Another convict in Puerto Rican kingpin case freed after serving time
Local November 14, 2014 | 4:12 pm
San Pedro, Dominican Republic.- San Pedro de Macoris Sentence Execution judge Altagracia E. Mejia on Friday ruled to release Eddy Brito, who was serving a conviction for money laundering for Puerto[...]
Coal-fired plants had better come clean: Dominican environmentalists
Local November 14, 2014 | 12:41 pm
Santo Domingo.- A prominent environmental group on Friday asked the Superior Arbitration Court to issue an injunction against State-owned Electric Utility (CDEEE) CEO Ruben Jimenez Bichara, to fo[...]
Rangers snag croc had escaped from a Cabarete park
Local November 14, 2014 | 10:14 am
Puerto Plata.- Environment Ministry park rangers on Thursday captured a crocodile which had escaped from a park in Cabarete, northern Puerto Plata province.
The croc of around eight feet was [...]
Brewster reiterates support for plan to regularize foreigners
Local November 14, 2014 | 9:28 am
Santo Domingo.- US ambassador James W. Brewster on Thursday reiterated Washington’s support for the Plan to regularize the status of foreigners, enacted by president Danilo Medina’s Administra[...]
Supreme Court rules for Senator charged with embezzlement
Local November 14, 2014 | 8:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Supreme Court special magistrate Alejandro Moscoso on Thursday ordered the Justice Ministry to notify senator Felix Bautista and co-accused to provide the evidence to base the charg[...]
Unnamed ‘sectors’ press to get import permits: Medina
Local November 14, 2014 | 8:07 am
Haina, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Thursday said productive sectors press him to strip the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) the control of half the permits to import farm prod[...]
Five in failed jailbreak sent to prison for 3 months until trial
Local November 13, 2014 | 4:57 pm
Santo Domingo.- A San Cristobal (south) judge on Thursday remanded to three months of pretrial detention the five suspects in an attempted jailbreak at Najayo Prison on Oct. 24 which killed four in[...]
Country cannot abide by Human Rights Court ruling: Former President
Local November 13, 2014 | 2:42 pm
Washington.- Former President Leonel Fernandez on Thursday said Dominican Republic’s Constitution bans adherence to the ruling handed down by Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), which h[...]
North region business leaders back top Prosecutor in corruption fight
Local November 13, 2014 | 1:27 pm
Santiago.- North region business leaders on Thursday voiced support for Justice minister Francisco Dominguez in his effort to prosecute government corruption and fight for transparency.
He sa[...]
Ruling party still has sizeable edge over rivals: Poll
Local November 13, 2014 | 9:01 am
Santo Domingo.- The ruling PLD party still has a considerable edge over the PRD, PRSC and PRM parties, according to the latest poll by Penn, Schoen & Berland.
The PLD is the best opt[...]
Medina cuts ribbons on for 70 police stations
Local November 13, 2014 | 8:10 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Wednesday simultaneously cut the ribbons on 70 National Police stations in as many communities across the country, to bolster public safety.
The Hea[...]
‘Corruption’ could brake ex Dominican president’s return to power
Local November 13, 2014 | 7:48 am
Santo Domingo.- The bad news standing in the way of former president Leonel Fernandez’s bid to return to office keeps mounting, this time with four questions on corruption in a Penn, Schoen &[...]
Heroes’ daughter works to form a new political party
Local November 12, 2014 | 10:26 am
Santo Domingo.- Independent deputy Minou Tavarez Mirabal on Tuesday announced the formation of the party Opción Democrática (democratic choice), and said she already works to strike allia[...]
Civil society rebukes Constitutional Court’s controversial ruling
Local November 12, 2014 | 9:45 am
Santo Domingo.- Several civil society organizations voiced strong rebuke for the ruling by Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court, which struck down the Inter-American Human Rights Court’s ([...]
Fernandez would beat Mejia 41% to 36%: Poll
Local November 12, 2014 | 8:39 am
Santo Domingo.- Former president Leonel Fernandez would beat also former president Hipolito Mejia with 41 percent of the votes to 36, and the election would go to a runoff, according to a Penn, Sch[...]
Case against ‘Dominican Republic’s most corrupt official’ mired in court
Local November 12, 2014 | 7:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Anticorruption Dept. (PEPCA) prosecutor Laura Guerrero on Tuesday said the embezzlement case against former dams and canals agency (INDRHI) director Hector Rodriguez Pimentel, “D[...]
Kingpin’s girlfriend ‘seldom’ seen at house of her parole
Local November 11, 2014 | 12:15 pm
Santiago.- Neighbors of the area where a judge ordered money-laundering convict Sobeida Felix to serve the rest of her 5-year sentence say they seldom see her in that place.
San Cristobal Sen[...]
Radical priest to head ‘7 Days for Loma Miranda National Park
Local November 11, 2014 | 11:44 am
Santo Domingo.- Radical priest Rogelio Cruz, who headed several activities in Northeastern U.S. as part of his effort to declare Loma Miranda a national park, said he expects a massive attendance b[...]
Dominican police seek to defuse anger after 2 Haitians shot
Local November 11, 2014 | 11:24 am
Barahona, Dominican Republic.- Two Haitian brothers attacked the local police precinct chief Sunday afternoon, allegedly angered when the officer ordered them to stop and searched them.
Nat[...]
‘Operation White Silk’ nabs Dominicans in New Jersey ring
Local November 11, 2014 | 10:28 am
New York.- A drug gang formed by whites, blacks, Latinos including Dominicans, and two women, were indicted in New Jersey, whose State Attorney General’s Office say their specialty was the traffi[...]