Opposition VP candidate promises better living conditions with PRM party
Local April 30, 2016 | 11:46 am
Santo Domingo.- Opposition Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) vice presidential candidate Carolina Mejia said that the Dominican Republic deserves better living conditions for its citizens, with orde[...]
Four Dominican women murdered in Turks and Caicos in five years
Local April 30, 2016 | 10:12 am
Santo Domingo.- A Dominican waitress has become the fourth woman from the Dominican Republic to be murdered in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the past five years, online newspaper SUNtci.com repor[...]
615 people displaced, 19 communities isolated due to downpours
Local April 30, 2016 | 9:28 am
Santo Domingo.- The downpours affecting the Dominican Republic since early week will continue during the weekend in most of the country, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported today.
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Woman, 83, files charges in US$341M Peravia bank fraud
Local April 29, 2016 | 12:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dr. Amparo Flor de Francia Gonzalez, 83, withmore than 35 years living and practicing medicine in Puerto Rico, on Thursday filedfraud charges against executives of the failed Peravi[...]
Electoral Board says international observers have started arriving
Local April 29, 2016 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- The Central Electoral Board (JCE) on Thursdaysaid it has begun receiving the international observers of the May 15 generalelections, representing the South American Union of Nations[...]
Jumbo relaunches Hering clothing brand for Spring-Summer 2016
Local April 28, 2016 | 5:26 pm
SD.- Jumbo department stores on Thursday rolled out itsproposal for the Spring-Summer 2016 season, showcasing its unique Brazilian brandHering with more than 130 years in that market.
“Heri[...]
Colonial Zone boasts the country’s first hotel-museum
Local April 28, 2016 | 12:35 pm
Santo Domingo.- Culture minister Jose Antonio Rodriguez on Wednesdaycut the ribbon for the hotel "El Beaterio" (beguine), the country’s firsthotel-museum, located on Duarte St., in the [...]
Downpours continue: Agency raises flash-flood alerts to warning
Local April 28, 2016 | 12:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) on Thursdayissued a flash flood warning for central La Vega and Monseñor Noel provinces,just hours after the National Weather Office (Onam[...]
Flash flood warning for central provinces as ownpours continue
Local April 28, 2016 | 8:43 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts continuing light to moderate showers acrossthe country with some thunderstorms through Thursday afternoon and evening.
It said s[...]
Dominicans mark 51 years since the War of infamy
Local April 28, 2016 | 8:16 am
Santo Domingo.- 51 years have passed since the infamous Warof April 1965, with the second American military occupation of the Dominican Republicin the 20th Century.
The popular uprising which[...]
Dominican Republic would send investigators to Panama as probe widens
Local April 28, 2016 | 7:23 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Wednesdaysaid prosecutors would be sent to Panama if necessary, to investigate offshore companieslinked to the Dominican Republic.
He s[...]
Dominican Republic big business enters row on US envoy’s ‘pressure’
Local April 27, 2016 | 5:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- National Business Council (CONEP) presidentRafael Blanco on Wednesday called on the government to pay attention to CentralElectoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario’s claim h[...]
Dominican security system dysfunctional: Ex-New York mayor
Local April 27, 2016 | 12:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesdaycalled Dominican Republic’s current security system “dysfunctional” and must befixed from top to bottom.
"We must[...]
Dominican Republic has a partially-free press: Watchdog
Local April 27, 2016 | 11:21 am
Washington.- U.S.-based rights watchdog says press freedomin the world declined in 2015 to its lowest level in 12 years, under heightenedpressure from a combination of political, criminal, and terr[...]
Country improves on natural disasters, but risk still high: Report
Local April 27, 2016 | 10:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic gained two positions,but still among the 34 most-at-risk countries to natural disasters, says the WorldRisk Report 2015, published in collaboration with UN Univer[...]
State university can’t continue wasting time demanding what is due: Candidate
Local April 27, 2016 | 7:45 am
Santo Domingo.- APD party presidential candidate MinouTavarez on Tuesday said the government has to comply with the established fundingfor the Santo Domingo State University, UASD, the center of hi[...]
Stance on Dominican Republic govt. corruption varies with age: Poll
Local April 27, 2016 | 7:21 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominicans’ view on government corruptionvaries on age, political sympathy or connection to the ruling party, according toa Gallup survey for newspaper Hoy.
The poll mad[...]
Tourist snapshot shows boat poaching shark fins on Silver Banks
Local April 26, 2016 | 4:31 pm
Samana, Dominican Republic.- A tourist on one of three tourboats authorized to visit Banco de la Plata (Silver Banks) to watch humpbackwhales on Wednesday released photos taken around a month ago, [...]
Success: Fathom inaugural voyage to Dominican Republic
Local April 26, 2016 | 4:05 pm
Seatthle, April 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fathom, the pioneer in social impact travel and Carnival Corporation's (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) 10th and newest brand, returned from its inaugural voyage [...]
‘Panama Papers’ Dominican links to be revealed in days: Diario Libre
Local April 26, 2016 | 12:49 pm
Santo Domingo.- The International Consortium of InvestigativeJournalists (ICIJ) intends to publish in around two weeks more information fromthe "Panama Papers," the massive leak of docume[...]