Two Royalton Luxury resorts ranked among best in the Caribbean by Conde Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards
Local November 1, 2016 | 4:57 pm
Toronto, Nov. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANICPR WIRE/ -- One of the most respected and credible luxury travel publications,Conde Nast Traveler has ranked Royalton Punta Cana and CHIC Punta Cana amongt[...]
Dominican VP slams Trump’s ‘vulgarities’
Local November 1, 2016 | 3:30 pm
Santo Domingo.- After critiquefor posting s video in the social networks openly calling on her compatriots inthe US to vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, Dominican vice presidentMargari[...]
US, Dominican agents seize 1,100 bricks of drug on south coast
Local November 1, 2016 | 2:56 pm
Santo Domingo.- National DrugsControl Agency (DNCD) spokesman Carlos Devers on Tuesday said its agents seized1,100 bricks of cocaine or heroin early morning near the coast of Peravia province(south[...]
Brazil planes scandal: Dominican court refuses to hear lawsuit
Local November 1, 2016 | 12:12 pm
Santo Domingo.- A NationalDistrict court on Tuesday refused to hear a US$8.7 million lawsuit filed againstBrazil plane-maker Embraer, citing a lack of territorial jurisdiction
The 1st Civil C[...]
Dominican, US military nab 74 boatpeople headed to Puerto Rico
Local November 1, 2016 | 11:23 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Navyand the US Coast Guard on Monday arrested 74 undocumented boatpeople while tryingto reach Puerto Rico illegally in makeshift boats.
The two agencies said joi[...]
Downpours trigger flash flooding alerts
Local November 1, 2016 | 8:46 am
SantoDomingo.- The downpours since early Tuesday along the Caribbean coast, the eastand central regions will continue and expand to other areas during theafternoon and evening.
The National W[...]
Magnitude 4.5 shakes East region
Local November 1, 2016 | 8:20 am
Santo Domingo.-A magnitude 4.5 has shaken the east region Tuesday, with an epicenter inMonte Plata province...
From the USGeologic Survey: M4.4 - 6km W of Monte Plata, Dominican Republic. Dat[...]
Security weights heavy on business climate: Amrican Chamber
Local October 31, 2016 | 4:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- "Securityis among the factors that most influence the business and investment climate ofa country. When speaking of business, this factor is usually confined to thelegal scope,[...]
Big business wants to ‘compete fair and square’ in transport
Local October 31, 2016 | 4:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- National Business Council (CONEP) president RafaelBlanco on Monday said the organization's members only want to "competefair and square" in the transport sector and not re[...]
Sugarcane workers rally to demand documents from Haiti
Local October 31, 2016 | 12:36 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dozens of sugarcane workerson Monday staged a rally to send Haiti interim president Jocelerme Privertcopies of 4,608 applications by Haitian citizens submitted in their country's em[...]
As eviction clock ticks, farmers stay put in protected highlands
Local October 31, 2016 | 10:14 am
Constanza, Dominican Republic.- Dozens ofvillages and country villas continue perched atop a prodigious farming areadespite the Environment Ministry's announced eviction within 120 days one monthag[...]
Expired, bogus drugs, a US$65.2M yearly business
Local October 31, 2016 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Smuggling and the marketingof bogus drugs in the country moves more than RD$30 billion (US$65.2) million yearly,and accounts for 12 percent of the total market, Pharmacies Associati[...]
Medina promises to reforest areas around 19 towns
Local October 31, 2016 | 9:01 am
Padre las Casas, Dominican Republic.- presidentDanilo Medina on Sunday met with residents of 19 communities in the upperbasins of the Sabana Yegua dam, and promised to present a plan to protect env[...]
Medina arrives in Colombia for summit on youth, education
Local October 29, 2016 | 8:55 am
Cartagena.- President Danilo Medina arrived inthe Colombian coastal city 5:40pm Friday to participate in the 25th Ibero-AmericanSummit of Heads of State and Government.
The Dominican presiden[...]
Police protect fugitive son or retired general: family attorney
Local October 28, 2016 | 4:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- Plutarco Jáquez, attorney forthe family of the guard killed duringthe fatal armored truck heist in Bella Vista Mall, on Friday accused theNational Police of protecting John Pe[...]
Opposition leaders kiss-and-make-up against handout of posts
Local October 28, 2016 | 9:43 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's twomajor opposition leaders on Thursday 'buried the hatchet, let bygones be bygones,and kissed and made up by reiterating a commitment to fight to defend democr[...]
It’s protest-for-protest’s sake at oldest University
Local October 28, 2016 | 8:59 am
Santo Doming.- Although calm has returned tothe Santo Domingo State University (UASD) and things appear to be back tonormal, no one seems to know what or who triggered the most recent round oftire-[...]
Consumer protection warns of glitch in General Motors vehicles
Local October 27, 2016 | 2:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- The consumer protection agency (Proconsumidor) on Thursdaywarned of safety problems in vehicles made by General Motors (GMC) circulatingin the country.
"Proconsumidor su[...]
Seven minor quakes shake the southeast, north
Local October 27, 2016 | 11:37 am
Santo Domingo.- Seven 3.0+ magnitude quakes shookthe country Wednesday, mostly eastern La Altagracia province, according to the SantoDomingo State University (UASD) National Seismology Center.
<[...]“Eye for an eye’ in fatal armored truck heist
Local October 27, 2016 | 9:51 am
Santo Domingo.- Retired Gen. Rafael PercivalPeña on Wednesday threatened a "physical response" if authorities"execute" his son John Emilio Percival Matos before confirming [...]