Men march against femicides
Local July 31, 2012 | 3:47 pm
Santo Domingo. - On Tuesday hundreds of men staged a long walk against the wave of violence plaguing the country to raise public awareness about men who commit femicide and for respect of women’s[...]
Senators firm on salary cap; those who oppose can go to court
Local July 31, 2012 | 2:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- Senator Julio Cesar Valentin urged the heads of the decentralized government agencies who oppose the law to create salary caps to challenged it in the Constitutional Court.
He[...]
As femicides spiral, the Government announces a plan
Local July 31, 2012 | 1:03 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government today announced a plan to prevent and eradicate gender violence, whose spiraling increases recent years has triggered alarms among society.
The progra[...]
US$25.0M loan targets a more efficient migration policy
Local July 31, 2012 | 10:16 am
Santo Domingo.- South Korea’s Government will lend Dominican Republic US$25.0 million to make its migration policy more efficient.
The loan payable in 40 years at 0.2% interest will allow t[...]
Tropical wave brings downpours
Local July 31, 2012 | 9:49 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (ONAMET) forecasts downpours with thunderstorms across much of the country from an active tropical wave.
It said the wave over the East region [...]
Salami scandal: Industry leader admits use of chicken scraps
Local July 31, 2012 | 7:57 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- While Public Health minister Bautista Rojas on Monday announced further studies on the quality of salami and affirmed that producers have reliable records, hog farmers warn of furth[...]
Ex big leagues star pitcher was alleged kingpin’s front man, prosecutors say
Local July 31, 2012 | 7:33 am
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.- Former Major League star pitcher Jose Rijo was the front man for alleged drug trafficker Matias Avelino Castro (Joaquin Espinal Almeyda), and had in [...]
Hotel claimed by ex star pitcher tests positive for drugs, Prosecutor
Local July 30, 2012 | 2:41 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry’s Anti-money Laundering Unit revealed Monday that the Las Carelas hotel which ex major league pitcher Jose Rijo says he owns, but seized from the fugitive Mat[...]
US authorities halt Dominican-based scam against stressed homeowners, report
Local July 30, 2012 | 1:43 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Washington DC-based Imperialvalleynews.com reports that at the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted a nationwide scam operating from the Dom[...]
Prominent group questions selection of Supreme Court Justice in transition
Local July 30, 2012 | 12:45 pm
Santo Domingo. - Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) spokesman Servio Tulio Castaños on Monday said president Leonel Fernandez has every right to convene the National Judicial Cou[...]
Demand to name names grows in salami scandal
Local July 30, 2012 | 10:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Business sectors demand a new study on the quality of locally produced salamis, in the wake of Haiti’s suspension of their imports, "because of the mishandled ProConsumidor ([...]
Tropical wave brings downpours early Tuesday
Local July 30, 2012 | 9:22 am
Santo Domingo.- Starting Tuesday morning there’ll be downpours and thunderstorms around the country, the National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecast Monday.
It said a tropical wave locat[...]
Natural gas’ pluses fizzle in just 12 months, users turn skeptic
Local July 30, 2012 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo.- Natural gas’ pluses as cheaper and easy financing for the equipment have evaporated just during the last 12 months, as uncertainty begins to take its toll on many users including [...]
Services held for 6 killed in Santiago collision
Local July 30, 2012 | 7:48 am
Santiago. -Pain and despair reigned over yesterday’s wake for two of the six people who burned to death after their vehicle collided into a power line post.
Services for Mia de los Angeles[...]
Ex Cincinnati Reds star pitcher charged in money laundering, murder case
Local July 30, 2012 | 7:35 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- Former Cincinnati Reds star pitcher Jose Rijo was indicted on charges of money laundering linked to alleged drug trafficker Matias Avelino Castro (Joaquin Almeyda), accused of order[...]
Funglode publishes report on transport system integration
Local July 28, 2012 | 10:48 am
Santo Domingo.– The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode) announced the publication of Carl Allen's "El Metro and the Impacts of Transport System Integration in Santo [...]
Two Dominican fishermen found dead after shipwreck
Local July 28, 2012 | 9:09 am
Santiago, DR.– The bodies of two of the three Dominican fishermen missing since Sunday after going out from a Monte Cristi beach were recovered by Dominican authorities off the coast of Cap Hait[...]
CEMEX selected the country’s best place to work
Local July 27, 2012 | 5:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- For the second consecutive year CEMEX has been selected the "Best Company to Work For" in the Dominican Republic in the category of companies from 300 to 999 employees, ac[...]
Fecal salami scandal stuns Fernandez’s Administration
Local July 27, 2012 | 4:20 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Industry and Commerce on Friday became the third senior official to refute the Consumer Protection Agency’s (ProConsumidor) warning that 15% of the salamis process[...]
US$384M allegedly embezzled in the military will be probed, Prosecutor
Local July 27, 2012 | 12:32 pm
Santo Domingo.- The head of the Justice Ministry’s Anticorruption Dept. (DPCA) on Friday revealed that an investigation has been launched into an alleged embezzlement of RD$15.0 billion (US$384 m[...]