Raids, confiscations in US$22.0M Peravia bank fraud(Update)
Local November 27, 2014 | 1:47 pm
Santo Domingo.- Insurance superintendent Euclides Gutiérrez on Thursday afternoon said the insurance company Union de Seguros, a subsidiary of the collapsed Banco Peravia bank, was intervened [...]
Senator faked jet’s transfer to hide origin, prosecutor says
Local November 27, 2014 | 11:50 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry’s Anti-corruption Dept. (Pepca) on Thursday said it confiscated a Gulfstream American 2 jet registry N16YY and/or N522HS, at Puerto Plata International Airpor[...]
Environment ‘fails to halt devastation’ of Barahona’s highlands
Local November 27, 2014 | 10:22 am
Barahona, Dominican Republic.- Barahona Ecological Society (Soeba) on Wednesday warned that the Environment Ministry has failed to deal with the ‘grave’ deforestation caused by burning trees in[...]
Sign the Penal Code into law, Catholic Church asks Medina
Local November 27, 2014 | 9:23 am
Santo Domingo.- The Catholic Church’s Liaison with the Government on Wednesday asked president Danilo Medina to sign the controversial Penal Code into law.
In the letter to Medina, the prie[...]
Banks chief ‘protected’ execs fled with US$22.0M
Local November 27, 2014 | 9:04 am
Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutor Yenny Berenice Reynoso on Thursday revealed that the Banks Superintendence had prior knowledge of the numerous complaints filed by customers against the[...]
Officials seize jet in Puerto Plata owned by embattled senator
Local November 27, 2014 | 8:31 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry on Wednesday seized an aircraft at Puerto Plata’s Gregorio Luperon airport, said to be property of San Juan province senator Felix Bautista.
The executi[...]
Sectors seek to privatize water, Environment chief warns
Local November 27, 2014 | 8:10 am
Santo Domingo.- Environment minister Bautista Rojas on Wednesday said the government cannot hand over a strategic asset like water to the private sector, as some sectors would line and whom in his [...]
Society must unmask Dominican Republic’s corrupt: US envoy
Local November 27, 2014 | 7:31 am
Santo Domingo.- US ambassador James W. Brewster on Wednesday urged the business sector to deal with the fundamental issues the country needs to improve, including electricity, education, public saf[...]
More groups demand that Dominican Republic President fire officials
Local November 26, 2014 | 4:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Justice and Transparency Foundation (FJT) on Wednesday asked president Danilo Medina to "immediately terminate" the officials who’ve failed to meet the deadline to f[...]
From murder to prostitution, 20 Dominicans on FBI’s most wanted
Local November 26, 2014 | 1:19 pm
New York.- Twenty Dominicans figure as the most wanted on the list of international fugitives sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and other U.S. state, local and federal law enfor[...]
Dominican watchdog asks why doesn’t Medina can corrupt officials
Local November 26, 2014 | 10:57 am
Santo Domingo.- One of Dominican Republic’s most prominent watchdog organizations on Wednesday called regretful that Congress failed to establish legal safeguards in the new Penal Code, to fight [...]
Scattered showers, mild temps over much of the country
Local November 26, 2014 | 10:17 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Bureau Weather (Onamet) forecasts scattered showers and mild temperatures over much of the country today and Thursday, from the east wind brought by a high pressure sys[...]
Women fume as Palace official calls marchers a ‘mob’
Local November 26, 2014 | 8:54 am
Santo Domingo.- Dozens of women from more than 20 feminist groups were riled during a march to the National Palace Tuesday, when a senior official referred to them as "mobs."
The ma[...]
Senior leader: ruling party stays mum on corruption cases
Local November 26, 2014 | 8:16 am
Santo Domingo.- Senior ruling party (PLD) leader and cofounder Franklin Almeyda on Tuesday said the organization doesn’t discuss the legal cases against some of the members because they’re in [...]
Failed Dominican Republic bank funneled money abroad: Probe
Local November 26, 2014 | 7:32 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry on Tuesday said it determined that Peravia bank's executive siphoned money from their depositors to another bank account abroad.
Assistant prosecutor Isid[...]
There’re carcinogens in imported breads, bakers warn
Local November 25, 2014 | 4:24 pm
Santo Domingo.- The medium and small bakeries association (UMPHI) on Tuesday affirmed that the country imports weekly five to six containers of breads that contain potassium bromate, a carcinogenic[...]
Execs in US$52.0M bank fraud fled Dominican Republic
Local November 25, 2014 | 3:24 pm
Santo Domingo.- The president and vice president of the failed bank Banco Peravia had fled the country prior to the Banks Superintendence’s decision to shut it down on Friday.
Peravia bank [...]
Dominican police arrest 2 in murder of Washington DC lawyer
Local November 25, 2014 | 1:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Police on Tuesady said it apprehended two men in connection with the murder of US citizen Van Teasley, whose body was found in his residence in the upscale sector of Ga[...]
We want action not words against violence, Dominican women tell Medina
Local November 25, 2014 | 1:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dozens of women representing over 20 women's organizations staged a march on Tuesday to mark the International Day of Non-Violence against Women.
The marchers set off 10:15am [...]
Senator’s embezzlement case ‘threatens legal security, breeds impunity’
Local November 25, 2014 | 11:38 am
Santo Domingo.- The head of the Justice Ministry’s Anti-corruption Dept. (Pepca) on Tuesday warned that the ruling to strike the liens from the properties of the realtor Rofi Srl, whose major sta[...]