Customs chief, officials face contempt charges
Local October 20, 2014 | 12:34 pm
Santo Domingo.- A National District judge on Monday subpoenaed Customs director Fernando Fernandez and several officials to appear in a hearing Tuesday to face contempt charges of the Supreme Arbit[...]
Former LA Dodger slugger faces corruption probe
Local October 20, 2014 | 10:53 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry’s Anticorruption Prosecutor (Pepca) interrogates San Cristobal mayor and former LA Dodger Raul Mondesi since early Monday, in the heels of an Accounts Chamber[...]
Dominican Republic unsafe for journalists, press freedom: IAPA
Local October 20, 2014 | 10:15 am
Santiago, Chile.- Assaults, abuse and threats in recent months have underscored the unsafe conditions for journalists and press freedom in the Dominican Republic, the Inter American Press Associati[...]
Call to yank Justice Minister roils Dominican Repubilc lawmakers
Local October 20, 2014 | 9:28 am
Santo Domingo.- News of a push by a group of lawmakersto call Justice minister Francisco Dominguez to testify before Congress on aleged political activism in violation of the Constitution and the J[...]
VP says hunger reduction should involve all sectors
Local October 18, 2014 | 12:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- Vice president Margarita Cedeño said Friday that hunger affecting 800 million people worldwide is a monster, and added that it is a human problem that everyone can help solve b[...]
Antinarcotics agents seize ecstasy pills at post office
Local October 18, 2014 | 10:40 am
Santo Domino.- Antinarcotics (DNCD) agents seized an undetermined amount of ecstasy pills at the Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom), presumably intended for a person living in the United States.[...]
Dominican authorities to apply health protocols to arriving travelers
Local October 18, 2014 | 8:59 am
Santo Domingo.- The Immigration Agency ordered the automatic implementation of protocols for disease control as an alert policy to prevent Ebola, as part of the routine in the process of admission [...]
Deputies’ slush fund ‘donation’ to likely fuel skepticism
Local October 17, 2014 | 4:05 pm
Santiago.- Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martínez and 17 Santiago Province lawmakers on Friday announced they “donated” RD$1.8 million from the slush fund known as the "barrilito[...]
Dominican Republic’s ‘owners’ halt major port’s truck traffic
Local October 17, 2014 | 3:04 pm
Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.- Freight movement at Caucedo Multimodal Port has been halted since early Friday when four armed men kidnapped a container dispatcher held captive for four hours, acc[...]
NY Democrats will get Dominicans’nod: Poll
Local October 17, 2014 | 2:05 pm
New York.- Of the 718 Dominicans interviewed by elnuevodiario.com.do October 3 to 5 in area neighborhoods along major avenues and busy Manhattan streets, 604 (84.1%) say they’ll vote for Democrat[...]
Warrant issued for alleged kingpin in turf war
Local October 17, 2014 | 11:35 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry on Thursday said a warrant was issued for the arrest of Pascual Cabrera Ruiz and that it has blocked his bank accounts on alleged links to drug trafficking and[...]
Honduras lauds Dominican Republic’s 911 system
Local October 17, 2014 | 8:37 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s 911 national emergency response system has become a point of reference for public safety, a success that prompted Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernánd[...]
Eight dead, more than 30 hurt as bus hits parked truck near Higuey(Update)
Local October 17, 2014 | 7:50 am
Higuey, Dominican Republic.- Eight people died Thursday night and more than 30 were hurt when a a bus collided with truck that was disabled on the road for more than 8 hour, 20 kilometers east of t[...]
New York Gov. Cuomo to visit Dominican Republic: wsj.com
Local October 17, 2014 | 7:24 am
Santo Domingo.- Aiming to shore up Latino support for his re-election bid, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will make the third overseas trip of his tenure on Friday with a visit to the Dominican Republi[...]
Dominican Republic prosecutor of major corruption cases resurfaces
Local October 16, 2014 | 4:43 pm
Santo Domingo.- After nearly two weeks absence from the public spotlight, National District prosecutor Jenny Berenice Reynoso met Thursday with Airport Security Dept – CESAC- director Aracenis Ca[...]
Builder denies links to senator in money laundering probe
Local October 16, 2014 | 9:31 am
Barahona, Dominican Republic.- Builder Bolivar Ventura Rodríguez on Wednesday distanced himself from embattled senator Felix Bautista, affirming that his assets are legitimate, and acquired af[...]
Despite deputies’ slashed slush fund, senators won’t rid theirs
Local October 16, 2014 | 8:55 am
Santo Domingo.- Several senators on Wednesday disagreed with, and reacted angrily to the Chamber of Deputies’ decision to eliminate part of the slush fund known as "barrilito" (little b[...]
Country not ready to deal with spill, expert warns
Local October 16, 2014 | 8:22 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic isn’t ready for a fuel spill of certain magnitude, warned Wednesday Carlos Silié, expert on the topic and head of the company Consultores Ambientales &[...]
Haiti wants regularization deadline extended
Local October 16, 2014 | 7:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Haiti Foreign minister Pierre Duly Brutus on Wednesday said his country will ask the Dominican Government to extend the deadline of the National Plan Regularize Foreigners, which ex[...]
Officials probe African couple’s visit to Puerto Plata for ebola: Report
Local October 15, 2014 | 4:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Public Health Ministry and the Immigration Agency launched an investigation Wednesday morning into the visit to Puerto Plata by a couple from Sierra Leone, one of the countries [...]