Sunny, cool weekend
Local March 11, 2016 | 10:11 am
Santo Domingo.- The National WeatherOffice (Onamet) on Friday issued small craft warnings along the Atlantic coast,as the higher than normal waves continue.
It cautioned boat operators torema[...]
First Regional Afro Descent Film Festival and Animation ‘Oscars’ to open its doors
Local March 11, 2016 | 8:55 am
Kingston, Jamaica.-Hundreds of professional animators and artists from across the globe and theCaribbean region - including executives from Cartoon Networkand South Africa’s most successful anim[...]
US Coast Guard lauds Dominican antinarcotics agency
Local March 11, 2016 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo.- US Coast Guard Caribbean region commander ScottBuschman on Thursday lauded the fight against drug trafficking and organizedcrime headed by National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) presi[...]
Obama defends gay US envoy in Dominican Republic as rebuke mounts
Local March 11, 2016 | 7:40 am
Washington.- The US government defended the credentials ofits ambassador in Dominican Republic, -Wally- James Brewster, the target ofscathing criticism ramped up in the heels of his visit to a scho[...]
‘Air cocaine’ case Frenchman gets 3 months in jail to await trial
Local March 10, 2016 | 4:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- National District judge Jose A. Vargas on Thursdayremanded Frenchman Christophe Naudin to three months of detention, charged withhelping pilots Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos flee the[...]
French lawmaker admits heading pilots’ escape from Dominican Republic
Local March 10, 2016 | 2:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- Aymeric Chauprade, the French deputy of theEuropean Parliament, on Thursday confessed to orchestrating the escape of Frenchpilots Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos from the Dominican rep[...]
France envoy discards compatriot’s potential escape
Local March 10, 2016 | 12:36 pm
Santo Domingo.- France ambassador Jose Gomez said he’sconfident his compatriot Christophe Naudin, charged in the escape of two Frenchpilots convicted of drug trafficking, will be tried with due p[...]
Prosecution asks to deny bail for ‘air cocaine’ Frenchman
Local March 10, 2016 | 12:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry on Thursday asked a NationalDistrict judge to remand Frenchman Christophe Naudin to one year in prison toawait trial on various charges.
Lead prosecutor M[...]
Lawyer in ‘air cocaine’ case slams Dominican Republic’s top prosecutor
Local March 10, 2016 | 11:17 am
Santo Domingo.- The lawyer for the French national indictedin Dominican Republic’s ‘air cocaine’ drug trafficking case on Thursday railed againstthe Justice Minister’s alleged statement aim[...]
Embattled US envoy to Dominican Republic draws rebuke, support
Local March 10, 2016 | 8:48 am
Santo Domingo.- The letter sent by the NGO "WeThe People" asking US president Barack Obama the recall ambassador James W.Brewster out of the Dominican Republic has reached 18,569 signatur[...]
Zika cases among pregnant women climb to 30; cholera at 12
Local March 10, 2016 | 8:04 am
Santo Domingo.- The suspected cases of the zika virus areincreasing among pregnant women, with 30 detected across the country.
The Public Health Ministry’s epidemiology bulletin also lists1[...]
Big-league player on police payroll…more Dominican Govt. corruption
Local March 9, 2016 | 5:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- In what will likely end up as just anothercase of corruption in the Dominican Republic, Seattle Mariners slugger RobinsonCano figures as 1st Lt. of the National Police payroll, but [...]
Gay US envoy’s visit to Dominican schoolkids sparks backlash
Local March 9, 2016 | 4:44 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) presidentEduardo Hidalgo on Wednesday asked the Education Ministry to bar US ambassadorJames W. Brewster and HIS husband Bob J. Satawake from vi[...]
Public Works improves traffic at busy Las Americas intersection
Local March 9, 2016 | 11:33 am
Santo Domingo.- The Public Works Ministry on Wednesday saidit started the work to expand the Las Americas Highway, at the de Gaulle Av. intersection,to eliminate the "bottleneck" formed b[...]
First woman in presidency bid hopes for a runoff
Local March 9, 2016 | 10:23 am
Santo Domingo.- Minerva Josefina (Minou) Tavarez Mirabal,the country’s first woman to mount a bid for the presidency, on Tuesday saidher campaign’s best push would be a runoff election after th[...]
Dominican churches head push to recall gay US envoy
Local March 9, 2016 | 9:05 am
Santo Domingo.- Santiago evangelical representatives on Tuesdayjoined the Dominican Evangelical Unity Council’s (Codue) recent demand todeclare US ambassador James W. Brewster "persona non g[...]
Dominicans mark 199th anniversary of Patriarch Sánchez
Local March 9, 2016 | 8:27 am
Santo Domingo.- Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, one of the threefounders of the Dominican Republic was born 199 years ago today.
The Patriotic Dates Commission will host the traditionalce[...]
After 3 fatalities, Govt. clamps down on propane gas stations
Local March 9, 2016 | 8:07 am
Santo Domingo.- After the blasts in three propane gasstations in as many weeks that killed three and injured dozens, the Industryand Commerce Ministry on Tuesday announced a temporary halt of the p[...]
Dominican Republic bans foreign funding for campaigns
Local March 9, 2016 | 7:46 am
Santo Domingo.- The Central Electoral Board (JCE) bannedall parties, candidates and political organizations taking part in theelections May 15, from accepting donations or contributions from foreig[...]
Landmark ruling, Dominican Republic terrorist gets 35 years in prison
Local March 8, 2016 | 4:44 pm
SantoDomingo.- In a landmark ruling, a Dominican Republic court on Tuesday handeddown the first ever maximum penalty on a conviction for terrorism.
The NationalDistrict 4th Panel Court senten[...]