President Medina and Miguel Vargas in campaign together in Azua
Local October 17, 2015 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.– President Danilo Medina and Miguel Vargas Maldonado will attend the ceremony to announce Rafael Calderon's candidacy for senator of the Azua province, where many PLD and PRD leade[...]
Poland to pay damages to Dominican minors abused by jailed priest
Local October 16, 2015 | 4:55 pm
Santiago.- Polishjudicial authorities on Friday notified Dominican Republic´s Justice Ministryon the monetary compensation from the conviction of Wojciech Gil (Padre Alberto),whose sexual abus[...]
Top Dominican liberal presidential candidates neck & neck: Poll
Local October 16, 2015 | 4:22 pm
Santo Domingo.- A 9-pointelectoral pact led the minority liberal party Alliance for Democracy (APD) toendorse independent deputy Minou Tavarez Mirabal, of Democratic Option (OD), asits candidate fo[...]
Fugitive Peravia bank execs ´linked´ to drug trafficking
Local October 16, 2015 | 8:58 am
Santo Domingo.- NationalDistrict notes Yeni Berenice Reynoso on Thursday said Venezuela national JoseLuis Santoro, one of the major stakeholder in the collapsed Peravia bank, is linkedto the world [...]
Top Dominican, US prosecutors meet, talk fight on crime
Local October 16, 2015 | 7:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic Justice minister FranciscoDominguez met with the United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Thursday,to discuss organized crime and other topics.
Duri[...]
Dominican leader´s visit to Haiti raises concern of repeat attack
Local October 15, 2015 | 1:16 pm
Santo Domingo.- NationalInvestigations Dept. (DNI) director Sigfrido Pared on Thursday assured that ifpresident Danilo Medina decides to travel to Haiti as emerged Wednesday, State securityagencies[...]
Ex Customs chief ´pocketed´ RD$8.3M taxpayers money: Acento
Local October 15, 2015 | 11:46 am
Santo Domingo.-DominicanRepublic´s Accounts Chamber on Wednesday confirmed that during president LeonelFernandez administration Customs Agency officials rewrote an internal regulation,to distr[...]
Bishops hail meeting of Dominican Republic, Haiti leaders
Local October 15, 2015 | 11:10 am
Santo Domingo.- TheDominican Episcopal Conference on Thursday said the meeting between presidentsDanilo Medina of Dominican Republic and Michel Martelly of Haiti was timely to avertfurther misunder[...]
Casa de Campo opens sales office in Santo Domingo
Local October 15, 2015 | 10:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Tooptimize service and quality hospitality provided to its members and guests, Casade Campo Resort opened a new sales office in Santo Domingo.
The new facility alsoforms part [...]
Dengue alert for most of the country as agencies join the fight
Local October 15, 2015 | 9:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Nearlythe entire country is under a dengue endemic alert, according to the PublicHealth Ministry´s Epidemiology Dept. map that shows Valverde, Independencia,San Pedro de Macori[...]
Haitians protest as Dominican groups keep them out
Local October 15, 2015 | 8:55 am
Dajabon, Dominican Republic.-Dozens of Haitian immigrants on Wednesday staged a protest after groups ofDominican civilians kept them fromentering the country, as the incidents along the border con[...]
Shoving, pepper spray in second anticorruption protest
Local October 15, 2015 | 8:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Pushingand shoving, shouts and tension reigned Wednesday when several groups protestedagainst corruption cases of the State WorksSupervisory Engineers Office (OISOE) .
Amid t[...]
Deputy is only woman to ever seek Dominican Republic presidency
Local October 15, 2015 | 8:03 am
Santo Domingo.- The minorityparties Alliance for Democracy (APD) and Democratic Option (OD) on Wednesday announced a political alliance for the May 2016 election,with deputy Minou Tavarez Mirabal[...]
Extradition sought for 12 in RD$1.4B Peravia bank fraud
Local October 15, 2015 | 7:42 am
Santo Domingo.- NationalDistrict prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso on Wednesday said 12 people wererequested in extradition in connection to the of more than RD$1.4 billion fraudin the failed bank B[...]
Despite wasting millions on cronies, Dominican government can’t pay cops a living wage
Local October 14, 2015 | 5:25 pm
Santo Domingo.-Despite the millions of dollars wasted on political cronyism and high salariesfor officials who don’t have any function, Dominican Republic´s government on Wednesday claimed a[...]
Puerto Rico agents nab 2 Dominicans, seize 300 kilos of cocaine
Local October 14, 2015 | 4:40 pm
San Juan.- DominicansEdilio Benjamin Hernandez, 38, and Yomar Hernandez, 32, were arrested Wednesdayin an operation in which Puerto Rico Police agents seized around 300 kilos ofcocaine valued at mo[...]
Bank fraud case probe ´seriously´ links Pimentel Kareh
Local October 14, 2015 | 12:53 pm
Santo Domingo.- NationalDistrict prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso on Wednesday said the investigationinto the alleged Peravia bank fraud “seriously” links former State WorksSupervisory Engineer[...]
Embattled ex official fails to file financial statement: Auditor
Local October 14, 2015 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- FormerState Works Supervisory Engineers Office (OISOE) director Miguel Pimentel Karehhas yet to file his financial statement after he was fired by president Danilo Medina on Aug. 1[...]
Police raid shop which ´forged´ IDs for illegal aliens
Local October 14, 2015 | 10:39 am
Santiago.- The NationalPolice on Tuesday raided a photo studio next to Santiago´s Public Works Office whichallegedly forged identification documents for illegal aliens.
Police agents and[...]
Applications for the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships open 3 Augus
Local October 14, 2015 | 10:09 am
The Chevening Secretariat is acceptingapplications for 2016/2017 Chevening Scholarships via www.chevening.org/apply from 3 August until 3 November2015.
Chevening Scholarships are award[...]