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 [...]
Tainted salami makers face jail, Health chief warns
Local July 25, 2012 | 7:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Public Health minister Bautista Rojas on Tuesday announced he awaits the Consumer Protection Agency’s study revealing that 97% of the salamis doesn’t meet the minimum percentage[...]
The government, industries square off on tainted salami flap
Local July 24, 2012 | 10:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Consumer Protection Institute (Pro Cunsumidor) on Tuesday vowed to name the salami brands it affirms containing fecal coliform and other contaminants which pose a health threat,[...]
Propane gas stations announce shutdown over mixture dispute
Local July 24, 2012 | 8:44 pm
Santo Domingo.- All propane gas stations will shut sales starting 6am Wednesday over a dispute with the fuel’s Metrology Rules, the Propane Gas Dealers Association announced Tuesday.
The or[...]
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SAMANA TRAVELERS
Local July 24, 2012 | 5:09 pm
DT readers caution that at the exit of Samana highway, coming from the capital, policemen arrest foreigners.
Although everything is in order, papers, insurance, belt, they find an excuse to [...]
Alleged top hacker sent to prison to await trial
Local July 24, 2012 | 3:55 pm
Santo Domingo. – At least eight police agents on Tuesday afternoon escorted Jose A. Gomez Canaan (Jochy) to Najayo prison, where he’ll be held during three months to await trial.
Judge Jo[...]
Fernandez unveils RD$319.0M bridge town awaited 20 years
Local July 24, 2012 | 2:48 pm
BAITOA, Dominican Republic.- President Leonel Fernandez on Tuesday cut the ribbon for the bridge over the North Yaque River which links the town of Baitoa with the municipality Sabana Iglesia, a st[...]
15% of salamis contain fecal coliform, Consumer Agency warns
Local July 24, 2012 | 1:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- Consumer Protection Agency (Proconsumidor) director Altagracia Paulino on disclosed a study Tuesday which found 97% of salamis produced in the country lack the required nutrients an[...]
Dominican Republic’s opposition party stokes its row in Congress
Local July 24, 2012 | 12:47 pm
SANTO DOMINGO. - Dominican Republic’s opposition party on Tuesday escalated its months-long inner struggle when its two factions held separate elections to choose its spokesperson in the Chamber [...]