Energy chief’s “mafia” gaffe likely to backfire
Local July 27, 2012 | 8:21 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- Amid allegations of “rushed” contracts and unexplained halts to major projects, the head of the state-owned Electric Utility (CDEEE) yesterday said "we’ve gone beyond the[...]
Next Dominican President mulls IMF pact
Local July 27, 2012 | 7:43 am
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic.- President elect Danilo Medina wants more technical support from the IMF to advance structural reforms during his term in office, and lay the groundwork to consolida[...]
VOXXI exclusive media partner for DANR’S historic Dominican celebration in Washington
Local July 26, 2012 | 3:36 pm
MIAMI, – VOXXI, the premier site for independent analysis and commentary with a Hispanic focus, announced today that it will be the exclusive media partner for the Dominican American National Rou[...]
Fernandez continues to cut ribbons on works nationwide
Local July 26, 2012 | 3:31 pm
HIGUEY, Dominican Republic.- President Leonel Fernandez on Thursday continued to cut ribbons on public works nationwide, this time in eastern La Altagracia, La Romana, Hato Mayor and San Pedro prov[...]
Hispaniola journalists meet to focus on cross-border reality
Local July 26, 2012 | 12:18 pm
BARAHONA, Dominican Republic.-Haitian and Dominican journalists took part in the workshop "New Perspectives for the Dominican-Haitian reality: more and better journalism" on investigative[...]
Agents seize 3,933 tablets believed to be extasy, arrest two
Local July 26, 2012 | 11:35 am
Santo Domingo.- Antinarcotics agents (DNCD) and Assistant DAs seized 3,933 tablets of what is believed to be extasy in Alma Rosa, where two people were arrested during a raid.
The DNCD identi[...]
Fecal salami flap reveals Fernandez’s inability to muzzle officials
Local July 26, 2012 | 9:39 am
Santo Domingo.- The flap over Consumer Protection Agency’s (Pro Consumidor) finding that as high as 15% of the salamis sold in the country are tainted with fecal coliform bacteria has again unlea[...]
Scattered showers, high temps continue
Local July 26, 2012 | 9:10 am
Santo Domingo.- A trough in the upper atmosphere will dominate Thursday’s weather, with scattered showers mostly in the afternoon.
The National Meteorology Office forecasts some downpours o[...]
Demands for the State University Presidency to come clean snowball
Local July 26, 2012 | 8:15 am
Santo Domingo.- Demands that the Santo Domingo State University (UASD) Presidency’s disclose the entity’s payroll have snowballed this week, as the institution plunges into its worst financial [...]
Congress mulls bill to fix lopsided wage scales
Local July 26, 2012 | 7:49 am
Santo Domingo.- According to the bill now in Congress to regulate civil servant salaries authored by the Public Administration Ministry, the heads of the three branches of the government would earn[...]
No jailhouse rock for Dominican pop stars in lockup
Local July 25, 2012 | 5:19 pm
Santo Domingo.- Tipped off that several artists being held in prisons had plans to perform concerts, Justice minister Radhames Jimenez on Wednesday banned festivities by inmates in all holding faci[...]
Fernandez lauds scrappy official in salami, propane and credit card rows
Local July 25, 2012 | 1:32 pm
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez on Wednesday threw his support behind Consumer Protection Agency director Altagracia Paulino, who within 24 hours has confronted meat processors on taint[...]
Dominican Government bows to pressure; fecal salamis still for sale
Local July 25, 2012 | 12:18 pm
Santo Domingo.- Consumer Protection agency director Altagracia Paulino, bowing to pressure from local meat processing companies, reneged on her pledge to disclose the names of the salami brands ana[...]
Ruling party deputy warns of growing protests to halt Falconbridge Xtrata mine
Local July 25, 2012 | 11:27 am
Santo Domingo.- A deputy of Dominican Republic’s ruling PLD party on Wednesday joined the growing sectors who warn of social unrest if the miner Falconbridge Xtrata tries to start exploitation fo[...]
Eleven locals charged with US$19.0M tax fraud, drug trafficking in Alaska
Local July 25, 2012 | 10:32 am
NEW YORK.- Eleven Dominicans, nine men and two women, were charged by federal prosecutors in Anchorage, Alaska of defrauding the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) out of US$19.0 million and drug [...]
Los Angeles area law enforcers seek bipolar Dominican mom fled with 2 boys
Local July 25, 2012 | 10:14 am
Santo Domingo.- The Carson County Sheriff’s Office and other Southern California law enforcers conduct a massive search for Dominican Republic national Rachel Ann Guerrero, 30, who fled with her [...]
HIV medicines help control transmission of virus
Local July 25, 2012 | 9:51 am
International AIDS specialists gather in Washington, DC to develop a road map for continued research and to find a cure for HIV. Over 25,000 scientists, activists, people living with HIV and other[...]
Cardinal favors saving girl’s life in abortion dilemma
Local July 25, 2012 | 9:44 am
Santo Domingo.- “Everything possible to save the girl should be done, without the need to perform a direct abortion," Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez said yesterday, referring to a[...]
Scattered showers, high temperatures will continue
Local July 25, 2012 | 9:09 am
Santo Domingo.- A tropical wave southwest of Haiti moving away from the country and a trough north of the island will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms for the Northeast, Southeast, Central[...]
Pop star gets 3 months in jail on repeated battery charges
Local July 25, 2012 | 7:59 am
Santo Domingo.-A National District judge sent urban music star Antonio Piter de la Rosa (Omega) to spend three months in the San Pedro de Macoris (east) jail, to await trial on charges of repeated [...]