Pedro Martinez slams Dominican politicos who ‘strangle the poor’
Local April 18, 2016 | 1:17 pm
Santo Domingo.-Former Major League Baseball star hurler and Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, on Monday slammedthe Dominican political class’ behavior and said if it continues all Dominicanswill be [...]
US envoy skips meeting with foreign colleagues ‘invited’ to polls
Local April 18, 2016 | 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- The foreignambassadors are currently meeting with the Central Electoral Board’s members tobe apprised on the electoral process and their participation as guests onelection day May[...]
Hillary Clinton does Dominican Republic beat-for-votes
Local April 18, 2016 | 11:40 am
New York.- Democratic Party presidentialcandidacy hopeful Hillary Clinton on Sunday danced the merengue during a visitto Upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights, the neighborhood that boasts the mos[...]
Smoke spews from Las Americas Airport; Firefighters on the scene
Local April 18, 2016 | 11:10 am
Santo Domingo.- Widespread smokeaffects an area of Las Americas International Airport since early Monday, with terminalauthorities confirming that it’s the result of a fire in a facility.
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Major labor union local backs Sen. Espaillat for Congress
Local April 18, 2016 | 9:42 am
New York.- LIUNA,which represents asbestos, lead and hazardous waste handlers, on Saturday endorsedsenator Adriano Espaillat for Congress, at a rally in Washington Heights.
LIUNA Local 78 bu[...]
A cocky Medina only no-show at first ever presidential candidates debate
Local April 18, 2016 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina will be the only no-showfrom the Monday in Dominican Republic’s first ever televised debate, with eightpresidential candidates present with which organizer[...]
Foreign envoys invited to elections, not as observers
Local April 18, 2016 | 8:00 am
Santo Domingo.- The Central Electoral Board (JCE) Sundaynight announced that all foreign ambassadors have been accredited as invitees tothe May 15 general elections, not as electoral observers.
[...]RD submits institutional strengthening project for sustainable development
Local April 16, 2016 | 12:47 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic submitted the "Draft Declaration on Institutional Strengthening for Sustainable Development in the Americas" to the General Assembly of the Permanen[...]
Opposition VP candidate promises her party will lower cost of living
Local April 16, 2016 | 11:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Opposition Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) vice presidential candidate Carolina Mejia promised that the government of Luis Abinader will lower the cost of living and will provide c[...]
Over 150,000 Haitians in irregular migratory situation have left DR
Local April 16, 2016 | 10:16 am
Santo Domingo.- Official repatriation operations and returns qualified as "voluntary and spontaneous" of Haitian living in irregular migratory situation in the Dominican Republic continue[...]
Dominican VP office starts construction of blood bank network
Local April 16, 2016 | 8:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Vice president Margarita Cedeño broke ground for the construction of the first National Blood Center, which will be part of a modern network of blood banks aimed at meeting the[...]
Dominican Republic Electoral Board topples walls, ‘breaks with dark past’
Local April 15, 2016 | 5:33 pm
Santo Domingo.- The wall around Dominican Republic’s CentralElectoral Board (JCE) has been permanently removed in measure its presidentsays “breaks with a dark past" and an image of secrec[...]
Union leader charged with murder involved in confusing 3-way wreck
Local April 15, 2016 | 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- The JusticeMinistry investigates a three-way crash involving two Justice Ministry vehicles,one of which transported union leader Blas Peralta from the prison to court, wherehe has b[...]
American Airlines celebrates 90 years of aviation and innovation
Local April 15, 2016 | 10:29 am
FORT WORTH, Texas – Today,American Airlines celebrates 90 years of leading the world of commercialaviation, connecting families, businesses and cultures around the globe.
American’s long[...]
Mostly sunny weekend
Local April 15, 2016 | 10:21 am
Santo Domingo.- The National WeatherOffice (Onamet) forecasts widely scattered showers Friday evening over westernand central provinces, with mostly sunny skies for much of the territory, dueto low[...]
Government, doctors agree to keep talking
Local April 15, 2016 | 9:15 am
Government, doctorsagree to keep talking
Santo Domingo.- The Government and the Dominican Medical Association(CMD) on Thursday agreed to improve the national health system with pensions, co[...]
Zika cases reach 19 as couples are urged to postpone pregnancy
Local April 15, 2016 | 7:54 am
Santo Domingo.- After the association of Zika virus andmicrocephaly in the first trimester of pregnancy was confirmed, the PublicHealth minister Altagracia Guzman on Thursday urged couples to postp[...]
Dominican Republic could be left without water or rivers ‘in a few years’
Local April 14, 2016 | 5:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic could be left without rivers, water or its sources in a few years, politicalscientist and Public Administration expert Yudelis Mendez warned Thursday, andcalled on[...]
Experts predict 2 ‘very strong’ hurricanes for Atlantic season: Efe
Local April 14, 2016 | 4:11 pm
Denver.- The Atlantic basin’s hurricaneseason in, which officially begins June 1, will have "averageactivity" with twelve tropical storms and five experts hurricanes, two ofthem highly [...]
US to help improve road traffic, reduce deaths(Update)
Local April 14, 2016 | 3:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- US ambassador James Brewster on Thursdayvisited Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) director Frener Arias, to discussroad safety, training programs, improved traffic and reducing [...]