Judge gets another hearing in ‘rulings for sale’ scandal
Local November 18, 2016 | 9:01 am
Santo Domingo.- A National District judge on Thursdayset another hearing for Dec.16, the disciplinary trial against suspended judgeAwilda Reyes, charged with misconduct in the "rulings for sal[...]
Dominican Republic’s opposition is dealt a stunning setback
Local November 18, 2016 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's opposition parties on Thursdaysuffered a stunning political setback with a political strategy of decliningtalks with the ruling party (PLD) and its allies.
[...]More rain coming as flooding ruins hundreds of plantations
Local November 17, 2016 | 3:03 pm
Santo Domingo.- Heavy rains over the LowerYuna river basin of Duarte province have ruined around 650 hectares of rice,over 300 of plantain, in addition to crops of cassava and sweet potatoes,accord[...]
Local Dominican airline makes first flight to US in 2 decades
Local November 17, 2016 | 12:55 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Airline Pawa Dominicana onThursday made the first continental flight to the US by a domestic carrier intwo decades, which landed arrived in Miami, home to a large Dominican comm[...]
Medina revisits north region towns hit by floods
Local November 17, 2016 | 7:53 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina returnedWednesday morning to several north region communities hit hard by the recent downpours.
Medina visited villages of Maria TrinidadSánchez D[...]
Respected Justice again heads Dominican Republic´s elections
Local November 17, 2016 | 7:27 am
Santo Domingo.- Julio César Castaños Guzmán headsthe Central Electoral Board (JCE) for the second time, on this occasion withdaunting challenges.
The prominent jurist who holds[...]
Prosecutors raid offices in Inversia US$34.0M fraud case
Local November 16, 2016 | 3:16 pm
Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutorsearly Wednesday raided the offices of the financial company Inversia, whoseowners face charges of defrauding nearly 300 people out of RD$1.5 billion(U[...]
Gov. bans Christmas gifts by officials, agencies
Local November 16, 2016 | 12:39 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Presidency on Wednesday announceda ban on Christmas gifts, including baskets, beverages and other gratuitiesfrom public funds, an obligatory provision for all Executive Branch o[...]
Opposition party women protest deputy’s threat of a ‘whipping’ (Update)
Local November 16, 2016 | 11:51 am
Santo Domingo.- Ruling party (PLD) deputy Ramón Noé Camachoon Wednesday apologized to lawmaker Faride Raful of the opposition party (PRM),on the incident when he threatened to use his bel[...]
Millions in losses as flooded NW puts crops under water
Local November 16, 2016 | 11:09 am
Santiago.- More than 2,500 hectares of cropshave been damaged leading to millions in losses by flooding from the Yaque delNorte river in northwestern Valverde province, where the downpours forced t[...]
Medina visits areas pummeled by torrential rains
Local November 16, 2016 | 10:39 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Wednesdaymorning is visiting the main areas of the country affected by the torrential rains in recent days.
Presidency Administrative minister Jos&[...]
Toothless financial statement Law buoys 4,724 scofflaw officials
Local November 16, 2016 | 9:40 am
Santo Domingo.- 4,724 designated and electedofficials who took or left their post on August 16 have yet to submit theirfinancial statement on the latest list disclosed by the Accounts Chamber,altho[...]
Expectation as Senate taps new Electoral Board
Local November 16, 2016 | 8:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Amid demands by civil societyand opposition parties to appoint people with an unquestionable past, theSenate today Wednesday is expected choose the members of the Central ElectoralB[...]
Dominican Republic NE takes a beating from downpours
Local November 16, 2016 | 7:57 am
Samana, Dominican Republic.- Landslides block roads, cracks in pavement, aswell as surging groundwater are the result of the downpours of the past few daysin Samaná province (northeast).
Din, packed courtroom postpone hearing against ‘country’s owners’
Local November 15, 2016 | 2:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- A packed courtroom and the noiseoutside the Superior Administrative Tribunal building prompted a change ofvenue for the hearing on the request for an injunction filed by the Nationa[...]
Controversial coal-fired plant at center of NYC forum
Local November 15, 2016 | 12:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican NaturalResources Defense Committee in New York on Sunday hosed a discussion on thePunta Catalina coal-fired power plant and its impact on health and theenvironment, at[...]
Electoral Board ‘pie’ handout hits gridlock
Local November 15, 2016 | 11:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Dionis Sánchez, head of the commission thatevaluated candidates for the Central Electoral Board (JCE), on Monday said themain opposition party (PRM) doesn't seek any consensus[...]
Fatal armored truck heist’s main suspect vanishes
Local November 15, 2016 | 10:28 am
Santo Domingo.- The fatal armored truck heistat Bella Vista Mall was two months ago Monday, but the authorities have yet to apprehendJohn Emilio Percival Matos, whom the National Police and the Nat[...]
Downpours cut off 131 towns, 18,000 evacuated, dam drained
Local November 15, 2016 | 8:51 am
Santo Domingo.- The relentless downpours havecut off 131 communities in the northern Cibao region, while authorities began evacuationsin the provinces under flash flood warnings , as well as the dr[...]
A day of reckoning for Dominican Republic’s ‘owners’
Local November 15, 2016 | 8:27 am
Santo Domingo.- The transport sector arrives at a crossroad on Tuesday, when the Superior Administrative Court ruling for a National Business Council (CONEP) antitrust lawsuit against the State tak[...]