Tainted salami makers face jail, Health chief warns
Local July 25, 2012 | 7:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Public Health minister Bautista Rojas on Tuesday announced he awaits the Consumer Protection Agency’s study revealing that 97% of the salamis doesn’t meet the minimum percentage[...]
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Local July 9, 2012 | 10:34 am
A web glitch has temporarily slowed the updates...please stand by.[...]Ex president visits jailed bachata star
Local June 29, 2012 | 10:42 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- Former President Hipolito Mejia went to the Ciudad Nueva courthouse Friday morning to visit bachata singer Antony Santos in jail, where he’s being held since Thursday charged with[...]
Fernandez, Medina mull issues in the Palace
Local June 26, 2012 | 4:53 pm
SANTO DOMINGO. - For more than one hour president Leonel Fernandez and the president elect Danilo Medina discussed the country’s challenges ahead when the latter takes office August 16, in the Na[...]
Beleaguered energy chief says he saved taxpayers US$3.9B in 3 years
Local June 25, 2012 | 11:16 am
Santo Domingo.- The beleaguered CEO of the State-owned power utility (CDEEE) on Monday affirmed having saved taxpayers RD$101.9 billion (US$3.9 billion) during the past three years, which in his vi[...]
High temps, sunny skies, calm seas
Local June 25, 2012 | 10:14 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) forecasts that the high temperatures will continue through Monday from the prevailing east-southeast wind and recommends avoiding prolong[...]
Substitute judge releases 5 charged with title fraud
Local June 14, 2012 | 3:22 pm
Santo Domingo.- A substitute judge is once again at the center of scandal, as the National District 6th Instruction Court yesterday ruled to release five defendants accused of being part of a ring [...]
The State must respect the law “starting with the President”
Local June 5, 2012 | 10:42 am
Santo Domingo.- President elect Danilo Medina is committed to create the Ethics and Transparency Directorate to fight corruption and enforce the law effectively, said the prominent sociologist Ramo[...]
High temperatures, sunny skies
Local June 5, 2012 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- The high temperatures and mostly sunny skies will continue as in previous days, the National Meteorology Office forecast Monday, with some widely scattered showers and thunderstorms[...]
After Haiti visa scandal, stricter rules
Local June 1, 2012 | 8:30 am
SANTO DOMINGO.- Starting today only the Foreign Ministry in Santo Domingo will issue visas from requests submitted without intermediaries to Dominican consulates in Haiti.
Foreign relations m[...]
Rains increase, temperatures remain high
Local May 17, 2012 | 10:36 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (ONAMET) forecasts a slight increase in rains for the next 24 to 48 hours as a low pressure system approaches the country from the north.
It sa[...]
Aqueduct main fixed, the capital gets water
Local May 14, 2012 | 8:24 am
Santo Domingo.- The districts which for several days had a shortage of piped water after the rupture of a 67 inch pipe from the aqueduct at Valdesia were resupplied starting 7am Sunday.
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Survey Insight: Medina 52.4%, Mejia 44.3%
Local May 8, 2012 | 11:38 am
Santo Domingo.- The pollster Insight said Tuesday its survey found that if the elections were today ruling PLD party candidate Danilo Medina would win with 52.4 percent of the votes to PRD opponent[...]
Truckers reiterate strike this week
Local May 7, 2012 | 8:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s powerful truckers union Fenatrado maintains its announced a strike for May 8 and 9, after failing to reach an agreement with the government.
Union presi[...]
RD$1.8B subsidy in May, RD$7.4B in 2012 keeps light bill unchanged
Local May 1, 2012 | 2:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- The government subsidy for the electricity bill reached RD$7.4 billion in the first five months, with RD$1.8 billion allocated to the electrical sector just in May to keep the cost [...]
Sunny skies, mild temperatures
Local April 18, 2012 | 9:23 am
Santo Domingo.- A high pressure system still over the Atlantic coast means low probability of rain, but the Northeast, Southeast and the Central Mountains can expect widely scattered showers.
<[...]Presidential campaign has its first fatality
Local April 9, 2012 | 7:22 am
Santo Domingo. – The first fatality in Dominican Republic’s unusually calm presidential election campaign occurred Sunday, when a man shot another dead with one hurt amid a hail of bullets and [...]
Haiti denies charges against Martelly
Local April 3, 2012 | 8:22 am
Santo Domigo.– The Presidency of Haiti described as unfair the allegations linking the neighboring country's president Michel Martelly to alleged acts of corruption involving San Juan de la Magua[...]
First ever presidential candidates’ debate sparks debate
Local March 2, 2012 | 8:49 am
Santo Domingo.- Journalist and writer Miguel Guerrero said Thursday that if a firs ever debate of presidential candidates materializes, Dominican journalists should moderate it because placing it i[...]
First Lady’s accuser relentless
Local February 29, 2012 | 11:02 am
Santiago.- The lawyer Marcos Martinez Wednesday warned he’ll stand by his denouncement on the First Lady Margarita Cedeño’s alleged 76 million euro in a Danish bank account, noting that th[...]
