Impounded vehicles to the auction block after 21 days
Local January 29, 2016 | 4:47 pm
Santo Domingo.- TheJustice Ministry and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) on Friday warnedowners of vehicles and motorcycles impounded nationwide, they’ll be sold inauction if not retrie[...]
Justice Minister slams political parties for reelectng indicted mayors
Local January 29, 2016 | 4:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- Justiceminister Francisco Dominguez on Friday slammed the political parties forchoosing for reelection the mayors indicted on charges of corruption, includingmisappropriation of tax[...]
All agencies join to halt the spread of zika
Local January 29, 2016 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- The governmenton Thursday instructed all state agencies to support the Public Health Ministry´ssocial mobilization to prevent zika and other mosquito-transmitted diseases byeli[...]
Top prosecutor: Organized crime sought to control Judicial Branch
Local January 29, 2016 | 8:30 am
Santo Domingo.- Justiceminister Francisco Dominguez on Thursday said a structure sponsored byorganized crime sought to control the Judicial Council, and boost thepossibilities of its new members le[...]
Dominican Republic Govt. corruption with 1,200+ scofflaw officials
Local January 29, 2016 | 7:56 am
Santo Domingo.- ChamberAccounts (CCRD) president Licelott Marte on Thursday revealed that despite thatthe deadline to file their financial statements as Law 311-14 stipulates expiredsix months ago,[...]
Only female candidate dares rivals to do something new: Debate
Local January 28, 2016 | 4:30 pm
New York.- Thepresidential candidate of a coalition of minority parties headed by the APD on Thursdayreiterated the need for candidates to elective posts to take a new step inDominican politics and[...]
Dominican Republic´s main river languishes under trash
Local January 28, 2016 | 3:59 pm
Santiago.- DominicanRepublic´s most important and longest river Yaque del Norte agonizes from the thousandsof tons of industrial waste, chemicals and butcher scraps dumped on its banks inSanti[...]
Biggest Dominican bank´s ´best year´ as assets top US$6.7B
Local January 28, 2016 | 1:23 pm
Santo Domingo.- Thepresident of Dominican republic´s biggest bank on Thursday said 2015 was thegroup´s best year, "well above the goals," with assets totaling US$6.7billion.
[...]Low transparency rank based on expired information: Dominican official
Local January 28, 2016 | 12:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- Presidency legal adviser Cesar Pina on Thursday rebuffed theveracity of Transparency International´s ranking the Dominican Republic among theworld´s most corrupt nations, [...]
NY State senator calls for intervention in Haiti
Local January 28, 2016 | 11:47 am
Santo Domingo.- New York State senator Adriano Espaillat on Thursday calledfor the international community´s intervention in Haiti to defuse thatcountry´s political crisis.
The Domi[...]
Relentless: Human Chain again slams Dominican Govt. corruption
Local January 28, 2016 | 11:09 am
Santo Domingo.- Activists of the grassrootsmovement Poder Ciudadano (Citizen Power) took to the streets again Wednesday,when they formed the now recurrent “Human Chain Against Corruption in the [...]
Medina vents frustration over war on drug trafficking
Local January 28, 2016 | 9:01 am
Santo Domingo.- PresidentDanilo Medina on Wednesday called drugtrafficking a crucial challenge for the region´s institutions and security andurged "new debates and new ways" to figh[...]
Dominican Republic high courts face local, foreign ´slanderers´
Local January 28, 2016 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo.- ConstitutionalCourt chief justice Milton Ray Guevara on Wednesday denounced an attempt toimpose "a sort of cultural imperialism" in the country to force the highcourts to [...]
Government corruption, laisse-faire spread to the UN
Local January 27, 2016 | 4:40 pm
Santo Domingo.-Dominican Republic´s failure to pay its financial share during at least thelast two years has led to losing its right to vote in the UN Assembly, themajor opposition PRM party r[...]
Dominican doctors stage walkout as zika virus looms
Local January 27, 2016 | 3:50 pm
Santiago.- Doctors,nurses and administrative staff and 24 support public health centers across thecity staged a 24-hour walkout demanding better working conditions and salaries,while the presence o[...]
Mir Foundation hosts fundraiser golf tournament
Local January 27, 2016 | 12:26 pm
La Romana, Dominican Republic.-With the world famous Teeth of the Dog links as the backdrop the MIR Foundationon Saturday successfully hosted its annual golf tournament, an event that formspart of [...]
General, senior officers charged with smuggling 220 guns
Local January 27, 2016 | 10:56 am
Santo Domingo.- The JusticeMinistry on Tuesday requested pretrial detention against seven military officersincluding one general, charged with smuggling 220 guns of various calibers, throughthe Def[...]
Famous ex-con charged with aggravated assault in Puerto Plata
Local January 27, 2016 | 9:52 am
Santo Domingo.-Notorious ex-convict Sobeida Felix was charged with aggravated assault against attorneyIris de los Santos in Puerto Plata on Tuesday.
Felix was taken to the PuertoPlata Office [...]
Cardinal slams Dominicans who betray the Founding Father
Local January 27, 2016 | 9:12 am
Santo Domingo.- There´vebeen many traitors in the country who’ve joined gangs of people who don’t feelor are Dominican and who would even publicly praise Founding Father Juan PabloDuarte, [...]
Dominican Republic still among least transparent, but up a notch
Local January 27, 2016 | 7:52 am
Berlin.- Corruptionremains a systemic problem in Latin America, with Venezuela as the primeexample with Uruguay and Chile as the region´s most transparent countries,according to the latest of [...]