Bizarre Government wages: Banks chief makes more than Barack Obama
Local May 29, 2012 | 8:18 am
Santo Domingo. – There are Government officials who make 8 times as much as a colleague of the same category, a severe distortion of salary scales long recognized in the public sector.
The[...]
Dominican Government threatens to disarm the population again
Local May 29, 2012 | 7:52 am
Santo Domingo.- The Interior and Police Ministry on Monday again threatened to “disarm the population” and announced a protocol to launch the process gradually, aimed at controlling the country[...]
Major opposition party edges closer to a chasm
Local May 29, 2012 | 7:28 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s major opposition party (PRD) edge closer to a chasm on Monday when ex president and former candidate Hipólito Mejía’s supporters ratcheted their d[...]
Posh mall shoppers watch shooting death in horror(Update)
Local May 28, 2012 | 6:30 pm
SANTO DOMINGO. – A large group of people including many children watched in horror as a man opened fire on another and shot him six times in the second floor food court of Dominican Republic’s [...]
“I’ll call you,” president elect tells the press
Local May 28, 2012 | 4:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- president elect informed Danilo Medina is mimicking his soon to be predecessor Leonel Fernandez, telling the press that he has nothing to announce thus far, since he’s concentrati[...]
Now everyone seeks Medina, spokesman says
Local May 28, 2012 | 2:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- President elect Danilo Medina spokesmen Roberto Rodriguez Monday affirmed there are sectors who want to beat him at “wrist wrestling” during the transition period and ignore hi[...]
Now everyone seeks Medina, spokesman says
Local May 28, 2012 | 2:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- President elect Danilo Medina spokesmen Roberto Rodriguez Monday affirmed there are sectors who want to beat him at “wrist wrestling” during the transition period and ignore hi[...]
Electoral Board officially declares Medina president-elect
Local May 28, 2012 | 2:23 pm
Santo Domingo.- Central Electoral Board (JCE) resolution 30 issued Monday officially declares ruling PLD party ticket Danilo Medina, President and Margarita Cedeño Vice president elect, on the[...]
Anti-Corruption Alliance questions cost of superior courts’ rulings
Local May 28, 2012 | 11:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Anti-Corruption Alliance (ADOCCO) coordinator Julio Cesar de la Rosa today asked president elect Danilo Medina to review the Constitutional relevance of the high courts, b[...]
The “country’s owners” want a piece of the opposition party
Local May 28, 2012 | 10:59 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- The powerful groups of bus owners Conatra and Fenatrano (CNT) have entered the fray for control of Dominican Republic’s major opposition party in the heels of defeat in the May 20[...]
Hot and humid natiowide
Local May 28, 2012 | 9:47 am
Santo Domingo.- the National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecasts low probabilities of rain over the national territory during the next three days, from a high pressure system.
In its Monday[...]
Grenade blast kills ex seargeant, minor
Local May 28, 2012 | 7:28 am
Villa Altagracia, Dominican Republic.- A teen and a man who was manipulating a grenade died from the blast in that central town at 12 noon yesterday.
The tragedy occurred in a yard of the sec[...]
As merchants disagree on price hikes consumer chiefs says “denounce”
Local May 28, 2012 | 7:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Merchants consulted in the capital markets yesterday disagree with denunciations from various sectors of organized commerce that staple products cost more after the May 20 elections[...]
Control over opposition party faces crucial week
Local May 28, 2012 | 6:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s biggest opposition party (PRD) faces a decisive week on its immediate future as today 19 of its 25 vice presidents and movement leaders called for prudence an[...]
Agents arrest drug trafficker wanted for murder
Local May 26, 2012 | 8:59 am
Santo Domingo.– Drugs Control (DNCD) agents arrested during a raid in West Santo Domingo a man with cocaine, who was wanted for murder. Omar Alcantara, 23, better know as El Don, was arrested am[...]
Opposition party leaders maneuver as pitched battles loom
Local May 25, 2012 | 2:39 pm
Santo Domingo.- Opposition PRD party president Miguel Vargas has opted to keep mum on mounting calls for him to step down, in the heels of Sunday’s election lost by its ex presidential candidate [...]
Canadian investments since 1954 top US$4.14B
Local May 25, 2012 | 2:11 pm
BONAO, Dominican Republic. - The Dominican embassy in Canada said Friday that since relations between both countries began in 1954 that country has become one of Dominican Republic’s three top pa[...]
Widow demands Government compliance 18 years after professor vanished
Local May 25, 2012 | 12:12 pm
Santo Domingo.- To mark the 18th anniversary of university professor and journalist Narciso Gonzalez’s (Narcisazo) disappearance, relatives and friends attended a memorial in the Santo Domingo St[...]
Two mild quakes shake the country
Local May 25, 2012 | 11:23 am
Santo Domingo. - Dominican Republic felt two 3.8 and 3.1 magnitude tremors 5:02am today, the first of which the US Geodetic Survey placed the epicenter around 102 kilometers northeast of Samaná[...]
Justice chief’s moot resignation averts being “petrified” in post
Local May 25, 2012 | 10:20 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Radhamés Jiménez Thursday said he submitted his resignation effective August 16 on “a particular and very personal” decision, but noted that officials[...]