Antinarcotics agents seize stash of drugs, arrest five
Local July 11, 2015 | 12:33 am
Santo Domingo.– National Drug Control Department (DNCD) agents and Public Ministry officrs arrested five people they accused of participating in an international drug trafficking organization com[...]
Over 56,000 Haitians study at Dominican schools and universities
Local July 11, 2015 | 12:19 am
Santo Domingo.– Over 56,000 Haitian students receive classesin public and private schools in the Dominican Republic, many of them pursuingdifferent careers in Dominican universities. In the case [...]
President Medina to meet with Taiwan president on Monday
Local July 11, 2015 | 12:14 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican president Danilo Medina will meet Mondaywith his Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-jeou, who will visit the country as apart of his trip to the Americas.
Former Vatican envoy goes on trial in child abuse case: Reuters
Local July 11, 2015 | 12:09 am
Vatican City.– Former Polish archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, ex-Vaticanambassador to the Dominican Republic, will go on trial on Saturday accused of sexualabuse of minors in our country, [...]
OAS: We’re open-minded; Dominican Republic: We’ve nothing to hide
Local July 10, 2015 | 2:30 pm
Santo Domingo.- Organization of American States (OAS) representative Francisco Guerrero, who heads the delegation in the Dominican Republic, said they’re here without prejudice and only want to h[...]
Dominican Republic must be regional logistics hub: AMCHAMDR
Local July 10, 2015 | 11:08 am
Santo Domingo.- American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAMDR) executive vice president William Malamud on Thursday requested an executive order aimed at converting Dominican Republic into the region’s [...]
Dominican town fears coal plants will make their region a ‘valley of death’
Local July 10, 2015 | 9:50 am
Bani, Dominican Republic.- Dozens of Peravia province communityleaders and agro organizations picketed and chanted slogans in Paya township (south)during more than two hours Thursday morning, deman[...]
Dominican labor ‘must be trained’ to become less dependent on Haitians
Local July 10, 2015 | 8:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Housing Builders and Promoters Association(Acoprovi) president Hector Breton on Thursday said Dominican labor “must be trainedto become less dependent on Haitians over t[...]
Corruption déjà vu: 90% of Dominican officials don’t come clean on assets
Local July 10, 2015 | 8:19 am
Santo Domingo.- The governmentoverseer agency on Thursday repeated a now normal report: that just 10 percentof the officials who’re required to submit their financial statement compliedwith the l[...]
OAS arrives in Dominican Republic amid warnings, scorn
Local July 10, 2015 | 7:54 am
Santo Domingo.- The Organization of American States (OAS)mission in charge of evaluating the immigration status of Haitians in the DominicanRepublic arrived in the country Thursday night, amid warn[...]
Abused Dominican Republic minors in Catholic Church milestone
Local July 9, 2015 | 2:23 pm
Santo Domingo (Acento.com.do).- For the first time in Catholic Church history, a prelate of the category of former ambassador will be tried in the Vatican state charged with sexually abusing childr[...]
First suitcase free for Santo Domingo, Santiago JetBlue flyers: Arecoa
Local July 9, 2015 | 11:13 am
Santo Domingo.- Passengerstraveling aboard US carrier JetBlue on Santo Domingo and Santiago flights willbenefit from its lowest ‘Blue’ fare that include the first suitcase free ofcharge, so tr[...]
Medina meets with 10 top Dominican students from New York
Local July 9, 2015 | 10:02 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina met at theNational Palace with 10 outstanding Dominican students in New York, and said heand the country feel pride, and urged them as forge onward and progr[...]
Dominican sovereignty not negotiable: Envoy to OAS
Local July 9, 2015 | 8:01 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic on Wednesday rejectedany attempt to obstruct its sovereignty and self-determination, in response tothe Haitian Government’s reiterated request for a protocol to[...]
Brazil helps Dominican Republic curb gun deaths
Local July 9, 2015 | 7:43 am
SantoDomingo.- Dominican Republic will work with Brazil to cut the number of gundeaths, after around 500 illegal weapons were seized in the first half of theyear, according to authorities.
Ju[...]
Dominican Republic, Haiti escalate war of words
Local July 8, 2015 | 5:36 pm
Washington.- In an escalating war of words with repercussionson the island of Hispaniola where around 20 million people call home, the Governmentof the Dominican Republic on Wed. accused Haiti of[...]
Gildan workers, execs plant 6,000+ seedlings at wildlife refuge
Local July 8, 2015 | 3:47 pm
San Pedro, Dominican Republic.- More than 6,000 seedlings were planted by employeesand stakeholders of the Canadian multinational Gildan, as part of its programto support the environment, called R[...]
OAS to send mission to Hispaniola on ‘immigration crisis’: EFE
Local July 8, 2015 | 3:03 pm
Washington.- The Organization of American States (OAS)will send a mission to Dominican Republic and Haiti between July 10 and 14 citingan “immigration crisis” on Hispaniola, EFE reports quoting[...]
Boycott Dominican tourism campaign on the Web could backfire
Local July 8, 2015 | 12:29 pm
New York.- A US-based campaign launched Tuesday night on Facebook aims to boycott Dominican Republic’s tourism, opening with "Why I Cancelled My DR Trip" could backfire, as many users [...]
Tropical wave brings scattered showers; high temps continue
Local July 8, 2015 | 9:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The National weather Office (Onamet) forecastsincreasing cloudiness and scattered showers starting noon Wed., from a tropicalwave moving rapidly westward along the Caribbean coast<[...]