Puntacana Resort & Club taps Roger Belletti as general manager of Tortuga Bay
Local March 12, 2015 | 1:12 pm
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- Puntacana Resort & Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Belletti as General Manager of the exclusive, Tortuga Bay Hotel. In his new role, Be[...]
Experts: 80%+ of Hispaniola’s amphibians face extinction, EFE
Local March 12, 2015 | 1:04 pm
Santo Domingo, .- More than 80% of amphibians that inhabit Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti ) are in danger of extinction, say experts gathered in the Dominican capital Thursday,
EFE qu[...]
Senior military officers ‘will be charged’ in Peravia bank fraud
Local March 12, 2015 | 12:33 pm
Santo Domingo. - 25 members of the military including senior officers will be charged in connection with the Peravia Bank fraud case, National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso affirmed Thu[...]
Dominican Republic prostitution raid nets 16 Americans
Local March 12, 2015 | 12:03 pm
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- A total of 23 people were arrested, including 16 Americans, charged with people trafficking and prostitution, local Haiti’s new envoy arrives in Dominican capital on daunting task
Local March 12, 2015 | 8:51 am
Santo Domingo.- Incoming Haiti ambassador Daniel Supplice arrived in Santo Domingo Wednesday to replace Fritz N. Cineas, who was Port-au-Prince’s envoy for the past nine years.
The diplomat[...]
Ex convict reiterates giving ex Dominican President ‘dirty money’
Local March 12, 2015 | 8:19 am
Santo Domingo.- Ex drug trafficking convict Quirino Paulino on Wednesday said he has "interesting facts" to support evidence of his allegation that he gave “dirty money” to former pr[...]
Dominican Republic’s 3-term ex president poised to run again
Local March 12, 2015 | 7:56 am
Santo Domingo.- Former president Leonel Fernandez met Wednesday with 56 deputies of Dominican Republic’s ruling party (PLD), who asked him to again run for the presidency in the May 2016 election[...]
Senior official’s murder looks like ‘contract killing,’ Police chief
Local March 12, 2015 | 7:26 am
Santo Domingo.- Investigators are pouring over several videos which could point toward who murdered Energy and Mines Deputy minister Victoriano Santos in Cotui (central) last Friday.
Police c[...]
Military ‘Shield’ halts 40,000+ at Haiti-Dominican border:
Local March 11, 2015 | 4:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Army commander Jose Matos on Wednesday said since the start of Operation Shield along the border in January, more than 40,000 people have been arrested for illegally cross[...]
Drugs, cash seized from Dominicans nabbed near Boston
Local March 11, 2015 | 11:16 am
Boston.- Four Dominicans and fifth suspect were arrested Tuesday and 1,200 grams of heroin, 36 of crack, 148 of cocaine and more than US $75,000 in cash were seized, said police in Hyde Park, near[...]
US Embassy Visa Center serves 40,000+, applicants saves time
Local March 11, 2015 | 9:43 am
Santo Domingo. - Since its November 12 launch the US Embassy Visa Service Center (VAC) has served more than 40,000 people, has reduced the flow of applicants at the Embassy Consular Section and has[...]
Dominican agents, US Coast Guard nab drug near desert isle
Local March 11, 2015 | 8:21 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD), Dominican military and the US Coast Guard on Tuesday seized 14 bales of cocaine in international waters, and intercept a boat with four Col[...]
Dominican Republic to reopen consulates on Haiti guarantees
Local March 11, 2015 | 7:40 am
Antigua, Guatemala.- Foreign Affairs minister Andrés Navarro on Tuesday said Dominican Republic’s government will reopen its five consulates in Haiti next week, on Haiti president Michel Mar[...]
Hotel Sublime Samana offers whale-watching tours
Local March 10, 2015 | 1:49 pm
Las Terrenas, Samaná, DR.- The boutique Hotel Sublime Samana & Residences, as part of its programmed activities for guests, announces tours to observe the humpback whales during seaso[...]
Venezuelan pilots, Dominican mechanics to jail in seized plane case
Local March 10, 2015 | 12:57 pm
Santo Domingo.- A Santo Domingo province court on Tuesday sent four Venezuelan pilots and two Dominican mechanics to three months of pretrial detention, indicted for allegedly trying to steal a pla[...]
Two year ordeal: Dominican Republic court again scrubs French pilots’ trial
Local March 10, 2015 | 11:56 am
Santo Domingo.- A Santo Domingo court on Tuesday dealt another blow to the hopes of four French nationals to get a speedy trial, on charges of trafficking 700 kilos of cocaine in March 2013, aboa[...]
Scattered showers for most of the country, high waves on coasts
Local March 10, 2015 | 11:06 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office-Onamet- forecasts scattered showers in several parts of the country during the next 48 hours, from the moisture dragged by the prevailing east wind.
<[...]Return of ‘most violent’ member of kingpin’s ring surprises authorities
Local March 10, 2015 | 10:24 am
Santo Domingo.- A man considered among the most dangerous former members of the ring headed by convicted drug trafficker Quirino Paulino, sentenced to 10 years in prison in the US and who returned[...]
Peravia bank fraud: Venezuelan pilots ‘tried to steal’ plane in court today
Local March 10, 2015 | 9:18 am
Santo Domingo.- A Santo Domingo province court today Tuesday will hear a request for pretrial detention against four Venezuelan pilots and two Dominican mechanics charged with trying to steal a pl[...]
Government must protect Dominican workers in Haiti: Union leader
Local March 10, 2015 | 8:45 am
Santo Domingo.- The head of the National Construction Workers Union (SINATRACON) on Monday called on the government to protect the lives of Dominican construction workers in Haiti, who allegedly r[...]