Dominican Republic seeks stiff penalty in Polish priest’s pedophilia case(Update)
Local December 1, 2014 | 12:20 pm
Warsaw, Poland.- Dominican Republic’s top prosecutor on Monday stressed to Polish authorities the importance for both countries to exact strong punishment against Catholic priest Wojciech Waldam[...]
Scattered showers, cool temps, high waves at Atlantic coast
Local December 1, 2014 | 11:49 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts scattered showers over several regions, from a trough near the Atlantic coast and temperatures as low as 21-C degrees Monday evening.<[...]
Hundreds march toward Loma Miranda in national park push
Local December 1, 2014 | 11:16 am
La Vega, Dominican Republic.-The grassroots campaign to get Loma Miranda declared National Park continued early Monday morning when Salesian priest Rogelio Cruz and led hundreds of people from La V[...]
Pretrial detention sought in RD$50.0M pension fund theft
Local December 1, 2014 | 10:19 am
Santo Domingo.- The National District Office of the Prosecutor, through the Intellectual Property and High Tech Crimes departments, requested pretrial detention against Moises Rigoberto Peña, [...]
Heightened security at all airports, access roads for holidays
Local December 1, 2014 | 9:42 am
Santo Domingo Este.- Law enforcement agencies on Sunday announced that the 2014 Security Operations start at all airports and their access thoroughfares next Wednesday, to protect Dominicans and f[...]
Official red tape grinds US$22.0M bank fraud probe to a halt
Local December 1, 2014 | 8:15 am
Santo Domingo.- The investigation by the National District Office of the Prosecutor into executives of the shuttered Peravia bank has stalled awaiting a technical report from the Banks Superintende[...]
Dominican Justice to seek 12 years in priest’s pedophilia case
Local December 1, 2014 | 7:52 am
Warsaw, Poland.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez flew to Poland Saturday to meet with judicial officials in that country, in the case against Catholic priest Wojciech Waldemar Gil (Padre Alber[...]
DGTT to continue issuing driver’s licenses in December
Local November 29, 2014 | 12:15 pm
Santo Domingo.– The Public Works Ministry’s Road Traffic Dept. (DGTT), headed by Luis Estrella, announced that in December it will continue issuing driver's licenses for motor vehicles and moto[...]
FIDH asks Dominican Republic to fully comply with the ruling of CNDH
Local November 29, 2014 | 9:23 am
Santo Domingo.– The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) regretted the decision of the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court to[...]
Small plane makes emergency landing on highway, 2 aboard unhurt
Local November 28, 2014 | 4:43 pm
Santo Domingo.- A single-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the Coral Highway (east) Friday, but no reports of the cause as yet.
Local media report that the two people o[...]
Dom. Rep. road carnage continues: 4 dead in truck collision
Local November 28, 2014 | 4:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- Four people died and several hurt from a traffic accident on the Duarte Highway Friday afternoon, near the Juan Bosch hospital, in central La Vega.
Local media report that th[...]
Seized jet is ours, Austria hotel group tells Dominican authorities
Local November 28, 2014 | 2:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- The company Sparkles Management Services, Ltd., of the Austria-based hotels group Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club, said it owns the Gulfstream jet seized by authorities in Puerto P[...]
Medina surprisingly vetoes Penal Code on abortion
Local November 28, 2014 | 1:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Friday surprisingly vetoed and returned the legislation for the new Penal Code to the Chamber of Deputies, objecting articles relating to abortion.
More raids in US$20.0M Peravia bank collapse
Local November 28, 2014 | 12:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- Outlet noticiassin.com.do reports Friday that police agents and prosecutors raided an apartment in an upscale sector, said to be owned by one of the two top executives of the collap[...]
Weekend: Scattered showers, mild temperatures
Local November 28, 2014 | 10:35 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office -Onamet- forecasts showers for the north, northwest and central regions during the weekend from an approaching a frontal system expected to affect the en[...]
Turmoil in Haiti stuns Dajabon’s cross-border market
Local November 28, 2014 | 10:07 am
Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- The cross-border market held Fridays in the northwestern city was snarled today as widespread protests being staged in nearby Ouanaminthe and other Haitian towns[...]
Officials say no carcinogen detected in bread
Local November 28, 2014 | 9:33 am
Santo Domingo.- Since 2010 the content of flour and locally made and imported bread has been monitored in the Dominican Republic every year, and has yet to detect the presence of the carcinogen pot[...]
Top prosecutor off to Europe in Catholic prelates’ pedophilia cases
Local November 28, 2014 | 9:06 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Thursday flew to Warsaw and then to the Vatican to gather evidence in the pedophilia cases against the Pope’s former envoy Józef Weso[...]
I don’t own planes, I don’t siphon funds: Embattled senator
Local November 28, 2014 | 8:22 am
Santo Domingo.- San Juan province senator Felix Bautista on Thursday denied the siphoning of funds and of being the owner of the Gulfstream jet seized Wednesday at Puerto Plata’s airport by the J[...]
Heads of failed bank fled despite law enforcement’s knowledge
Local November 28, 2014 | 7:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Intelligence agencies were tipped off that 11companies were being used by the failed Peravia bank to siphon funds abroad and to other businesses run by José Luis Santoro and Ga[...]