Pulitzer laureate joins Dominican Republic bashers
Local June 25, 2015 | 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican-American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Junot Diaz is “targeting” intellectual authors to protest against the deportations of migrants from the Dominican Republic, wher[...]
Haiti calls ban on Dominican Republic products ‘rumor’
Local June 25, 2015 | 11:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Haiti's government on Wednesday denied placing a ban on products imported from Dominican Republic, in retaliation for the repatriation of undocumented Haitians who didn’t register[...]
Senate OKs US$656.0M power plant loan as Brazil scandal explodes
Local June 25, 2015 | 9:22 am
Santo Domingo.- The Senate on Wednesday approved a US$656.0 million loan for the coal-fired power plant at Punta Catalina, amid the explosive scandal of the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht[...]
Odebrecht scandal taints Dominican Republic’s ‘clean coal’ plants
Local June 25, 2015 | 8:42 am
Santo Domingo.- The CEO of Dominican Republic’s State-owned electric utility (CDEEE) on Wednesday railed against independent deputy Minerva Tavares Mirabal (Minou), who linked the scandal of Odeb[...]
Dominican Republic unions break off talks with a warning
Local June 25, 2015 | 7:52 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s labor unions on Wednesday warned Congress against amending the Labor Code unilaterally "and above all if it reduces workers’ rights."
The wa[...]
Dominican Republic players can rip blatant lies with baseball
Local June 24, 2015 | 5:03 pm
Santo Domingo.- A deputy of the minority conservative party FNP on Wednesday called on Dominican players in Major League Baseball to promote ads to defend the country from the accusations of racism[...]
Dominican Republic players can rip blatant lies with baseball
Local June 24, 2015 | 5:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- A deputy of the minority conservative party FNP on Wednesday called on Dominican players in Major League Baseball to promote ads to defend the country from the accusations of racism[...]
Ex-Antinarcotics senior officer gets four years in jail: Reuters
Local June 24, 2015 | 3:44 pm
New York.- A US District Court in Manhattan, New York on Wednesday sentenced former National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) chief of operations Francisco Hiraldo Guerrero to four years in prison, Reut[...]
Grassroots group wants ‘exemplary’ punishment of former Major Leaguer
Local June 24, 2015 | 1:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- The grassroots movement Citizens for Zero Impunity on Wednesday said it supports San Cristobal inhabitants who demand "exemplary" punishment against Raul Mondesi charged w[...]
Dominican Republic explains deportations to foreign envoys
Local June 24, 2015 | 12:13 pm
Santo Domingo.-The Dominican government today on Wednesday explained the scope of its program to legalize undocumented aliens to the foreign diplomats in the country,
Presidency administrati[...]
Three-day fest makes Jarabacoa the country’s garden
Local June 24, 2015 | 10:02 am
Jarabacoa, D.R.- During three days Jarabacoa becomes a sort of garden, with varied and striking colors that captivate visitors.
The organizers of the cultural event that has reached beyond [...]
Prosecutor asks 1-year in jail for 10 in RD$1.9B Peravia bank fraud
Local June 24, 2015 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- The National District Office of the Prosecutor on Tuesday requested one year pretrial detention against 10 people indicted in the Peravia bank fraud case on charges of conspiracy, [...]
Dominican Republic to counter spate of virulent attacks
Local June 24, 2015 | 7:40 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic will launch a strategic communications plan to counter what it called "unsubstantiated information" abroad on the results of its push to legalize th[...]
Cemex Dominicana, Educa aim to technically train youth to join labor force
Local June 23, 2015 | 5:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- Cemex Dominicana and the Business Action for Education (Educa) on Tuesday signed an agreement which aims to improve the quality of technical training and creating opportunities for [...]
Haitian belle debunks Dominican racism
Local June 23, 2015 | 4:23 pm
Santo Domingo.- Television host of Haitian descent SarodjBertin on Tuesday criticized the racist label hurled against Dominican Republicand noted that those who voice the slur seek only to create c[...]
Dominican Republic Industries: NYC mayor ‘doesn’t know squat’
Local June 23, 2015 | 3:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic Industries Association (AIRD) president Campos de Moya on Tuesday said New York City mayor Bill de Blasio "doesn’t know squat" about the realities of[...]
Dominican, Haitian officials talk deportation as ‘stateless’ uproar wanes
Local June 23, 2015 | 11:11 am
Santo Domingo.- A Dominican high level commission will visit Haiti to meet separately with foreign diplomats and government official in Port-au-Prince to explain the foreigners’ regularization pr[...]
Tropical wave bring showers; flash flood alerts issued
Local June 23, 2015 | 10:44 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts continuing showers from a tropical wave over the northeastern part of the country.
It issued flash flood alerts for urban areas [...]
Dominican colonels make lines to the clink
Local June 23, 2015 | 9:52 am
Santo Domingo.- Within just 24 hours two Dominican colonels have been arrested in separate cases, adding to the country’s woes on military and police corruption.
Air Force colonel Andres Fr[...]
Brazil Foreign minister meets with Medina as scandal brews
Local June 23, 2015 | 9:21 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina met Monday with Brazil Foreign minister Mauro Vieira in the National Palace to “review the historical relations of friendship and cooperation between both [...]