Public Works helps traffic cops deal with downtown chaos
Local June 21, 2016 | 8:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Public Works minister Gonzalo Castillo and MetropolitanTransit Authority (AMET) director Frener Bello on Monday said they work togetherto speed up traffic in downtown Santo Domingo,[...]
Mayor of second biggest city: Go ahead, investigate me
Local June 21, 2016 | 8:09 am
Santo Domingo.- Santiago mayor Gilberto Serulle on Monday defendedhis tenure in the country’s second biggest city, which he called successful andtwice-awarded for transparency.
He denied th[...]
Dominican Republic Army halts 400 illegal border crossings daily
Local June 21, 2016 | 7:35 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s Army daily stops asmany as 400 people trying to enter the country illegally at all crossings alongthe border with Haiti.
Army commander Jose Eugenio Mat[...]
Bail set at US$1,300 for foreigners nabbed making racy video in Sosua
Local June 20, 2016 | 3:34 pm
Puerto Plata.- Puerto Plata Permanent Attention judge AdrianaVasquez on Monday set bail at RD$60,000 (around US$1,300) each for fourforeigners arrested during a photo and video shoot with a seminud[...]
UN says the country has 133,770 stateless people
Local June 20, 2016 | 2:58 pm
Santo Domingo.- To mark World Refugee Day on Monday, the UNHigh Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) again reports that there are statelesspeople in the Dominican Republic, this time setting the figur[...]
Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino fests Global Discovery Day
Local June 20, 2016 | 12:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- The hotel chain Renaissance, known foroffering unique experiences to business travelers, recently hosted aninitiative which helps guests engage with the local environment through a [...]
Prosecutor questions Mayor of second largest city
Local June 20, 2016 | 11:33 am
Santo Domingo.- Santiago mayor Gilberto Serulle is being questionedby Anticorruption Dept. (Pepca) prosecutor Laura Guerrero, for allegedirregularities during his term as head of the country’s se[...]
Tropical waves bring scattered showers
Local June 20, 2016 | 10:39 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (ONAMET) forecastsincreasing cloudiness and scattered showers late Monday from a tropical wave approaching from the East which has already broughtrain al[...]
What ban? Dominicans bought US$40.3M worth of guns in 7 years
Local June 20, 2016 | 10:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic bought US$40.3 millionworth of guns and ammo (nearly RD$1.9 billion) during the past seven years,which reveals a toothless executive order issued 10 years ago whi[...]
Gripe reveals Dominican looming chasm in the ruling party
Local June 20, 2016 | 9:59 am
Santo Domingo.- A senior leader of Dominican Republic’sruling party (PLD) on Sunday accused the members of its top echelon of using “subterfugesand artifices” to remain in power.
Melani[...]
Official to help find Dominican Republic’s 2,300 ‘ghost’ cops
Local June 20, 2016 | 8:10 am
Santo Domingo.- Ombudswoman Zoila Martinez on Sunday saidher agency will help National Police chief Nelson Peguero identify and find the2,300 cops whose whereabouts are unknown .
The fact tha[...]
Dominican Republic is a country full of opportunities: Spanish expert
Local June 18, 2016 | 10:31 am
Santo Domingo.- Spanish expert on public administration Tomas Orbea Celaya said that the Dominican Republic is a country full of opportunities because its people are available, it has the ability t[...]
Seven people arrested for possession of 500 grams of drugs
Local June 18, 2016 | 9:56 am
Santiago.- Agents from the Cibao Police and the Public Ministry arrested seven men and allegedly seized 514.5 grams of different types of drugs in 122 small portions.
According to the report,[...]
President Medina discusses 2016-2020 education plan
Local June 18, 2016 | 8:46 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina met Friday with representatives of the Government's education sector to know the details of the plan to be implemented over the next four years.
The mi[...]
US, Canadian nationals arrested for taking risque photos
Local June 17, 2016 | 5:32 pm
Sosua, Dominican Republic.- The Tourism Police (CESTUR) on Fridayarrested three Americans and a Canadian, while taking pictures of a sexy model in Sosúa’s Las Flores park.
The American[...]
American Chamber of Commerce rebukes incident at Coca-Cola plant
Local June 17, 2016 | 4:55 pm
Santo Domingo.- The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAMDR)on Friday said it rebukes the actions of which were recently carried out at theplant of Bepensa Dominicana, the local bottler of Coca-Cola[...]
Only in Dominican Republic: Police chief lost track of 2,300 cops
Local June 17, 2016 | 4:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- In yet another ‘only in Dominican Republic’foible, National Police chief Nelson Peguero on Fridayadmitted he doesn’t know what many of the force’s 38,000 police officers do[...]
Electoral Court busy on rulings in wake of questioned polls
Local June 17, 2016 | 2:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Superior Electoral Court on Friday withheldruling on three injunction requests filed against the Central Electoral Board foralleged irregularities during the May 15 general elec[...]
Environmentalists reiterate State-owned bank reserve violation
Local June 17, 2016 | 12:55 pm
Santo Domingo.- The environmentalist organization NationalCommittee to Combat Climate Change (CNLCC) on Friday responded to central bankerHector Valdez Albizu’s assertion that the State-owned Res[...]
General de Seguros hosts Golf Cup at Casa de Campo’s Dye Fore
Local June 17, 2016 | 11:29 am
La Romana.- Withthe participation of 116 enthusiastic, local and foreign players, General de Segurosinsurance company hosted its 2ndannual Golf Cup in Casa de Campo’s famed Dye Fore golf links.<[...]