Minority party candidate says the corrupt must be singled out
Local December 18, 2015 | 1:11 pm
Santo Domingo. -"Corruption has always lived with an impunity that starts by not giving ita name, that´s why it´s very important to point out the corrupt. Corruption isfought by taki[...]
Judicial scandal ´Deeply disturbs Dominican society´s conscience´
Local December 18, 2015 | 9:22 am
Santo Domingo.- "Thisis a serious fact which has undermined the foundations of the criminal justicesystem in the Dominican Republic and has convulsed the country's judiciary in acatastrophic m[...]
Major concert scrubbed on impresario´s heart attack
Local December 18, 2015 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- The companySD Concerts Thursday night announced it suspended the Santo Domingo Liveconcert that was set for at the Olympic Stadium Saturday, “for reasons of forcemajeure which hav[...]
The case that rocked Dominican Republic Justice
Local December 18, 2015 | 8:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Therelease of dangerous felons on meager bonds and the numerous acquittals inmajor corruption cases stunned Dominican Republic´s Judiciary this year, reachinga flashpoint with [...]
Dominican society ´tired´ of government´s gun control blah blah
Local December 17, 2015 | 4:14 pm
Santo Domingo.-Thenational coordinator of the civic movement Citizen Participation on Thursdaysaid it´s painful to hear talk of gun control only when unfortunate situationslike the murder of m[...]
Dominican credit unions host Corporate Governance congress
Local December 17, 2015 | 3:47 pm
SD. Dominican Republic´sCredit Union Association and Credit Corporations, ABANCORD, hosted thecongress, "Corporate Governance: the new role of the board ofdirectors" for its members,[...]
Jailed judges rid Dominican Republic´s Judiciary of ´pus´
Local December 17, 2015 | 11:18 am
Santo Domingo.-Dominican Republic justice minister Francisco Dominguez called the ruling handeddown 2am Thursday to incarcerate a purge of the “pus” from the Judiciary.
After a marathon h[...]
Public Health scrambles as zika virus arrival imminent
Local December 17, 2015 | 9:49 am
Santo Domingo.- The imminentarrival of the zika virus has prompted the Public Health Ministry to ask the NationalEmergency Commission (CNE) to draft a prevention plan.
In a meeting Wednesday [...]
Christmas Peace Plan: Police nab drugs, guns, fugitives
Local December 17, 2015 | 9:21 am
Santo Domingo.- NationalPolice spokesman Maximo Baez on Wednesday said the confiscation of guns,drugs and th arrest of fugitives charged with various crimes continue, aspart of the Christmas Peace [...]
In landmark ruling Dominican Republic court sends a judge to jail
Local December 17, 2015 | 8:31 am
Santo Domingo.- In anunprecedented development in the Dominican Republic, a sitting judge has beensent to three months of pretrial detention on charges of taking bribes to handdown favorable ruling[...]
US envoy calls Dominican mayor´s murder horrific
Local December 16, 2015 | 3:56 pm
Santo Domingo.- Horrificis what US ambassador James W. Brewster called the Tuesday noon shooting deathof Santo Domingo Este mayor Juan de los Santos.
He said the DominicanRepublic is experien[...]
BASC Dominican chapter lauds DP World Caucedo kudos
Local December 16, 2015 | 3:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- BusinessAlliance for Secure Commerce (BASC) Dominican Republic chapter executivedirector Omar Castellanos on Tuesday saidthe "Excellence in service export sector" award i[...]
In the wake of tragedy Dominican watchdog wants gun ban
Local December 16, 2015 | 2:49 pm
Santo Domingo.- One of Dominican Republic´s most active watchdog groups on Wednesday said the best way to honor slain Santo Domingo Este mayor Juan de los Santos is to launch a long-range plan[...]
Group suspends anticorruption protests on mayor´s death
Local December 16, 2015 | 12:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- Thegrassroots movement Poder Ciudadano (Citizen Power) on Wednesday said it hassuspended the "human chains" against corruption which it organizes throughoutthe country.
US senator jumps into Dominican cardinal-US envoy row
Local December 16, 2015 | 11:18 am
Washington.- Illinois SenatorDick Durbin on Tuesday asked Pope Francis to personally intervene to defend USambassador in Dominican Republic, James Brewster, against attacks by cardinalNicolas de Je[...]
Philip Morris empowers Dominican women with education, prevention
Local December 16, 2015 | 10:59 am
Tamboril, Dominican Republic.-Philip Morris (PMDO) and Dominican Women in Development (MOVE) on Tuesday disclosedthe results of the project "Peace and Education: A program to preventviolent be[...]
Dominican senator still leads ´most corrupt´ showdown
Local December 16, 2015 | 10:33 am
Santo Domingo.-Dominican senator Felix Bautista on Wednesday is till leading the international"greatest corruption" competition with 5,072 votes, hosted byTransparency International (TI).[...]
Dominican diplomat in bribe scandal claims immunity: Reuters
Local December 16, 2015 | 9:20 am
New York.- Suspendeddeputy U.N. ambassador from the Dominican Republic Francis Lorenzo has asked aU.S. judge to dismiss an indictment charging him with participating in abribery scheme, saying he h[...]
Debt led to killing of Dominican Republic´s top mayor
Local December 16, 2015 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Tuesday said Santo Domingo Este mayor Juan de los Santos was shot four or five times by Luis Feliz, who then took his own life.
He als[...]
Mayor of Dominican Republic´s biggest city is shot dead(Update3)
Local December 15, 2015 | 1:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- The mayor ofDominican Republic´s biggest city was shot dead around noon Tuesday his officesof the Dominican Federation of Municipalities, allegedly by a councilman from anunspe[...]