Dominican authorities repatriate Briton in US$58.0M fraud
Local April 22, 2012 | 11:05 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican authorities repatriated the Briton Michael Brown, who he had been wanted in the United Kingdom since 2008, when he was convicted of a US$58.0 million fraud.
Brown, [...]
Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart talks about science in an unequal world
Local April 21, 2012 | 12:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- Cuban doctor Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart said at his conference in the Santo Domingo 15th International Book Fair that contemporary science does not meet basic human needs due to an ar[...]
Authorities probe murder of Taiwanese diplomat
Local April 21, 2012 | 8:43 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican authorities investigate the murder of a Taiwanese diplomat who was found dead Tuesday at her apartment in Santo Domingo, according to press reports.
The victim was i[...]
The OAS will help the Dominican Government control gun smuggling
Local April 20, 2012 | 5:24 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Organization of American States (OAS) will help the Dominican Government’s ability to control gun smuggling, through the program “Promotion of Firearms Marking in Latin Amer[...]
Mild tremor shakes the Southeast
Local April 20, 2012 | 3:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- A 3.3 magnitude tremor was detected Friday morning by the United States Geodetic Survey (USGS), with its epicenter near the southeastern town of Boca de Yuma.
The agency said[...]
Journalist’s alleged killer is also wanted in Puerto Rico
Local April 20, 2012 | 3:06 pm
Santo Domingo.- Puerto Rico authorities notified Dominican pars that the fugitive Avelino Castro Garcia, wanted in the death of the journalist Wild Silvestre, has two cases pending in the island, o[...]
Group defends embattled journalist Nuria Piera
Local April 20, 2012 | 12:00 pm
SANTO DOMINGO.- The movement Citizens for Democracy urged Dominicans to rally behind the journalist Nuria Piera, who’s the target of an alleged government smear campaign, she since she began repo[...]
Dominican Republic presidential election starts 30-day countdown
Local April 20, 2012 | 11:17 am
Santo Domingo. – With just 30 days till the May 20 presidential elections its organization is more than 90% ready and lack only the details subject to legal terms, such as the printing of the bal[...]
Government agency paid RD$8.46B without affidavits, Hoy reports
Local April 20, 2012 | 9:45 am
Santo Domingo.- The contractors of the State Works Supervising Engineers Office (OISOE) received RD$8.46 billion in payments and advances in 2008 without the required affidavits, says an Accounts C[...]
Widely scattered showers, higher temperatures
Local April 20, 2012 | 8:31 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office forecasts widely scattered showers Friday afternoon and evening, accompanied by thunderstorms for the northeast, southeast, border zone, Central Moun[...]
US, Dominican Justice boost pact to share seized assets
Local April 20, 2012 | 7:23 am
Washington.- US Attorney General Eric Holder and Dominican par Radhamés Jiménez yesterday signed an agreement via which both Governments will share the assets seized from criminal organiz[...]
Senior leader challenges opposition party president on alleged murder plot
Local April 19, 2012 | 12:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- A senior coordinator for opposition PRD party candidate Hipólito Mejia’s presidential campaign today advised the entity’s president Miguel Vargas to clarify the denunciatio[...]
Conditions fizzle presidential candidates’ debate
Local April 19, 2012 | 11:41 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- A lack of consensus has forced the young business leaders grouped in ANJE to cancel the debate between the presidential candidates of the two major political parties.
On Thurs[...]
Six confirmed cholera cases spur Public Health scramble
Local April 19, 2012 | 11:08 am
Santo Domingo.- The Public Health Ministry yesterday confirmed six cases of cholera of 160 tested since last week in the towns of Tamboril and Moca, near Santiago, where its population was advised [...]
US agents whisk off drug trafficking suspect linked to candidates
Local April 19, 2012 | 9:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican authorities early Thursday extradited Oscar Ezequiel Rodriguez Cruz to Massachusetts where he faces drug trafficking charges, said Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) spokesman Ro[...]
Mostly sunny skies, mild temperatures continue
Local April 19, 2012 | 9:23 am
Santo Domingo.- The mostly sunny skies will continue from the high pressure system over the Atlantic coast, but the North, Northeast regions and Central Mountains can expect widely scattered shower[...]
Fine on propane gas swindler gives consumers a rare victory
Local April 19, 2012 | 8:42 am
Santo Domingo.- The country’s consumer rights organizations grouped in LIDACON celebrated a rare victory yesterday, when the Administrative Superior Court upheld a RD$1.2 million fine levied by t[...]
Ballooned budgets add to powerful Senator’s corruption allegations
Local April 19, 2012 | 7:52 am
Santo Domingo.- The State Works Engineer Supervisors Office (Oisoe) ballooned the budgets of at least 39 of the projects it contracted from 2005 to 2008, adding RD$6.5 billion to the original costs[...]
Dominican Republic’s Book Fair kicks off in Santo Domingo
Local April 19, 2012 | 7:14 am
Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez headed the inaugural of the 15th International Book Fair Santo Domingo 2012 in the National Theater Wednesday night, in the Plaza de la Cultura.
Th[...]
Bills set tougher gun controls, trim number of high pay government jobs
Local April 18, 2012 | 11:12 am
Santo Domingo.- The Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday passed a bill which would place stricter control on guns, ammunition, explosives and related materials.
If approved, the legislation propos[...]