US, Brazil collaborate in US$93.5M Dominican Republic warplanes scandal
Local October 27, 2016 | 7:51 am
Santo Domingo.- Brazil plane maker EMBRAER,which admitted paying US$3.5 million in bribes to Dominican republic officialsto sell eight Super Tucano warplanes for US$93.5 million, also collaboratesw[...]
Fathom fests positive impact in Dominican north coast
Local October 26, 2016 | 5:23 pm
Miami, Oct. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fathom,the pioneer in social impact travel and Carnival Corporation's (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK) 10th and newest brand, today highlighted the collective impact m[...]
Top industrialist, ‘country’s owner’ trade ‘dark wealth’ salvos
Local October 26, 2016 | 1:03 pm
Santo Domingo.- Transport union boss AntonioMarte on Wednesday responded to Industries Association (AIRD) president Camposde Moya's statement calling him a "crook" whose "greatfortun[...]
Official ban reveals chaos of unlawful gas stations
Local October 26, 2016 | 12:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- The of Industry and Commerce Ministryon Wednesday banned the gas stations that don't have a license, a tacitadmission that the situation is widespread.
Ministry Hydrocarbons d[...]
‘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?"
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