Only 50% of Haitians met DR residency requirements
Local January 4, 2016 | 11:15 am
SantoDomingo.- A report by the Associated Press carried by national and international media focuses on the progress of theDominican Republic’s Foreigner Regularization Plan. It includes interview[...]
Eye specialist warns parents not to give toy guns as gifts
Local January 4, 2016 | 10:54 am
Santo Domingo.- According to specialist medical staff at the Cardio-Neuro-Ophthalmological and Transplant Center (Cecanot), around15 children have been treated for eye injuries caused by toy pisto[...]
Light rains, high temperatures
Local January 4, 2016 | 10:41 am
Santo Domingo.- The National MeteorologicalOffice (ONAMET) informs that a high-pressure system over the north Atlantic ismoving eastwards and creating favorable conditions for cloudy skies and ligh[...]
President Medina’s New Year’s Tweet
Local January 4, 2016 | 10:29 am
Santo Domingo.-PresidentDanilo Medina issued a new year’s message to the nation via Twitter on Friday, declaring he wasconfident that 2016 would give him the opportunity to consolidate theachieve[...]
Christmas and New Year death toll was 41
Local January 4, 2016 | 8:38 am
Santo Domingo.- A total of 41people lost their lives over the holiday period, according to the last bulletinissued by the Emergency Operations Center (COE) on Saturday.
According to the repor[...]
Dominican Republic braces for arrival of Zika virus
Local January 4, 2016 | 8:26 am
SantoDomingo.- The Dominican Republic health authorities are on alert for thepossible arrival of the Zika virus, and have introduced prevention, control andvigilance measures and is calling on peop[...]
First baby of 2016 recovering
Local January 4, 2016 | 7:53 am
Santo Domingo.- Thefirst baby of the year, who was born in the city’s NuestraSeñora de la Altagracia Maternity Hospital in the early hours of January 1stis recovering and is now being fed by[...]
Holiday death toll down this year
Local January 4, 2016 | 7:41 am
SantoDomingo.- The spokesman for the Metropolitan Transport Authority, (AMET)Lieutenant Colonel Diego Pesqueira, said Sunday that the traffic policeforce is satisfied at the reduction in the number[...]
Tremor of 4.6 jolts north-west coast
Local January 2, 2016 | 10:44 am
Santo Domingo.– A 4.6 magnitude quake was registered 11:25 am Saturday with an epicenter 5 kilometers north-northwest of Villa Vasquez, in the Montecristi province, with no reported damages thus [...]
Religious leader demands a halt to corruption
Local January 2, 2016 | 9:44 am
Santo Domingo.– The National Evangelical Concentration yesterday demanded that the Dominican authorities take drastic measures against an increasing problem affecting the country, corruption, &qu[...]
Scattered showers, mild temperatures
Local January 2, 2016 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo.– The National Weather Office (ONAMET) forecasts widely scattered showers over the country’s northern and eastern regions, from a frontal trough over the Atlantic coast.
It [...]
Dominican Today wishes readers a Happy New Year
Local December 31, 2015 | 10:56 am
Santo Domingo.– We wish all our readers a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2016. Thank you for your support and we look forward to another exciting year ahead.
It's been an exciting 12 mo[...]
34,000 first responders to guarantee safe yearend holidays
Local December 30, 2015 | 12:51 pm
Santo Domingo.– The National Emergency Commission (COE) director Juan Manuel Mendez on Wednesday announced that the second phase of the safe yearend holidays operation will include some 34,823 fr[...]
Dominican Republic welcomes agreement on Cuban migrants
Local December 30, 2015 | 10:57 am
Santo Domingo.– Manolo Pichardo, former president of the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), and Tony Raful, former president of that organization's International Relations Committee, welcome[...]
Man arrested in Santiago for pointing laser at aircraft
Local December 30, 2015 | 10:18 am
Santo Domingo.– A man was arrested in Santiago de los Caballeros (center) while he was pointing a laser light into the cockpit of a commercial airliner that was landing at the local airport, the [...]
Taiwan govt. makes rice donation to residents in Santo Domingo East
Local December 30, 2015 | 9:07 am
Santo Domingo.– Republic of China Ambassador to the Dominican Republic TangJi-zen and Dominican Senate president Cristina Lizardo headed a donation event in Santo Domingo East where local residen[...]
Former president still hesitant to join Medina’s reelection campaign
Local December 30, 2015 | 8:24 am
Santo Domingo.– January will be a decisive month for the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to reaffirm its unity and clear the doubts if former president Leonel Fernandez joins President Da[...]
DR, Western hemisphere’s most dangerous place to drive
Local December 30, 2015 | 7:55 am
Santo Domingo.– The World Health Organization reported thatthe Dominican Republic is the Western hemisphere's most dangerous place todrive, and 15th worst in the world, according to The Globalsta[...]
Dengue death toll reaches 94 this year, Health Ministry confirms
Local December 29, 2015 | 3:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dengue fever has claimed 94 lives in the Dominican Republic from January to 6 December, according to the latest data from the General Epidemiological Directorate at the Ministry of [...]
Transit authorities confiscate heavy vehicles during holidays
Local December 29, 2015 | 2:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet) announced that during the holiday break from 12 noon on 24 December to 10pm on Sunday, the 27th, agents confiscated 237 heavy vehicles that[...]
