President Danilo Medina turns 63 today
Local November 10, 2014 | 11:26 am
Santo Domingo.– Dominican President Danilo Medina is celebrating his 63rd birthday today in the privacy of his home and family residence, discarding again the pomp practiced by all of his predece[...]
Dominican involved in drug bust in Antigua and Barbuda
Local November 10, 2014 | 9:49 am
St. John's, Antigua.– Five people, including a Dominican man, are likely to be charged today after they were found with 1.7 million worth of cocaine during a drug bust carried out by Antigua and [...]
Dominicans have a holiday to commemorate Constitution Day
Local November 10, 2014 | 8:31 am
Santo Domingo.– November 10 is a public holiday in the Dominican Republic. The Labor Ministry stated that Thursday, November 6, 2014, the annual Día de la Constitución Dominicana, would[...]
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[...]