office Director Eric Hazim yesterday revealed that the materialization of more than 40 call for tenders have been suspended in the last four years for failing [...]
Anonymous group says it hacked two major Dominican websites
Local July 18, 2012 | 5:50 pm
SANTO DOMINGO. - The group Anonymous-Dominican has taken credit for the outage of the websites of two of the country’s leading newspapers for allegedly favoring the government.
According to[...]
Police arrest one of feared Eastern Cartel’s hired killers
Local July 18, 2012 | 1:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Police Spokesman announced Wednesday the arrest of a man who belongs to an alleged gang of hired killers, after an assault on a merchant and his driver on San Isidro highway, Sa[...]
Export of stolen metal makes more than coffee, official says
Local July 18, 2012 | 12:23 pm
Santo Domingo.- The head of Dominican Republic’s Export and Investment Center (CEI-RD) urged regulation of metals and cable exports to curt the thefts he called barbaric, and revealed that the i[...]
Scattered showers, but the heat continues
Local July 18, 2012 | 10:12 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) predicts widely scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly for the Northeast, Southeast, Central Mountains and border area.
It sai[...]
Parasites ravage the electricity sector, block investments
Local July 18, 2012 | 9:55 am
Santo Domingo.- Parasites still cling to a number of elements that make it impossible for the electricity sector to achieve a 24 hour-service and as collateral damage have spurred a halt to investm[...]
Dom. Rep. takes Aussie tobacco law to court, Reuters(Update)
Local July 18, 2012 | 9:10 am
Santo Domingo.- A complaint has been filed at the World Trade Organization by Dominican Republic against Australia's tobacco packaging laws, the WTO said in a statement on Wednesday quoted be Reute[...]
US-Puerto Rico agents arrest local man on repeated illegal entry
Local July 18, 2012 | 8:48 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agents filed a criminal complaint today against an undocumented alien from the Dominican Republic for illegally reentering the [...]