Scattered showers, thunderstorms, except the sunny SE
Local June 13, 2012 | 9:09 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office forecasts scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening for all regions, except the southeast.
It said temperatures wi[...]
More than 304,000 children still work, even in hazardous tasks
Local June 13, 2012 | 8:49 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- After 10 years since the World Against Child Labor Day was established, more than 304,000 Dominican children still perform tasks which deprive them of education, health, leisure and[...]
Altagracia province tops in bogus property deeds, Registry reacts
Local June 13, 2012 | 8:23 am
Santo Domingo.- Eastern La Altagracia province, whose county seat is Higuey, is the most notorious region in cases of bogus property titles, followed by the National District.
Higüey ha[...]
There were “serious” irregularities in the polls, ex candidate tells the OAS
Local June 12, 2012 | 6:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- In the polls won by ruling PLD party candidate Danilo Medina occurred a chain of events that violated the laws, rules and regulations which uphold a participatory democracy, says a [...]
Yzaguirre: US to issue stiffer warning if thefts near airport continue
Local June 12, 2012 | 2:14 pm
Santo Domingo.- U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre said the holdups against U.S. citizens continue near Las Americas Airport (AILA), for which he’ll issue a new and even stronger warning to his compa[...]
Small plane crashes in Santiago farm, 2 injured
Local June 12, 2012 | 1:39 pm
Santo Domingo.- A small plane with an undetermined number of people on board crashed in a farm near the village Los Cadillos, at Licey Arriba, Santiago province, with no injures to passengers or cr[...]
Grenade hits Dominican-born Marine in leg, fails to detonate
Local June 12, 2012 | 12:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- A Dominican-born U.S. Marine owes his life to nothing less than an miracle, when an explosives expert managed to retrieve a live grenade embedded in his thigh.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. [...]
Dominicans of Haitian descent protest alleged denial of nationality rights
Local June 12, 2012 | 12:05 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominicans of Haitian descent on Tuesday protested the Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) decision to revoke their nationality and called for the measure’s repeal, alleging denial [...]
Repairs shutter 2 lanes of the capital’s longest bridge
Local June 12, 2012 | 11:09 am
Santo Domingo.- The Public Works Ministry closed two east-west lanes of the Juan Bosch bridge today, to replace the structure’s rubber and steel-reinforced joints.
It said the measure seek[...]
Opposition party to “shrivel up and die,” DT poll
Local June 12, 2012 | 9:53 am
Santo Domingo.- More than half of DT readers see sweeping changes looming for the opposition PRD party in the heels of a narrow loss in the May 20 elections and stoked by the intense inner struggle[...]
Mostly clear skies, high temps today, some showers Wed.
Local June 12, 2012 | 9:10 am
Santo Domingo.- Clear skies will be the rule for most of the country, but expect increasing cloudiness toward late afternoon, with downpours with thunderstorms over the border provinces.
The [...]
Bogus US$1.0M seized in poor barrio was top quality
Local June 12, 2012 | 8:37 am
Santo Domingo.- The counterfeit US$1.0 million seized by the National Police from the group arrested in the poor National District barrio was of such quality that only a professional in U.S. curren[...]
US$2.5B Baninter bank fraud convict releases on alleged ills
Local June 12, 2012 | 8:10 am
Santo Domingo.- San Cristobal Sentencing judge Jose Medrano on Friday ordered the release of ex banker Marcos Báez Cocco, sentenced to 10 years in prison for the Banco Intercontinental (Banint[...]
Busts deal blow to rings of land title forgers
Local June 12, 2012 | 7:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The 2009 arrest and conviction of members of a gang which swindled the ball player Julio Lugo with a RD$50.0 million land deal in an upscale sector of the capital with forged titles[...]
US agents nab Dominican wanted in Puerto Rico on ID fraud
Local June 11, 2012 | 3:52 pm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested Sunday in Puerto Rico the last individual wanted as part of a large fraudulent identification scheme disrupted la[...]
Probe into alleged plot targeting Haiti’s leader nearly finished
Local June 11, 2012 | 1:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso on Monday said the investigation into Pedro Julio Goico’s (Pepe) alleged plot against Haiti president Michel Martelly is now in [...]
More arrests as metal thieves get terrorist label
Local June 11, 2012 | 12:57 pm
Santo Domingo. - Police agents arrested 12 people from San Juan de la Maguana, La Romana, Santo Domingo West and Constanza, on charges of wire and metal theft, and seized a truck loaded with metal [...]
Overseas deputy’s daughter charged with money laundering, son already jailed
Local June 11, 2012 | 11:42 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) arrested Janney A. Suriel, daughter of the newly elected Overseas deputy Levy Suriel Gomez, on charges of laundering money from drug traffic[...]
Two foreigners nabbed with drugs headed to Canada
Local June 11, 2012 | 10:46 am
Santo Domingo.- The Honduran national Maria Eugenia Acosta and the Canadian of Asian origin Van Thu Vu were arrested last night before boarding a flight to Montreal with a large number of narcotics[...]
Widely scattered showers, high temps continue
Local June 11, 2012 | 10:09 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecasts widely scattered showers for the Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, Central Mountains and border area, from the prevailing east- sou[...]