‘Dominican Republic has it all’ in Trinidad & Tobago
Local October 26, 2016 | 11:34 am
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.- The Dominican Embassy in Trinidad and Tobagoon Wednesday launched Dominican Week in Trinidad and Tobago with the slogan"Dominican Republic has it al[...]
Hoteliers join fight against Dominican Republic’s ‘owners’
Local October 26, 2016 | 11:02 am
Santo Domingo.- The Hotels and Tourism Association(ASONAHORES) on Tuesday stated its support for the anti-antitust lawsuit filed againstDominican Republic's "owners," who control the coun[...]
Environment’s ‘illegal’ measures hobble lumber industry
Local October 26, 2016 | 10:30 am
Santo Domingo. - Dominican Republic's ForestryChamber on Tuesday said the Environment Ministry's "illegal" decisionsjeopardize the country's lumber industry.
It said the measures ha[...]
US$3.52M bribe in warplane deal rocks Dominican Republic’s Gov.
Local October 26, 2016 | 7:37 am
Santo Domingo.- Brazil plane-maker Embraer's admissionthat it paid a US$3.52 million bribe to a Dominican official to secure the saleof eight Super Tucano aircraft has rocked Danilo Medina's admini[...]
Ruling party senators slam bill would make journalists ‘collaborators’
Local October 25, 2016 | 3:18 pm
Santo Domingo.- Three senators of Dominican Republic'sruling party (PLD) on Tuesday critiqued the bill that would cast aside the professionalsecrecy of journalists, who'd become "collaborators[...]
Brazil bribes: US envoy says Dominican Republic cooperates
Local October 25, 2016 | 1:19 pm
Santo Domingo.- US ambassador James W.Brewster on Tuesday said the Super Tucano graft case is part of an ongoinginvestigation on which he cannot comment and continues to work closely with theJustic[...]
Brazil plane-maker’s confessed bribe to Dominican officers ‘nothing new’
Local October 25, 2016 | 12:57 pm
Santo Domingo.- "Nothing new" iswhat Justice minister Jean Alain Rodriguez on Tuesday called Brazil plane-makerEmbraer's admitted US$3.5 million bribe to Dominican military officers in th[...]
NYC sets waiting list for street vendor licenses
Local October 25, 2016 | 11:25 am
New York.- Department of Consumer Affairs(DCA) Commissioner Lorelei Salas today announced that the agency is creating anew waiting list for people who want to apply for general vendor licenses,whic[...]
‘Banker’ defrauds 300 flees with US$32.6M+: Acento
Local October 25, 2016 | 11:06 am
Santo Domingo.- Teodoro Hidalgo Mendez, owner of the Inversia financialcompany, is being sought by authorities for allegedly defrauding nearly 300people out of more than RD$1.5 billion(US$32.6 mil[...]
Officials deny ‘bono-robbery’ on transport’s tax-free fuels
Local October 25, 2016 | 7:52 am
Santo Domingo.- The Government on Mondaydistanced itself from allegations by Fenatrano transport union boss JuanHubieres, that the fuel subsidy to drivers has been a "bono-robbery,"and th[...]
Bombshell: Brazil bribes in Dominican Republic: Bloomberg
Local October 24, 2016 | 11:22 pm
Santo Domingo.- Brazil plane maker Embraer SAagreed to pay US$205 million to resolve long-running corruption probes by theU.S. and Brazil that started with an airplane deal with the Dominican Repub[...]
US agency investigates Miami-Santo Domingo gun-running route
Local October 24, 2016 | 8:48 am
Santo Domingo.- .-The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (ATF) opened an investigation into gun trafficking fromMiami to the Dominican Republic.
US federal investigat[...]
Gay US envoy’s hubby stokes corruption flap in Dominican Republic
Local October 24, 2016 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.-The US Embassy on Saturday respondedto president Danilo Medina's challenge that US ambassador James W. Brewsterreveal the cases of government corruption the envoy mentioned d in an i[...]
Dominican troops on alert as150+ escape Haiti prison
Local October 24, 2016 | 7:56 am
Santo Domingo.- Military patrols were heigthenedalong the Dominican-Haitian border in the wake of the escape of at least 170 inmatesat Arcahaie prison, northwest of Port au Prince.
Defense mi[...]
Top Dominican prosecutor probes attacks on environmentalists
Local October 22, 2016 | 8:20 am
Santo Domingo.- Complaints through media fromvarious sectors on threats and attacks against people linked to environmentalprotection have prompted Justice minister Jean Rodriguez to announce an inv[...]
Gay US envoy’s husband stokes row in Dominican Republic
Local October 21, 2016 | 12:54 pm
Santo Domingo.- Bob Satawake, husband of gay USambassador James Brewster, on Friday asked: if "we're such a horriblecountry, why did 80,000 Dominicans immigrants went there in 2015?"
<[...]Taxman goes after dodgers, to shutter 50 Chinatown businesses
Local October 21, 2016 | 9:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Internal Taxes director MaginDiaz on Thursday announced that 50 businesseswill be shuttered in China Town for tax dodging.
He called his tenure an exercise of transparencyand[...]
Envoy ‘damages’ Washington’s image in Dominican Republic
Local October 21, 2016 | 8:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Central Electoral Board (JCE)president Roberto Rosario on Thursday said US ambassador James W. Brewster doesn'tact as a diplomat, an attitude which in his view caused "enormous[...]
Continuing downpours prompt flash flood alerts
Local October 21, 2016 | 7:49 am
Santo Domingo.- The downpours from a squall willcontinue for much of the country Friday, while the Emergency Operations Center(COE) issued flash flooding and mudslide alerts for several regions.
Public Health scrambles as Haiti’s cholera cases jump
Local October 21, 2016 | 7:24 am
Santo Domingo.- The Public Health Ministry onThursday said preventive measures have been taken to deal with increasing casesof cholera in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
Population He[...]