The Police continues “putting down” gangsters
Local January 16, 2013 | 8:24 am
Santo Domingo- A Police patrol late Tuesday afternoon shot and killed alleged drug trafficker Junior Minaya "Gilbert," presumed ringleader of a gang that killed four members of a rival g[...]
Ousted former president lashes out at the Dominican government
Local January 16, 2013 | 7:41 am
Santo Domingo.- Former president Hipolito Mejia on Tuesday said it’s impossible for Miguel Vargas, president of Dominican Republic’s opposition PRD party, to expel him from the organization le[...]
Military chief warns members on unjustified “bonanzas”
Local January 15, 2013 | 12:18 pm
Santo Domingo.- Armed Forces minister Sigfrido Pared warned Tuesday that any of its members who can’t justify their properties will be drummed out of the service.
"We will remove any [...]
Feisty Senator again says ex President is linked to drug cartel
Local January 15, 2013 | 11:44 am
Santo Domingo.- Senator Wilton Guerrero, prior to testimony before the Supreme Court, said there’s no way he’ll reconcile with former president Hipolito Mejia.
The embattled legislator re[...]
Ousted ex President to defy opposition party’s purge
Local January 15, 2013 | 11:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Dozens of opposition PRD party leaders who support former president Hipolito Mejia are meeting at the José Francisco Peña Gómez Institute, prior to a press conference[...]
Motorists beware; floating bridge across Ozama river to close for 2 hours
Local January 15, 2013 | 10:46 am
Santo Domingo.- The Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet) announced the closing for maintenance during two hours of the floating bridge, Avenida del Puerto, on the Ozama River.
Amet’s anno[...]
Widely scattered showers, mild temps, rough Atlantic surf continue
Local January 15, 2013 | 8:47 am
Santo Domingo.- A trough over the Windward Channel and a northeast wind will bring widely scattered showers to the North, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Central regions, the Meteorology Office[...]
A first: Protestant churches will soon conduct marriages
Local January 15, 2013 | 8:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Central Electoral Board (JCE) The chairman Roberto Rosario on Monday revealed advances to enact Law 198-11 which empowers Dominican Republic’s Protestant churches to formalize mar[...]
Retired general wanted by the U.S. on drug charges wants accusers’ names
Local January 15, 2013 | 7:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Former National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) chief of operations Francisco Hiraldo Guerrero on Monday asked the Supreme Court Justices to demand that the United States, which wants h[...]
Purge in Dominican Republic’s opposition party seals split
Local January 15, 2013 | 7:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Former Dominican Republic president Hipolito Mejia was expelled Monday during the disciplinary hearing of the opposition PRD party together with another senior leader, a measure li[...]
Just four days after major drug haul, U.S., Dominican agents do it again
Local January 14, 2013 | 5:33 pm
Santo Domingo.- Just one week after an almost identical bust, Dominican Republic’s antinarcotics authorities, helped by three U.S. agencies, foiled another drop-off at Ocoa Bay (south) by a coca[...]
Pop star jailed for allegedly beating Latin American Idol
Local January 14, 2013 | 4:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- Urban music singer Manuel Baret (Vakero) was arrested Monday afternoon by the Justice Ministry’s Gender Violence Unit, after he appeared for interrogation on a assault complaint f[...]
Alleged “Cibao Cartel” head agrees to U.S. extradition
Local January 14, 2013 | 1:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- The alleged head of the "Cibao Cartel", Ivan Miguel Tineo on Monday agreed to voluntary extradition to face drug trafficking and other charges in a U.S. court.
As t[...]
Agents arrest fugitive wanted in New York on drug charges
Local January 14, 2013 | 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) said Monday it arrested a suspected drug trafficker wanted in extradition on cocaine and heroin trafficking charges in New York Southern Dis[...]
Opposition party row roils downtown Santo Domingo(Update)
Local January 14, 2013 | 11:26 am
Santo Domingo.- Around 10:30am Antiriot Police clashed with demonstrators in front of PRD party headquarters, who from the streets around the busy Jiménez Moya Av, hurled stones and bottles. <[...]
Honduras learns from the country’s war on drugs
Local January 14, 2013 | 10:30 am
Santo Domingo.- Honduras’ vice president on Monday said drug use and trafficking have become one of his country’s most pressing problems, and revealed that since the authorities forced a declin[...]
Hundreds of agents guard opposition party headquarters
Local January 14, 2013 | 9:43 am
Santo Domingo.- The headquarters of Dominican Republic’s opposition party (PRD) is ready to start the disciplinary trial against former president Hipólito Mejía, PRD acting president A[...]
Widely scattered showers, seasonably mild temps continue
Local January 14, 2013 | 9:00 am
Santo Domingo.- The Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts that reports low probability of rainfall, but a trough over the Windward Passage will drag humidity that could unleash widely scattered showers[...]
Public Health still mum on tainted salami, 2 months after scandal
Local January 14, 2013 | 8:35 am
Santo Domingo.- Despite the Public Health Ministry has yet to disclose analyzes on processed meats including salami, despite having the results more than two months ago.
The analyzes ordered [...]
Disciplinary hearing threatens biggest opposition party
Local January 14, 2013 | 7:33 am
Santo Domingo.- National Police agents erected crowd control barricades in front of opposition PRD party headquarters Sunday night, to bolster security prior to a disciplinary hearing against forme[...]