Beer, rum, tobacco sales fall locally, exports jump
Local July 24, 2012 | 7:46 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- Beer consumption fell 2.7% in the first four months compared to the same year ago period, from 5.9 million liters to 5.7 million liters, or 163,335 lower.
Beer consumption la[...]
Probe of alleged plot against Haiti president concluded, DA
Local July 23, 2012 | 2:51 pm
Santiago. - National District prosecutor Yenni B. Reynoso on Monday revealed that the investigation into ex coronel Pedro Julio –Pepe- Goico’s alleged plot against Haiti president Michel Martel[...]
DA vows to throw the book at pop singer charged with battery
Local July 23, 2012 | 12:49 pm
SANTO DOMINGO.- The National District prosecutor announced Monday she’ll request popular singer Antonio Peter de la Rosa’s (Omega) incarceration this afternoon and warned she’ll continue to b[...]
Dominican kingpin ran powerful drug gang from jail, Feds
Local July 23, 2012 | 11:31 am
NEW YORK.- Massachusetts federal prosecutors accused the notorious 33-year-old Dominican kingpin Juan Guzman (White Boy / Muchacho Blanco Boy) of heading a powerful drugs gang which earns millions [...]
Lawyer says tickets prove ex president didn’t fly with Sinaloa Cartel pilot
Local July 23, 2012 | 10:33 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- The lawyer Julio Cury presented airline tickets which allegedly prove that ex president Hipolito Mejía, his son Felipe and personal aide general Carlos Diaz Morfa flew to Culia[...]
The country’s 1st heart transplant patient doing well
Local July 23, 2012 | 9:48 am
Santo Domingo.- The 22 year-old woman subjected to a heart transplant Wednesday at the Cedimat General Hospital remains stable guarded condition.
According a hospital statement issued Sunday,[...]
Xstrata Nickel: We’ll counter baseless claims
Local July 23, 2012 | 9:06 am
Santo Domingo.- Xstrata Nickel CEO RD Antonio Garcia said the mining company will start a media campaign this week to explain its ferronickel project in Loma Miranda, La Vega (central). "We’[...]
High waves, winds alerts issued for all coasts
Local July 23, 2012 | 9:05 am
Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) issued a high waves and winds alert for the entire Atlantic coast from Manzanillo to Capo Engaño, and on from there to Pedernales on the C[...]
Opposition party takes internal row to the Chamber of Deputies
Local July 23, 2012 | 9:04 am
Santo Domingo.- The deputies of the opposition PRD party faction headed by its president Miguel Vargas support the current spokesman in the lower Chamber Rudy Gonzalez to remain in the post for ano[...]
The country has more brothels than schools, senior prelate says
Local July 23, 2012 | 9:03 am
Santo Domingo.- Catholic Youth Ministry coordinator Luis Rosario on Saturday said the country has more brothels than schools and urges the authorities to review the sexual orientation programs for [...]
Government appeals ruling on Haitian-Dominicans nationality row
Local July 23, 2012 | 9:02 am
Santo Domingo.- The Central Electoral Board (JCE) appealed the El Seibo province Civil Court’s ruling ordered him to issue the ID (cedula) cards to more than 100 Dominicans of Haitian descent.
Fernandez calls for evaluation of policies against femicide
Local July 21, 2012 | 9:47 am
Santo Domingo.– President Leonel Fernandez condenmed Friday the wave of femicides in the country and he suggested, if necessary, to reassess and make amendments to policies, in order to prevent t[...]
Police clash with student protesters, three wounded
Local July 21, 2012 | 9:20 am
Santo Domingo.– The protests that went on yesterday in the central campus of the Santo Domingo State University’s (UASD) left three wounded, an SUV on fire and several vehicles partially damag[...]
Couple sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing Belgian
Local July 21, 2012 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo.– A Dominican court sentenced a man and woman to 30 years in prison for killing a Belgian retiree who had moved to the country.
According to prosecutors, it was the maxi[...]
Bombshell, major opposition party’s president was offered VP spot
Local July 20, 2012 | 2:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- Nothing short of a bombshell is the revelation Thursday from the president of Dominican Republic’s major opposition PRD party, that he had refused Danilo Medina’s offer to be hi[...]
Haitians don’t need forgiveness from Dominicans, as countryman priest says
Local July 20, 2012 | 1:55 pm
SANTO DOMINGO.- Leaders and members of the Haitian community Friday rejected claims by Haitian priest Francis Haver, who affirmed Wednesday his countrymen should apologize to Dominicans for subject[...]
Dominican Government officials dealt a salary slash
Local July 20, 2012 | 11:13 am
Santo Domingo.- President elect Danilo Medina will have a salary cap of RD$400,000 (around US$10,000) per month, a figure no other Administration official can exceed, including expenses, and other[...]
Notorious pop singer “Omega” sought by Police again
Local July 20, 2012 | 9:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Notorious pop singer Peter de la Rosa’s “Omega” legal woes took a turn for the worse Friday when the Police warned him twice to surrender, to face yet another charge that he b[...]
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 [...]