Foreign Affairs: Respect for human rights, yes, statelessness, no
Local November 17, 2014 | 12:20 pm
Santo Domingo.- Foreign minister Andrés Navarro on Monday rejected claims that there are stateless in the country and on the contrary said president Danilo Medina has a strong commitment to th[...]
Dominican’s case sparks NYC ordinance to shield immigrants
Local November 17, 2014 | 10:52 am
New York.- New York City mayor Bill de Blasio took the case of Dominican Carlos Rodriguez to enact two ordinances limiting the Police actions with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)[...]
Dominican elite takes society hostage: Industry leader
Local November 17, 2014 | 10:03 am
Dominican Republic.- The Greater Santo Domingo industries grouped in the AEIH on Sunday called the actions of the influential groups "deplorable," always looking to condition under their [...]
Six die in separate collisions at same site(Update)
Local November 17, 2014 | 8:41 am
Santo Domingo.- Two more people died early Monday nearly on the exact site of Sunday’s tragic collision which claimed the lives of four people.
The victims, residents of the barrio Quilombo[...]
Carrier again slams Dominican airports contractor on ‘irregular’ US$550.0M(Correct)
Local November 17, 2014 | 8:20 am
Santo Domingo.- Airline operator Jose Miguel Patin on Monday insisted on slamming the Dominican airports management company Aerodom Siglo 21, one week after denouncing the “irregular” use of US[...]
British, U.S. ships seize 850 bricks of drug near Dominican Republic coast
Local November 17, 2014 | 7:30 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) reported the confiscation of 850 bricks of presumably cocaine or heroin aboard a speedboat from South America, with four Colombians arrested[...]
Relatives of deceased entrepreneur ask for justice
Local November 15, 2014 | 12:29 pm
Santo Domingo.– Relatives of Francisco Alberto DominguezMena, an entrepreneur killed on October 12 at his home in the capital's Quisqueya sector, yesterday asked thePublic Prosecutor's Office and[...]
Hipolito Mejia meets with his followers in Villa Mella today
Local November 15, 2014 | 11:08 am
Santo Domingo.– Dominican former president Hipolito Mejia will visit Villa Mella today to continue strengthening the Modern Revolutionary Party(PRM) leadership, and listen to his followers' propo[...]
Aspiring senator says half the population in Pedernales is Haitian
Local November 15, 2014 | 9:48 am
Santo Domingo.– Aspiring Senator for the opposition party PRD (Pedernales) Dr. Jose Fernando Perez Volquez said that half of the inhabitants of Pedernales (southwest) are Haitian, so he suggested[...]
Police in Santiago seize a record four M16 assault rifles
Local November 14, 2014 | 4:40 pm
Santiago.- National Police agents confiscated four M16 assault rifles during a raid in the village of La Chiva, city of Licey al Medio, in Santiago province.
Also seized were ammo and magazi[...]
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[...]