Culture Ministry fests top Egyptologist
Local July 21, 2016 | 10:19 am
Santo Domingo.- Culture minister Jose Antonio Rodriguez on Tuesdayhosted a gala for famed Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, who‘s been anadvocate of safeguarding Egypt and its treasures for dec[...]
US again warns women of ‘superbug’ in Dominican surgical clinics
Local July 21, 2016 | 9:52 am
Santo Domingo.- The US Center for Communicable DiseaseControl (CDC) in Atlanta, on Wednesday again warned women who travel to theDominican Republic for cosmetic surgery of the high risks of contrac[...]
Former chief justice acknowledges judicial system’s decay
Local July 21, 2016 | 9:07 am
Santo Domingo.- Former chef justice Jorge Subero, who leftthe Supreme Court nearly five years ago with the authority a 14-year tenure implies,proposes improvement to the judicial system’s deficie[...]
Uproar as deputies duck thorny abortion issue
Local July 21, 2016 | 8:37 am
Santo Domingo- As expected a wide swath of society on Wednesdayrebuked the Chamber of Deputies for deleting the article which established aspecial law to allow the interruption of a pregnancy if th[...]
Dominican Republic’s forests vanish with the government’s ‘consent’
Local July 21, 2016 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Punta Cana Foundation vice president JakeKheel, whose film "Muerte por mil cortes” (Death by a thousand cuts) documentedthe collapse and silent devastation of Dominicans fore[...]
Dominican Gov. has more than 2,000 corrupt officials
Local July 20, 2016 | 3:31 pm
Santo Domingo.- Around 2,075 officials who must submit theirfinancial statement to the Dominican Republic Accounts Chamber have yet to doso, its president Licelot Marte revealed Wednesday.
Ma[...]
Haiti targets Dominican senator in US$324M graft probe
Local July 20, 2016 | 3:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- Starting July 19, San Juan province senatorFelix Bautista has eight days to respond to the invitation by the Haiti Senate’sEthics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
The Haiti C[...]
Doctors Guild: criminalization will spur ‘clandestine” abortions’
Local July 20, 2016 | 12:23 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) president Dr.Waldo Suero on Wednesday said if the Chamber of Deputies approve the criminalizationof abortion in the Penal Code, it would spur ”clande[...]
Spain busts Dominican-Argentinian drug ring
Local July 20, 2016 | 11:18 am
Barcelona.- Spain’s Civil Guard has busted a drugtrafficking ring that used retired and unemployed persons to retrieve packagesof cocaine sent to Spain from Argentina and the Dominican Republic.<[...]
Freighter sinks off Puerto Plata, fate of crew unknown
Local July 20, 2016 | 10:52 am
Puerto Plata.- A freighterloaded with fruit sank off the point of La Puntilla, northern Puerto Plata provinceWednesday morning.
The fate of the crew and the cause of the shipwreck have yetto[...]
Puerto Rico terror threat a ‘false alarm’ Dominican agency lifts alert
Local July 20, 2016 | 9:36 am
Santiago.- Immigration director Ruben DarioPaulino on Tuesday said the alerts activated amid a threat of an attack onPuerto Rico was discontinued after confirming it was a false alarm.
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‘Blight’ of pushcarts invade Santiago’s streets
Local July 20, 2016 | 8:42 am
Santiago.- Dozens of pushcarts used by mostly undocumented Haitians,are becoming an eyesore in Santiago, prompting chaos in traffic and minortraffic accidents that concern motorists and other secto[...]
Eight Dominican women ‘rescued’ in Argentina brothel raids: Efe
Local July 20, 2016 | 8:07 am
Santa Cruz, Argentina.- A series of raids in five brothels ledto the rescue of 18 women, victims of trafficking, in southern Argentina'sSanta Cruz province, Efe reports quoting judicial sources.
Abortion too hot to handle for Dominican Republic lawmakers
Local July 20, 2016 | 7:54 am
Santo Domingo.- The Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday approvedin two roll calls the new Criminal Code of the Dominican Republic but deleted theparagraph regarding abortion, opting instead to create a [...]
The country’s first day without a Police ‘chief’
Local July 19, 2016 | 3:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- Interior and Police minister Jose RamonFadul on Tuesday headed the Superior PoliceCouncil’s first meeting, just three days after president Danilo Medina signed thenew National Po[...]
Scattered showers thru Wed., high temps
Local July 19, 2016 | 10:56 am
Santo Domingo.- A trough northwest of the country and atropical wave over Puerto Rico moving west will showers Tuesday afternoon andevening, the National Weather Office -Onamet- forecasts today.
Dominican agencies tighten checks on FBI’s Puerto Rico terror alert
Local July 19, 2016 | 8:30 am
Santo Domingo.- Immigration director Ruben Paulino on Mondayrevealed that agency personnel at airports, ports and border crossings are onthe alert in the heels of the FBI report citing an Isis terr[...]
Dominican Republic poised to create anti-corruption database
Local July 19, 2016 | 7:40 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry’s Financial AnalysisUnit will establish a database with a list of “Politically Exposed Persons”(PEPS) and relatives, to detect suspicious transactions tha[...]
Prominent Dominican politico slams Washington, Haiti, Big Business
Local July 18, 2016 | 5:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- Prominent author and veteran politico EuclidesGutiérrez on Monday said the US government and Pope Francis were behind theappointment Francisco Ozoria as Archbishop of Santo Dom[...]
USAID presents study on health of Samana Bay’s coral reefs
Local July 18, 2016 | 4:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- The US Agency for International Development(USAID), through its Caribbean marine biodiversity conservation program,presented the findings on the state of health of Samana Bay’s co[...]