Scattered showers over most regions
Local July 6, 2016 | 9:31 am
Santo Domingo.- A cloud mass associated with a tropicalwave will bring scattered showers Wednesday and tomorrow, especially in theeastern provinces.
The National Weather Office (Onamet) forec[...]
Law would make it easy to seize drug traffickers’ assets
Local July 6, 2016 | 9:02 am
Santo Domingo.- The Senate on Tuesday approved the bill forthe law to seize illicitly-obtained assets, aimed at bolstering to strengthenthe fight against organized crime and drug trafficking.
Dominicans are 49% Black, 39% White and 4% Indian
Local July 6, 2016 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominicans’ DNA is 49% African, 39% Europeanand 4% re-Columbians including Tainos, which confirms their complicated geneticancestry and implies that mulattos prevail among the pop[...]
Dominican Republic’s new top Catholic stokes Haitian row
Local July 6, 2016 | 7:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Francisco Ozoria’s appointment as SantoDomingo’s new archbishop has sparked surprise and skepticism as past events revealcontradictions over his role as a defender of immigrants[...]
Troops halt more than 150 undocumented Haitians in two weeks
Local July 5, 2016 | 3:16 pm
Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Dominican Army troops arrested84 undocumented Haitians who tried to cross the border to enter the country illegally,the second detention in as many weeks.
T[...]
1,000+ ‘name only’ NGOs get billions of Dominican taxpayers’ money
Local July 5, 2016 | 2:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Anticorruption Alliance (Adocco) coordinatorJulio Cesar De la Rosa on Tuesday said more than 1,000 NGOs which manage billionsof pesos of taxpayers’ money do so without t[...]
Authorities ‘decidedly’ confront prostitution in the North Coast
Local July 5, 2016 | 2:08 pm
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.-Justice ministerFrancisco Dominguez on Tuesday said his prosecutors and other authorities decidedlyconfront the prostitution affecting the North Coast, especially [...]
Environment releases 76 baby leatherback turtles
Local July 5, 2016 | 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry on Monday released76 hatchlings of leatherback turtles in Playa Lavacam, Nisibon. La Altagracia province.
It said the group released belong to the sec[...]
Police try to disperse Haitians protesting to demand passports
Local July 5, 2016 | 11:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Dozens of Haitians gathered peacefully infront of their country’s embassy to demand passports on Tuesday were forced to dispersedthe protest when police officers pepper sprayed th[...]
Who’s hogging dollars in Dominican Republic, industries ask
Local July 5, 2016 | 9:32 am
Santo Domingo.- Herrera and Santo Domingo Province IndustriesAssociation (AEIH) president Antonio Taveras on Monday demanded that the monetaryauthorities reveal who’s hogging dollars in the count[...]
Sahara dust hinders rainfall, except showers Tuesday night
Local July 5, 2016 | 8:47 am
Santo Domingo.- The presence of Saharan dust from northernAfrica hinders the occurrence of rain and increases temperatures, saidmeteorologist Martin Mata on Monday.
He said while the dust doe[...]
Dominican agents seize nearly a ton of drug
Local July 5, 2016 | 7:26 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD)seized 919 bricks of presumably cocaine or heroin, on a beach in San Pedro deMacoris (east), after intercepting the boat that brought the dru[...]
Dominican Week delegation visits AES Corp. in Virginia
Local July 4, 2016 | 1:05 pm
Santo Domingo.- AES Corporation received in its Arlingtonin Virginia headquarters, the delegation of Dominican business leaders whoparticipated in the annual Dominican Week in the United States.
Dominican Republic lauds America’s ‘great democracy’
Local July 4, 2016 | 12:25 pm
Washington. - Dominican ambassador to the US Jose TomasPerez on Monday praised America’s “great democracy” and stressed the privilegeof "living in a state of respect for freedoms and rig[...]
Public Works helps Public Health zap mosquito breeding sites
Local July 4, 2016 | 11:01 am
Santo Domingo.- The Public Works Ministry on Monday announcedthat fumigated 210,966 homes and eliminated 31,894 mosquito breeding sites to supportthe Public Health Ministry’s effort to protect 1.[...]
This cannot be! Medina says of west region’s deforestation
Local July 4, 2016 | 10:42 am
Hondo Valle, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina,during a surprise visit to the western region, said it’s still possible to recoverthe forests of Elijah Piña’s mountains.
Af[...]
Major fraud case pits top prosecutors
Local July 4, 2016 | 10:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Sundayurged Anticorruption (Pepca) prosecutor Laura Guerrero and National Districtprosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso to end their public disput[...]
Black Gold takes International Cap Cana Shootout 2016 crown
Local July 4, 2016 | 9:42 am
Cap Cana, Dominican Republic.- It was the team aboardFlorida’s Black Gold that emerged victorious with a come from behind rally onthe fourth and final day of fishing with an impressive last day t[...]
Ambassadors join to support Gay Pride Day
Local July 4, 2016 | 8:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Seven ambassadors including US envoy JamesW. Brewster attended the march to support community Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual andTransgender (LGBT) Sunday afternoon
Brewster said the s[...]
Pope names new Dominican Republic Cardinal
Local July 4, 2016 | 8:54 am
Vatican City (CNA).- Pope Francis has accepted theresignation of Dominican Republic cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez,according to Canonic Law that sets the age limit at 75, and has appoint[...]