Agents, military nab 1 ton of drug, arresst 3 off southeast island
Local November 24, 2014 | 2:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Antinarcotics Annecy (DNCD), the Air Force and the Navy seized 775 bricks presumably Sunday afternoon on a speedboat crewed by three Venezuelans, who were arrested at the scene[...]
Police posted at failed bank to avert incidents
Local November 24, 2014 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Dozens of police agents have been posted at the main offices of the Banco Peravia bank, to avert incidents in the heels of Banks Superintendence announcement on Saturday that the ba[...]
Dominican Navy nabs 2 Chinese with protected sea turtle shells
Local November 24, 2014 | 11:06 am
Santo Domingo.- The Navy on Monday reported the arrest of two Chinese nationals, with four sacks filled with shells of sea turtles, a protected species in the Dominican Republic.
The men were[...]
Titles registrar warned over deeds on senator’s embezzlement case
Local November 24, 2014 | 10:15 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Sunday warned the Titles registrars of Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago to refrain from complying with Special Supreme Court judge Frank So[...]
Peravia bank: Kidnapping, RD$500.0M embezzlement, tax fraud
Local November 24, 2014 | 8:19 am
Santo Domingo.- Banks Superintendent on Sunday reported that the Monetary Board proceeded to dissolve the bank Banco Peravia Ahorros y Credito, SA, in the heels of several incidents including the a[...]
Country’s pension fund managers ‘rip off’ workers
Local November 24, 2014 | 7:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Greater Santo Domingo’s industries grouped in the AEIH on Sunday called the 167% return obtained by Dominican Republic’s pension fund managers (AFP) an " ignominy with a ch[...]
Troops sent to Haiti-Dominican border town to stem disorder
Local November 22, 2014 | 9:00 am
Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Dajabon’s main streets and parks were militarized Friday to stem the flow of Haitians, who local media reports blame for disturbing the peace and promoting pro[...]
Landmark ruling fuels mistrust of the country’s Electoral Board
Local November 22, 2014 | 8:33 am
Santo Domingo.- In a landmark decision the Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that the government purchasing office (DGCP) has no jurisdiction over the Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) internal [...]
Overseer says pact ends resort town’s electricity crisis
Local November 21, 2014 | 2:55 pm
Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.- The government’s Electricity Superintendence on Friday announced the settlement of the crisis over the electricity at Las Terrenas, northeastern Samana province[...]
Truckers’ strike draws troops to Dominican Republic’s busiest port
Local November 21, 2014 | 2:35 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s busiest port Haina Oriental was militarized Friday when truckers who haul asphalt staged a wildcat strike from a ongoing dispute with the owners of petroleum [...]
Country’s ‘owners’ now turn on each other
Local November 21, 2014 | 9:04 am
Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.- A truck driver who worked out of Caucedo Port , Boca Chica (east) was gunned down Thursday in a shootout between truckers of the country’s biggest truckers’ uni[...]
Dominican envoy in the US slams the RFK Foundation on ‘statelessness’
Local November 21, 2014 | 8:38 am
Washington.- Dominican ambassador to the U.S. Aníbal de Castro on Thursday slammed the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation (RFK) for what he called a disinformation campaign against the country for [...]
Contractor gets deadline from a peeved Medina
Local November 21, 2014 | 8:11 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina yesterday complained of delays in the construction of the public market at Azua (south) and confronted the contractor with a deadline: finish the job no late[...]
Official wants to keep drug trafficking convicts from recovering assets
Local November 20, 2014 | 3:54 pm
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Thursday affirmed that the authorities look for ways to prevent the return of assets seized from ex-drug trafficking convict Ernesto Bienveni[...]
Can’t stand neighbor’s din? Call 9-1-1
Local November 20, 2014 | 3:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- Aimed at improving the quality of life of Dominican families, children and students, pregnant women and the newborn, the elderly and the ill, the 9-1-1 Emergency Response System wil[...]
US Embassy warns against travel to resort town after violent protests
Local November 20, 2014 | 1:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- The US Embassy advises American citizens living or traveling to Las Terrenas, Samana (northwest) to exercise caution in the wake of recent protests which have taken place in the res[...]
Grassroots group says their violent protests ‘a thing of the past’
Local November 20, 2014 | 10:19 am
Santiago.- After 30 years of fighting in the streets which left at least 25 dead in Dominican Republic’s north region, the grassroots movement FALPO on Wednesday announced that the violent protes[...]
Dominican brewery US$1.2B buyout a done deal
Local November 20, 2014 | 9:52 am
Santo Domingo.- The maker of Dominican Republic’s leading beer on Wednesday announced the closing of its US$1.2 billion merger with the Brazilian AmBev, in a media release.
On October 21 t[...]
Dominican extraditables get sweeter deals from Washington
Local November 20, 2014 | 7:47 am
Santo Domingo.- Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz (Maconi), extradited in 2009 in connection with drug kingpin Quirino Paulino’s powerful ring, is already free and returned to the Dominican Republi[...]
Electricity sector ‘discredited’ despite major investments: Top official
Local November 19, 2014 | 3:33 pm
Santo Domingo. – Government Purchasing Dept. director Yocasta Guzman on Wednesday said Dominican Republic’s electricity sector is discredited because despite major investments invested the popu[...]