Over 33,000 young people trained in technical careers
Local November 8, 2014 | 12:22 pm
Santo Domingo.– Education minister Carlos Amarante Baret said that because the ministry pays special attention to vocational education, so far the total number of students enrolled in career tech[...]
Dominican president cuts ribbons on 124 apartments in San Cristobal
Local November 8, 2014 | 12:06 pm
San Cristobal, DR.- President Danilo Medina visited San Cristobal (south) to inaugurate the housing projects INVI Villa Progreso Palenque, with 60 units, and INVI Villa Progreso San Cristobal III, [...]
Antinarcotics agents seize dollars, arrest two men
Local November 8, 2014 | 9:58 am
Santo Domingo.– Antinarcotics (DNCD) seized Thursday a large amount of US dollars when two members of a drug trafficking network consisting of Dominicans and Venezuelans surreptitiously tried to [...]
UN concerned about Dominican Republic’s ruling on regional court
Local November 8, 2014 | 9:32 am
Santo Domingo.– The United Nations human rights office expressed Friday its deep concern about a recent Dominican Constitutional Court"s ruling that the country"s recognition of the com[...]
Downpours wreak havoc along Santiago-Puerto Plata tourist road
Local November 7, 2014 | 4:03 pm
Santiago.- The ongoing downpours in the central Cibao region have cut a dangerous, gaping hole of around 10 meters on the Luperon tourist road near Puerto Plata, and a series of landslides along wa[...]
Guns in deadly jailbreak were smuggled in fake leg: Police Chief(Update2)
Local November 7, 2014 | 1:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- National Police chief Manuel Castro on Friday affirmed that the jailbreak sought to spring the convict Andy Mariñez Valdez and other inmates. Maríñez. He said Mari[...]
Approaching weather system prompts possible alerts
Local November 7, 2014 | 12:19 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Weather Meteorology Office (Onamet) on Friday announced possible alerts issued for some provinces in the next few hours, from the downpours expected to starting late today or e[...]
Dominican Republic Constitutional Court ruling appalling: AI
Local November 7, 2014 | 11:24 am
London.- The appalling ruling by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court that could to lead to the country’s withdrawal from the Inter American Court of Human Rights would, if supported b[...]
Dominican ball player caught in the U.S. after 2 years on the lam
Local November 7, 2014 | 9:36 am
New York.- During the last two years former Dominican baseball player Wilson Alinson Peña, 33, who was released by a major league team, had become one of the most wanted fugitives of Interpol,[...]
Airline owner slams contractor for ‘abandoned airports’
Local November 7, 2014 | 8:23 am
Santo Domingo.- Airline business leader Jose Miguel Patin on Friday slammed airports management company AERODOM Siglo 21, for what he affirms is a “total abandonment” of the country’s termina[...]
Embezzlement case against embattled senator goes to Supreme Court
Local November 7, 2014 | 8:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Supreme Court chief justice Mariano Germán will preside over the hearing on the Justice Ministry’s challenge against Special Instruction judge Frank Soto, who until yesterday[...]
Dominican Republic huddles diplomats after stunning rulings
Local November 7, 2014 | 7:27 am
Santo Domingo.- The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday launched a campaign to explain to the country’s diplomatic missions the Constitutional Court ruling that invalidates Dominican Republic’[...]
Tiny Dominican village happy with priest’s indictment half a world away
Local November 6, 2014 | 5:02 pm
Juncalito, Dominican Republic.- Residents in the highland community of Juncalito, central Santiago province, are happy with the decision by the authorities in Warsaw, Poland, to indict the priest W[...]
First Dominican Constitution marks 170 tortuous years
Local November 6, 2014 | 2:55 pm
Santo Domingo.- Today, Nov. 6, marks the 170th anniversary of the signing of the Dominican Republic’s first Constitution, in the heels of yet another historic moment; the Constitutional Court’s[...]
US Envoy lauds Dominican Republic’s embattled top prosecutor
Local November 6, 2014 | 1:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- U.S. ambassador James W. Brewster on Thursday lauded Justice minister Francisco Domínguez’s work against organized crime and said offenders should be sent to jail.
The[...]
Local, U.S. agents seize drugs on container ship again
Local November 6, 2014 | 12:32 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) on Thursday announced the confiscation of 72 bricks presumably cocaine or heroin in a car shipped in a container from Panama to Haina Port.<[...]
Throng demands amendment to let Medina seek 2nd term
Local November 6, 2014 | 11:05 am
Santo Domingo.- Hundreds of people gathered in front of Congress Thursday to demand a constitutional amendment so that president Danilo Medina can seek reelection, on the 170th anniversary of Domin[...]
Troughs bring more downpours to much of the country
Local November 6, 2014 | 10:25 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts downpours with thunderstorms over much of the country, from a combination of two troughs.
It maintains flash flooding and mudsli[...]
Bill again seeks to cull the country’s stay-at-home generals
Local November 6, 2014 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo.- The Senate on Wednesday approved the bill for the National Police Statues, which limits the time for enlisted members to remain in a low rank to six years and seven years for middle[...]
Dominican Republic opts to target drug kingpins’ money
Local November 6, 2014 | 7:45 am
Santo Domingo.- The authorities, rather than focusing on catching drug dealers "red handed" have chosen to investigate other areas uses as camouflage to distribute, supply and sell, to se[...]