Powerful NGO demands an autonomous Judicial branch
Local December 14, 2012 | 11:06 am
Santo Domingo.- The NGO Citizenship Participation (PC) on Friday asked lawmakers to comply with Law 194-04 which allocates at least 4.10% of the budget for the judiciary and the Justice Ministry.[...]
Scattered showers, mild temps through Saturday
Local December 14, 2012 | 10:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Light to moderate showers are forecast by the National Meteorology Office (Onamet) for today Friday, mainly over the North, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest and the Central[...]
Slain freedom fighter’s son wants murderers punished
Local December 14, 2012 | 8:34 am
Santo Domingo.- The eldest son of the late freedom fighter Francisco Caamaño on Thursday said instead of dwelling over whether his father’s remains are authentic, which he called "insig[...]
Dominican government starts push to give deeds to squatters
Local December 14, 2012 | 7:30 am
Santo Domingo.- The Government’s State Lands Titling Committee issued the first 3,000 land deeds to people who since the 1970s have occupied public lands in the sprawling sector Los Mina.
B[...]
Another Dominican agency makes a major drug bust
Local December 13, 2012 | 10:21 pm
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Investigations Department (DNI) agents busted an international drug trafficking and money laundering ring on Thursday, that include Venezuelans, Colombians and Dominicans,[...]
US agents find 10K cocaine in ship sailed from Santo Domingo
Local December 13, 2012 | 4:47 pm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered late Tuesday afternoon a duffel bag containing 9 bricks of cocaine inside a container in the Port of San Juan. The b[...]
Senator in RD$250M embezzlement case wont go to jail
Local December 13, 2012 | 4:32 pm
Santo Domingo. - Supreme Court justice Alejandro Moscoso ruled against the prosecution’s request to incarcerate senator Amable Aristy, in the arraignment hearing, on charges he embezzled more tha[...]
Power companies to get US$300M as blackouts loom
Local December 13, 2012 | 3:03 pm
Santo Domingo.- The CEO of Dominican Republic's State-owned electric utility (CDEEE) noon Thursday said the payment of US$300 million to the power companies has already started, for which the trans[...]
Extraditions row: US Embassy wants to meet with top Dominican general
Local December 13, 2012 | 2:17 pm
Santo Domingo.- The U.S. Embassy on Thursday asked to meet with Armed Forces minister Sigfrido Pared to discuss, among other issues, the latter’s request for information on Dominican military inv[...]
Antinarcotics arrests two agents trying to sell cocaine in Higuey
Local December 13, 2012 | 11:54 am
Santo Domingo. - Two Antinarcotics (DNCD) agents, one of them a Dominican Air Force (FAD) corporal, were arrested along with three other suspects with six packets of cocaine, which they allegedly s[...]
Senator in RD$250M embezzlement case attends arraignment
Local December 13, 2012 | 11:00 am
Santo Domingo.- Senator Amable Aristy on Thursday said he has always behaved as an open book his entire life, after deafening his 12 year tenure as head of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD), whe[...]
Dominicans in NY heighten protests against tax package, ex President
Local December 13, 2012 | 10:30 am
NEW YORK.- The Protests and pickets against the package of new taxes and former president Leonel Fernandez, accused of being responsible for the deficit that has forced it, continue in the city, a[...]
With cops in every corner, the Colonia Zone sighs in relief
Local December 13, 2012 | 9:28 am
Santo Domingo.- The Colonial Zone had been plagued by a lack of safety for tourists who visit the country each year, but it’s now safer for them, as well as for its residents to walk the streets [...]
Agents nab suspected drug trafficker wanted in NYC
Local December 13, 2012 | 9:12 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) arrested a suspected drug trafficker wanted by the United States in extradition, where he faces charges of smuggling an undisclosed amount o[...]
Partly cloudy skies, scattered showers, high surf
Local December 13, 2012 | 8:47 am
Santo Domingo.- The Meteorology Office (ONAMET) forecasts partly cloudy skies and scattered showers Thursday morning for the east and northeast, from the humidity dragged by the east-northeast wind[...]
The government has an ambitious plan to reign in the chaos of bikes
Local December 12, 2012 | 9:37 am
Santo Domingo.- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Amet), the Internal Taxes Agency (DGII) and the Technical Traffic Office (OTTT) announced the start of nationwide regulation of bikers fil[...]
Top Deputy gripes but discloses payroll under pressure
Local December 12, 2012 | 6:37 am
Santo Domingo.- Despite having published the Chamber of Deputies’ payroll in detail under pressure, its president Abel Martinez affirms that the law doesn’t require him to do so.
The me[...]
Two more; Police continue to “rub out” thugs
Local December 11, 2012 | 12:56 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Police Tuesday morning said two men were shot and killed and another injured by its agents, who allegedly tried to arrest them in the sector Brisas del Este, Santo Domingo East.[...]
Ex president carries assault weapons on fear for his life
Local December 11, 2012 | 12:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- Ex president Hipolito Mejia revealed Tuesday that because of the country’s lack of security he travels "with machine guns here (in the vehicle) and sometimes I get scared whe[...]
Dominican, U.S. agencies announce major drug bust at sea
Local December 11, 2012 | 11:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) today said it busted an international drug trafficking ring formed by Colombians and Dominicans, which smuggled large amounts of cocaine alo[...]