Pact linked to Menendez corruption case languishes in Dominican court
Local April 8, 2015 | 8:01 am
Santo Domingo.- The Constitutional Court has yet to hand down a ruling on the contract to install X-ray scanners in the country's ports, 10 months after the Justice Ministry’ request, in a case l[...]
Dominican Republic’s top prosecutor gets support from US envoy
Local April 7, 2015 | 4:49 pm
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez and US ambassador James W. Brewster on Tuesday met for the third time and discussed the fight against corruption, just days after the Supreme Co[...]
Prosecution to indict 20 in US$100.0M Peravia bank fraud
Local April 7, 2015 | 4:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso on Tuesday announced the arraignment of 20 defendants in the case of the failed Peravia bank in the coming days, including its top[...]
Judiciary’s ‘crisis of confidence’ also worries Dominican industries
Local April 7, 2015 | 1:01 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Greater Santo Domingo industries grouped in the AEIH on Tuesday said the discredit attributed to Dominican Republic’s judiciary raises "serious concern" as a result [...]
US military, Dominican surgeons announce free surgeries for minors
Local April 7, 2015 | 12:29 pm
Santo Domingo - The United States Embassy and the ministries of Defense and of Health will conduct the 11th Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Day free of charge, headed by a medical team from Walter R[...]
The Capital, ‘sewage time bomb’ despite cleanup attempts: Listin
Local April 7, 2015 | 9:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Various pollutants have tainted Greater Santo Domingo’s water sources during several years, and despite the government’s recent attempts of cleanup, as experts have called the c[...]
Labor protests next week to demand a 30% wage hike
Local April 7, 2015 | 8:55 am
Santo Domingo.- The labor unions grouped in the CNTD on Monday announced marches and pickets in 20 provinces tomorrow Wednesday to demand a 30% wage increase .
CNTD president Jacobo Ramos sai[...]
Politicos increasingly linked to contract murders: El Dia
Local April 7, 2015 | 8:03 am
Santo Domingo.- Since former Bayaguana (east) mayor Osvaldo Sosa was charged with ordering the death of councilman Renato de Jesus Castillo in mid-2014, news of politicians linked to organized crim[...]
Corruption acquittals stun Dominican Republic big business
Local April 7, 2015 | 7:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Business Council (CONEP) on Monday said it feels "deep levels of concern" from the crisis of confidence which the judiciary is going through," after cou[...]
Prosecution appeals acquittals of officials ‘embezzled’ US$100M+
Local April 6, 2015 | 3:06 pm
Santo Domingo.- Anticorruption prosecutor’s office (Pepca) director Laura Guerrero on Monday announced appeals filed on the acquittals of senator Felix Bautista and San Francisco DM mayor Felix R[...]
Puntacana Ecological Foundation honey gets top prize
Local April 6, 2015 | 2:24 pm
Santo Domingo.- For the second straight year ‘Puntacana Forest Honey’ produced by the Puntacana Ecological Foundation, wins first place in Dominican Republic’s 15th annual National Honey Comp[...]
Easter death toll at 30, mostly traffic accidents
Local April 6, 2015 | 1:41 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) on Monday said 30 people died during the Easter holidays, mostly in traffic accidents, or three fewer than in the same period a year ago.
<[...]Top prosecutor, Police chief meet as talk of political murder emerges
Local April 6, 2015 | 1:05 pm
Santo Domingo.- National Police chief Manuel Castro is meeting with Justice minister Francisco Dominguez at the latter's office, reportedly to analyze a call by one of the accused of gunning down E[...]
Acquittals in US$91M embezzlement cases stoke protests: Acento
Local April 6, 2015 | 12:01 pm
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- Residents of San Francisco de Macorix (northeast) ratcheted their protests over the weekend against the acquittals handed down for the two “Felix the cats,” [...]
Pope Francis, Dominican Republic bishops to meet in May
Local April 6, 2015 | 11:34 am
Santo Domingo.- Pope Francis will meet with Dominican bishops from 26 May to June 8, after the Vatican notified the Dominican Episcopal Conference bishops to attend the conclave.
Francis Pope[...]
Widely scattered showers on Monday taper off Tuesday
Local April 6, 2015 | 11:08 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (ONAMET) forecasts showers for several parts of the country on Monday, from a trough over eastern Dominican Republic, and humidity dragged by the prevai[...]
Catholic Church blasts government, judicial corruption
Local April 6, 2015 | 9:03 am
Santo Domingo.- In its Sermon on the Seven Words marking Holy Friday, Dominican Republic’s Catholic Church lashed out against government corruption and the actions of justice.
In its Easte[...]
Easter weekend: 24 deaths in Dominican Republic
Local April 6, 2015 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic authorities on Sunday reported 24 deaths in the third day of Easter Week operations, though the figure is expected to climb.
According to Emergency Operati[...]
Opposition leader highlights importance of Dominicans living abroad
Local April 4, 2015 | 11:57 am
New York.– Former president and Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) candidate said in the Bronx, New York, there are possibilities and alternatives for implementing solutions to the problems the cou[...]
PRD councilman arrested for drug trafficking
Local April 4, 2015 | 7:55 am
Santo Domingo.– Police antinarcotics (DICAN) agents arrested a councilman of the Dominican Revolution Party (PRD) in Jimani accused of running a ring that allegedly imported marijuana from Haiti.[...]