Dominican belles-cum lawmakers debate pressing issues in Congress
Local September 10, 2015 | 10:46 am
Dominican belles-cumlawmakers debate pressing issues in Congress
Santo Domingo.-Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez on Wednesday headed a legislative "session" featuring 15c[...]
A 4.1 qake jolts northeast Dominican Republic
Local September 10, 2015 | 9:26 am
Santo Domingo.- A 4.1 magnitude quake was registered1:31amThursday with an epicenter 9 kilometers west of Samana (northeast), with no reporteddamaged thus far.
The Santo Domingo State Univers[...]
Demand of better services sparks protests across the North
Local September 10, 2015 | 7:57 am
Santiago.- Severalprotests were unleashed Wednesday in north region towns against what theorganizers say is the government´s failure to solve the people´s demands suchas better services o[...]
Government, telecoms ramp up work to halt cell phone thefts
Local September 10, 2015 | 7:41 am
Santo Domingo.- The GSMAssociation, the Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) and the telecoms Claro,Orange and Viva on Wednesday agreed to deny the connection of stolen equipment throughthe Intern[...]
US envoy lauds Dominican Republic´s deportation process
Local September 10, 2015 | 7:19 am
Dajabón.- A committeeof the US Embassy, ? Defense Ministry and the Immigration Agency on Wednesday visitedthe shelter facilities for undocumented aliens in Dajabon, to observecompliance with t[...]
Foreign Ministry payroll cull zaps 1,200, confirms corruption
Local September 9, 2015 | 4:47 pm
Santo Domingo.-Foreign minister Andrés Navarro on Wednesday revealed a cut in payroll whichwill save Dominican taxpayers more than RD$20.0 million (US$4.4 million)monthly, which confirms accus[...]
Israel’s debt with Dominicans unpayable: Nobel laureate
Local September 9, 2015 | 2:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- PresidentDanilo Medina met in the National Palace Wednesday with Nobel Chemistry Prizelaureate, Israeli Daniel Shechtman, to strengthen ties between the two nations.
After the[...]
Dominican Tennis taps CDN as Davis Cup official channel
Local September 9, 2015 | 11:55 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Tennis Federation (Fedotenis) onWednesday announced that SportsMax CDN will be the Davis Cup´s official channeland will be held in the country September 18 to 20[...]
First director slams current traffic cop chief for letting it ´degrade´
Local September 9, 2015 | 10:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The MetropolitanTransit Authority´s (AMET) first director on Wednesday slammed the current administrationfor in his view allowing the agency´s degradation, leading to a la[...]
High temps continue; widely scattered showers possible
Local September 9, 2015 | 10:36 am
Santo Domingo.- TheNational Weather Office on Wednesday forecast low chances of rainfall and mostlysunny skies, with widely scattered showers possible in the afternoon.
Meteorology said the h[...]
Pope´s envoy sex abuse victims should get compensation, says prosecutor
Local September 9, 2015 | 9:36 am
Santo Domingo.- The prosecutorof National District on Monday said the Justice Ministry analyzes how to securedamages for the several boys allegedly sexually abused by Pope Francis´ envoyJozef [...]
Official: 9 more large dams needed for aqueducts, agro
Local September 9, 2015 | 9:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Ninelarge, 38 medium and 20 small dams need to be built to store enough water to supplyaqueducts and agriculture, dams and canals agency (INDRHI) director Olgo Fernandezproposed Mon[...]
Accused links recently fired govt. official to bank fraud case
Local September 9, 2015 | 8:47 am
Santo Doming.- The NationalDistrict Court ofAppeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling of six months pretrial detentionagainst three former executives of the failed Peravia Bank, charged with [...]
No political parties for Dominican Republic’s ´owners´(Update)
Local September 9, 2015 | 7:58 am
Santo Domingo.- TheCentral Electoral Board (JCE) on Tuesday denied political recognition toparticipate in next year´s elections to three organization founded by owners of bus and truck compan[...]
Top traffic cop threatens agents even after assaults, abuse
Local September 8, 2015 | 11:01 am
Santo Domingo.- MetropolitanTransit Authority (AMET) agents engaged in misconduct leading to loss of trustand respect from citizens or who accept gifts from motorists who violatetraffic law will be[...]
Canada trains Dominican agents on port security
Local September 8, 2015 | 10:08 am
Santo Domingo. – Canada´sBorder Security Agency (CBSA) inaugurated specialized training courses taughtby its officials for members of Dominican Republic´s various law enforcementagencie[...]
Dominican government steals from us via fuels: Movement
Local September 8, 2015 | 7:39 am
Santo Domingo.- Thegrassroots movement Somos Pueblo (we are Nation) on Monday announced a protest over the highcost of gasoline, and urged the people not to fill up on Tuesday.
Organization [...]
Dominican Republic´s leading parties pact ends decades of dispute
Local September 8, 2015 | 7:12 am
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic´s ruling party (PLD) and leading opposition (PRD) organization putaside decades of dispute Monday, with apact to run as allies in next year´s general el[...]
Government spends RD$50 billion on treating road accident victims
Local September 7, 2015 | 10:54 am
Santo Domingo.- Speaking on the Agenda TV show on Telesistema on Sunday, the national health director, Ramón Alvarado, revealed that road accidents havebecome such a large-scale problem that t[...]
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to coal plant tender
Local September 7, 2015 | 10:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has rejected an appeal for alleged anomalies in the tender for the constructionof two coal-fired power plants in Punta Catalina in the southwest, [...]