Dominicans sold cocaine in pizza slices busted in Brooklyn
Local May 17, 2013 | 12:18 pm
Santo Domingo.- Two Dominicans were arrested Thursday oncharges of selling cocaine hidden in pizza slices of the chain Papa John's, deliveredto the ??homes of addicts who ordered them.
In a s[...]
Customs nabs Canadian who allegedly smuggled 295,000 euros
Local May 17, 2013 | 11:55 am
Santo Domingo. – The Customs Agency on Friday accused Canadian citizen Christopher Peter Jetter with smuggling 295,000 euros into the country at Punta Cana International Airport, and was charged [...]
Spain busts cocaine rings, nets 13 Dominicans
Local May 17, 2013 | 9:29 am
Barcelona.- Thirteen Dominicans, five Spaniards and fourColombians have been arrested for trafficking cocaine in Barcelona, where 4.5kilos of the drug were also seized, authorities said.
Most[...]
Navy boat heads to war games in St. Lucia
Local May 17, 2013 | 9:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Navy Chief of staff Edwin Dominici on Thursdayannounced that the military branch will take participate in the naval exercise"Tradewinds 2013," to be held in St. Lucia from[...]
Ambassador Yzaguirre gets Dominican Republic’s highest honor
Local May 17, 2013 | 8:09 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government bestowed Thursdaythe Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Medal of Merit on U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre,for his effort to strengthen commercial, political and cultu[...]
Dominican Government uses Army soldiers to violate the law
Local May 17, 2013 | 7:37 am
Santo Domingo.- The Government has decided to violate Santo Domingo’s zoning law by allowing the construction of a pedestrian walk over the seaside boulevard El Malecon, to the point of having de[...]
Education says school year ends June 2; waste not time left
Local May 16, 2013 | 4:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Ministry Education on Thursday identified the regions and districts which have lost the most days of classes and instructed them to comply with the teaching calendar and to tak[...]
Flash flood warnings issued for two eastern provinces
Local May 16, 2013 | 11:00 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet)on Thursday issued flash flood and mudslide warnings for eastern Hato Mayor andEl Seibo provinces, where rivers could crest their banks.
<[...]Authorities bust network that exploited Haitian minors
Local May 16, 2013 | 9:41 am
Santo Domingo. – National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso Thursday morning announced the bust of a trafficking network which exploited Haitian minors, and said the details of its breadt[...]
U.S. agents seize drugs stashed in vehicles from Dom. Rep.
Local May 16, 2013 | 9:12 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Customs and BorderProtection (CBP) officers and special agents of U.S. Immigration and CustomsEnforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), seized a tot[...]
Prosecutors’ eyes on restaurants and bars which discriminate
Local May 16, 2013 | 8:40 am
Santo Domingo. – Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Wednesday ordered his Assistant DAs to identify the restaurants, bars, and clubs which exert discrimination, and follow up with periodic i[...]
Senate taps Balaguer-era official as Ombudsman
Local May 16, 2013 | 8:09 am
Santo Domingo. - The Senate Wednesday night chose former National District prosecutor Zoila Martinez for the newly-created post of Ombudsman, enacted in the Constitution of 2010, with 15 votes of t[...]
Dominican-born Mayor coasts to easy win in Passaic, NJ
Local May 15, 2013 | 10:41 am
Passaic, NJ. - Dominican Republic-born mayor Alex Blanco claimed victory in Monday’s municipal elections to head the city four more years.
Blanco, a physician, easily defeated his compatri[...]
American teacher dies in Santiago traffic accident
Local May 15, 2013 | 10:10 am
Santiago.- American teacher Megan Elisabeth Garven, 30, was killed and four people were hurt in a Tuesday night traffic accident on the Duarte highway across from Santiago’s Hospital Metropolitan[...]
Medina gets report on measures to lower crime
Local May 15, 2013 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo. - President Danilo Medina met Tuesday with the National Public Safety Plan Commission in charge of rendering a report on the measures enacted to coordinate the agencies that will man[...]
Partly cloudy skies, scattered showers
Local May 15, 2013 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo. - The trough over the country continues to dominate Dominican Republic’s weather, with partly cloudy skies from the prevailing east-northeast wind.
The Meteorology Office (On[...]
“Bungled” status of Dominican-Haitians prompts congressional probe
Local May 15, 2013 | 8:01 am
Santo Domingo. – A crisis of such magnitude had been unleashed in Central Electoral Board that it prompted the Chamber of Deputies to announce Tuesday the launch of a probe into the alleged bungl[...]
Two local men whisked off to NYC face drug trafficking charges
Local May 14, 2013 | 5:09 pm
Santo Domingo.- Two alleged drug traffickers wanted in the United States were escorted to Las Americas International Airport Tuesday afternoon and then flown to New York for arraignment in East an[...]
Yet another showbiz figure sent to jail
Local May 14, 2013 | 11:36 am
Santo Domingo.- TV bombshell Venya Carolina on Tuesday became the latest showbiz figure to go to jail, joining the likes of urban music stars Vakero, Omega, and Latin American Idol winner Martha H[...]
Official who touted clean energy now hails coal-fired plants
Local May 14, 2013 | 10:03 am
Santo Domingo.- Despite being one of the Dominican Government’s most outspoken proponents of using alternative fuels, Energy Commission director Enrique Ramirez on Monday hailed the State-owned E[...]