Agency gets more buses to take illegal aliens out of the country
Local January 8, 2016 | 10:17 am
Santo Domingo.- The DefenseMinistry on Thursday transferred buses tothe Immigration Agency to transport illegal aliens out of the country.
Defense minister WilliamMuñoz handed the keys [...]
Presidential candidate pledges an independent judiciary
Local January 8, 2016 | 9:38 am
Santo Domingo.- The presidentialcandidate of a coalition of minority parties on Friday vowed to work to secure anindependent Judiciary, during a tour of the sector next to the Justice Ministryand t[...]
Not as many stateless people in Dominican Republic: UN
Local January 8, 2016 | 7:38 am
Not as many stateless peoplein Dominican Republic: UN
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic is still home for 133,770 stateless people, says the UN HighCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), but sig[...]
Damajagua Falls visited by 70,801 tourists
Local January 7, 2016 | 1:25 pm
Puerto Plata.- The DamajaguaFalls Natural Monument, near Imbert township, was visited by 70,801 tourists in2015, besting 2014 by 3,778 adventurers.
Protected area administratorRoberto Luis Go[...]
Most of Dominican Republic´s smuggled guns are from US: Top official
Local January 7, 2016 | 11:23 am
Santo Domingo.- Interior and Police minister Jose Ramon Fadul on Friday said most of the illegal guns in the country come from the United States, smuggled through ports and airports.
He said [...]
Pushing & shoving as protest demands judiciary´s purge(Update)
Local January 7, 2016 | 10:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Protestersclashed with police outside the Supreme Court Thursday, when chief justice MarianoGerman was heading a ceremony to mark Day of the Judiciary.
The cops tried to evict[...]
Govt. warns against marketing of sea turtle shells
Local January 7, 2016 | 9:08 am
Santo Domingo.- The EnvironmentMinistry on Wednesday warned Dominicans and foreigners against buying orselling handicrafts made from the shells of the sea turtle (Eretmochelysimbricata), a species [...]
Criticized for slow response Public Health scrambles on Zika virus
Local January 7, 2016 | 8:39 am
Santo Domingo.- The possiblearrival of the zika virus has prompted health authorities to order the firsttests conjunctivitis to detect the disease on people who go to emergency withfever and joint [...]
Dominican Republic Judiciary marks its day amid ballooning crisis
Local January 7, 2016 | 7:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Amid a ballooningcrisis which has rocked the institutional foundations of justice, Dominican Republic´sjudicial branch marks the Day of the Judiciary today, with questionable r[...]
Think tank rails against Dominican government corruption
Local January 6, 2016 | 3:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- In whathas become a repeated demand and which reveals president Danilo Medina´s lackof interest in fighting government corruption, a prominent think tank on Wednesdaylashed out[...]
Judges ´sold rulings´ interrogated, face 20 years
Local January 6, 2016 | 12:01 pm
Santo Domingo.- In handcuffsresigning judge Francisco Arias was escorted Wednesday morning to the Justice Ministry’sAnticorruption Office (Pepca) for questioning, under heavy guard.
He arri[...]
Traffic cops want to put the brakes on aggressive motorists
Local January 6, 2016 | 9:50 am
Santo Domingo.- MetropolitanTransit Authority (AMET) director Frener Bello on Tuesday complained that motorists’aggressions against his agents aretreated as mere traffic violations.
Quoted[...]
´W,´ Santo Domingo´s first specialized whiskey bar is now open
Local January 6, 2016 | 9:29 am
´W,´ Santo Domingo´sfirst specialized whiskey bar is now openSanto Domingo.- The groupO.livia in partnership with The Macallan, the world's most coveted whiskey, cutthe ribbon on &qu[...]
Dominican Republic bank fraud case widens as Venezuelans still on the run
Local January 6, 2016 | 7:52 am
Santo Domingo.- NationalDistrict assistant prosecutor Ysidro Vásquez Peña was arrested Tuesday on abench warrant issued by the Appellate Court Special Penal Chamber.
The arrest reve[...]
US resumes deportations as 100+ Dominican ex-cons return
Local January 5, 2016 | 12:55 pm
Santo Domingo.- US Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (ICE) resumed deportation of Dominican ex-convicts on Tuesday,with 115 figuring on the first group returned this year after serving time for dr[...]
Latin America Amateur Championship to reach 140 countries via TV broadcast
Local January 5, 2016 | 11:21 am
La Romana, DominicanRepublic – Expanding its coverage across five continents, the second LatinAmerica Amateur Championship will be televised in 140 countries and reachmillions of homes around the[...]
US Embassy announces briefing at cultural center in Bani
Local January 5, 2016 | 10:33 am
Santo Domingo.- TheConsular Section of the United States Embassy will host one of its usual briefings on visas andconsular services on Wednesday, January 13, at the facilities of the Perello Cult[...]
Deadlines for May´s general elections start this month
Local January 5, 2016 | 8:44 am
Santo Domingo.- TheCentral Electoral Board (JCE) will start this month the clock on vital legaldeadlines to stage the general elections of May 15, such as sealing the list ofvoters and provide the [...]
Dominican Republic tightens Haiti border as immigrants swell
Local January 5, 2016 | 7:54 am
Dajabón, DominicanRepublic.- Dominican authorities on Monday sealed the northwest border area withHaiti, as hundreds of Haitians many of them undocumented, try to enter thecountry which occupi[...]
Punta Cana Real Estate launches revamped Website
Local January 4, 2016 | 11:28 am
Punta Cana Lifestyle Real Estate continues to provide excellent service to those buying and selling property in the Dominican Republic, with a team of qualified REALTORS® dedicated to helping [...]