US envoy, Dominican President clash over drugs, corruption
Local October 20, 2016 | 5:16 pm
Santo Domingo.- In an surprising fit ofsarcasm and bravado, president Danilo Medina on Thursday chided US ambassador JamesW. Brewster's critique that Dominican republic has become "a large bri[...]
Officials discuss controls on foreigners, concern over unclaimed IDs
Local October 20, 2016 | 10:59 am
Santo Domingo.- Interior and Police minister CarlosAmarante and Immigration director William Muñoz on Thursday headed a workshop todiscuss among other topics, the National Plan to Regularize F[...]
Trump’s Hillary ‘guzzling’ Dominican beer ploy could backfire
Local October 20, 2016 | 10:35 am
Santo Domingo.- An undated photo of US presidencyDemocratic candidate Hillary Clinton "guzzling beer" together withseveral unidentified Dominicans, "imbibing" the Caribbean nati[...]
Scandal-fraught coal-fired plant loan-cum-debt stalks pension fund
Local October 20, 2016 | 9:12 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Combat ClimateChange Committee, CNLCC, on Wed. said president Danilo Medina's request forCongress to swap the canceled loan from Brazil state-owned bank, BNDES, forpubl[...]
Dominican Republic gets low grades on Rule of Law
Local October 20, 2016 | 8:27 am
Washington, DC (20 October 2016) – The World Justice Project(WJP) today released the WJP Rule of Law Index® 2016, the annual reportmeasuring how the rule of law is experienced by the genera[...]
Health chief coordinates disease prevention at Haiti border
Local October 20, 2016 | 8:13 am
Dajabon, Dominican Republic.- Health ministerDr. Altagracia Guzman visited Dajabon province Wednesday to coordinate the measureswith local officials to prevent outbreaks of disease.
She met w[...]
Chances of finding 3 foreigners alive dim; more debris found
Local October 19, 2016 | 5:11 pm
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- The chancesof finding alive the two Americans and a Canadian who went missing after theirsingle-engine plane crashed in Atlantic waters dimmed Wed. afternoon when[...]
CENAPEC announces Golf Cup at Punta Cana, Nov. 19
Local October 19, 2016 | 4:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- APEC University Distance Education Centers (CENAPEC)announced Tuesday its first "CENAPEC Open Golf Cup 2016" at La Cana linksin Punta Cana, on Saturday Nov. 19.
The[...]
Environment chief orders crackdown on charcoal trafficking
Local October 19, 2016 | 3:52 pm
Santo Domingo.- Environment minister FranciscoDominguez on Wed. ordered the confiscation of all forms of charcoal unless it'sproduced in a plantation licensed for that purpose.
In a memo to p[...]
The UN lauds Dominican’s aid to Haiti
Local October 19, 2016 | 12:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- The UN Development Program(UNDP) on Wed. lauded DominicanRepublic's aid to Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
UNDP resident coordinator Lorenzo Jimenez deLuis said [...]
US, Dominican Republic, Caricom boost passenger controls: EFE
Local October 19, 2016 | 11:02 am
Washington.- The US held a meeting with representativesfrom the Dominican Republic and Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries Tuesday,to bolster passenger controls in the region, improve the excha[...]
Big business, ‘country’s owners’ showdown postponed for Nov.
Local October 19, 2016 | 10:29 am
Santo Domingo.- Some 90 Dominican organizations,companies and institutions on Tuesday defended the appeal filed in the SupremeAdministrative Court (TSA) with which seeks to put an end to the trucke[...]
Dominican-born NY senator heads Upper Manhattan push for Clinton
Local October 19, 2016 | 8:58 am
New York.- Dominican-born New York Statesenator Adriano Espaillat and the "Upper Manhattan Democratic Club forChange" on Tuesday opened an office on Sherman Av., where volunteers willmake[...]
US envoy’s corruption-foreign investment warning spurs debate
Local October 19, 2016 | 8:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Lawmakers of the ruling andopposition parties differ on US ambassador James W. Brewster's warning thatcorruption could alienate foreign investment.
Lawmakers from both sides a[...]
Dominican Republic US$656.8M bond for scandal-fraught power plant
Local October 19, 2016 | 8:11 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina onTuesday asked the Senate to change the financing of the coal-fired power plant atPunta Catalina, on lack of disbursements by the original backer, the Brazi[...]
Business Alliance for Secure Commerce conclave on Nov. 2
Local October 18, 2016 | 3:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- "Risk Management: Key tosafe international trade" is the title of the 10th annual congress of the DominicanRepublic chapter of the Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (B[...]
Mayor of Haiti town guards aid trucks on fear of pillagers
Local October 18, 2016 | 12:18 pm
Pedernales, Dominican Republic.- Thebinational market on Monday was held with few Dominican and Haitian merchants,in the heels of critique by Haiti sectors, that Dominican Republic troops guardthe [...]
Builders hail foreign construction workers’ benefits, slam ‘mafia’
Local October 18, 2016 | 11:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Housing Buildersand Developers Association (Acoprovi) president Hector Breton on Tuesday thankedpresident Danilo Medina and the heads of the Labor Ministry, the National S[...]
Dominican Republic becoming a major drug bridge: US Envoy
Local October 18, 2016 | 10:41 am
Santo Domingo.- US ambassador James Brewsteron Monday said the Dominican Republic is becoming "a major bridge" fortrafficking drugs to his country and Europe and affirmed that it is not f[...]
US couple, Canadian missing in plane crash work with charitabale causes(Update3)
Local October 18, 2016 | 8:53 am
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- Local media report that American spouses Charles and Candy Ritzen, were on board the single engine plane, whose part of the fuse;age was recovered early Tue..
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