Brazil planes graft scandal explodes in Dominican Republic(Update)
Local August 10, 2016 | 1:30 pm
Santo Domingo.- Former Defense minister, Maj. Gen. ® Pedro RafaelPeña Antonio, and active Air Force colonel Carlos Piccini were arrestedWednesday in connection to the alleged US$3.5 milli[...]
Doctors, nurses form human chain as hopes of agreement fades
Local August 10, 2016 | 11:08 am
Santo Domingo.- Doctors and nurses formed a human chain at MoscosoPuello hospital Wednesday morning, to demand the Government’s response to theirrequest for a wage increase and better working con[...]
Ruling party garners ‘more political benefits amid the chaos’
Local August 10, 2016 | 10:35 am
Santo Domingo.- As disputes rage pitting Dominican Republic’sruling party (PLD) and the opposition over the elections for city council presidencies,the bill for the Political Parties Law languish[...]
New prisons across the country to focus on training for skills
Local August 10, 2016 | 9:40 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry plans to build newprisons prioritizing the new model of correctional facilities, with at leasttwo being inaugurated before year end, one of them especially equi[...]
British Chamber seminar mulls UK-Dominican ties post-Brexit
Local August 10, 2016 | 8:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The British Chamber of Commerce (BRITCHAM) on Tuesday analyzed the potential political, tradeand investment implications the twocountries in the heels of the United Kingdom’s ev[...]
Dominican Industries agree with penalizing scofflaw officials
Local August 10, 2016 | 7:44 am
Dominican Republic.- Dominican Republic Industries Association(AIRD) president Campos de Moya on Tuesday said the salaries of officials who don’tsubmit their financial statement within 30 days af[...]
UK donates US$1.4M trucks to scan activities at ports
Local August 9, 2016 | 4:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) presidentJulio Cesar Souffront on Tuesday unveiled two scanner type trucks worth US$1.4million, to detect strange images in docks and harbors ac[...]
New Police Law flexes muscles, yanks ‘dog bathers’
Local August 9, 2016 | 4:09 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Police Superior Council on Tuesdayissued its Statutory Law’s first resolution enacted to establish the number of securityagents assigned officials and retired senior [...]
House arrest, RD$40M bond in US$3000M Peravia bank fraud case
Local August 9, 2016 | 12:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- A National District judge ruled housearrest and set bond at RD$40 million for Omar José Farías, charged in theUS$3000 million Peravia bank fraud case, who was arrested as [...]
Solid organic growth and Navitaire acquisition support strong first half results for Amadeus
Local August 9, 2016 | 11:26 am
July, 29: Amadeus IT Holding, S.A., a leading technologypartner for the global travel industry, reported an adjusted profit of €494.5million for the first half of 2016. That meant a growth of 17.[...]
At least 9 heads of state to attend Medina’s inaugural(Update)
Local August 9, 2016 | 11:14 am
Santo Domingo.- Numerous dignitaries have confirmed attendanceat president Danilo Medina’s inaugural including the presidents of Ecuador,Panama and Guatemala, king Juan Carlos I, of Spain and the[...]
Biggest retailer opens first branch in Higuey Thursday
Local August 9, 2016 | 10:47 am
Higuey, Dominican Republic.- The retailer Jumbo on Mondayannounced it will open its first branch in the eastern city of Higuey onThursday, with the same proposition of value which has made it the c[...]
Major entities promote a ‘Democratic Initiative’
Local August 9, 2016 | 8:54 am
Santo Domingo.- Business groups, civil society and academicorganizations have formation the "Initiative for DemocraticInstitutions" to increase social trust in the venues of the democrati[...]
Senate leader warns opposition on violence in city council voting:
Local August 9, 2016 | 7:31 am
Santo Domingo.- The secretary general of Dominican Republic’sruling party (PLD) on Monday warned of possible violence across the country duringthe elections of the municipal boards on August 16.<[...]
Hapless Accounts Chamber again threatens officials with audits
Local August 8, 2016 | 4:08 pm
Santo Domingo.- The president of the often-ridiculed AccountsChamber on Monday asked the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for a list of recently-elected,and outgoing congressional and municipal offici[...]
Antigua & Barbuda PM, Medina discuss issues of interest
Local August 8, 2016 | 3:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Monday received Antigua& Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne, to discuss issues of commoninterest to both Caribbean nations.
The courtesy v[...]
Judge’s strange release of suspect roils US-Dominican gun-trafficking case
Local August 8, 2016 | 3:15 pm
Sano Domingo.- .Santiago judge Ingrid Liberato, who releasedDominican-American Carmen Katherine O'Neal charged with gun trafficking, didn’tdo so for lack of evidence, and claimed issues of territ[...]
Local flavor, glamor in Rhode Island’s Dominican Parade
Local August 8, 2016 | 12:47 pm
New York.- The delegationof the Dominican General Consulate in Boston on Sunday infused glamor in Rhode Island’s 27th Grand Dominican Parade and Festival held in Providence, headed by consul Car[...]
Doctors say they’ve been tricked, vow ‘radical’ strikes
Local August 8, 2016 | 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Medical Association on Monday accusedthe government of breaking off that talks with delaying tactics and announced ahuman chain protest at the Moscoso Puello hospital for [...]
After months of quiet country’s ‘owners’ mistreat passengers again
Local August 8, 2016 | 11:15 am
Santiago.- After several months of relative quiet among thetransport unions known as the “country’s owners,” drivers staged a protest overcontrol of a passenger route in the second biggest ci[...]