Dominican Republic celebrates its second Independence.
Local August 16, 2014 | 2:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- Today Saturday, Aug. 16, the Dominican Republic celebrates another year since the Restauracion of the Republic, waging a a guerrilla war from 1863 to 1865 against Spain, which had [...]
Vargas says President Medina has not solved people’s basic problems
Local August 16, 2014 | 8:59 am
Santo Domingo.- Opposition PRD party president Miguel Vargas affirmed today that even though President Danilo Medina has introduced certain changes during his two years in office, he has not yet pr[...]
TC president: “We need to preserve independence and national identity”
Local August 16, 2014 | 8:59 am
Santo Domingo.- Constitutional Tribunal chief justice Milton Ray Guevara said Friday that "today as then, all Dominicans must preserve the independence and national identity, the Dominican St[...]
Dominicans mark Restoration of Independence Day
Local August 16, 2014 | 1:17 am
Santo Domingo.- Today Saturday, August 16 the country marks the Restoration of Independence, when Dominicans fought off Spain’s attempt to re-colonize the country in 1865, after occupying it for [...]
Former president sends message for Restoration’s 151 anniversary
Local August 16, 2014 | 1:05 am
Santo Domingo.- Former president Hipolito Mejia found that the best tribute we can pay to the heroes of the Restoration War is the unity of Dominicans as a way to restore democracy and freedom in t[...]
Dominican people’s ‘purest essence’ won War of Restoration
Local August 15, 2014 | 12:56 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina affirmed Friday that the War of Restoration of the Republic is a milestone in Dominican history, to be celebrated tomorrow Saturday, August 16, the 151st ann[...]
Case of bench warrant against judge takes a twist: Colleagues are infamous ‘interim’
Local August 15, 2014 | 11:54 am
Santo Domingo.- The Supreme Court on Thursday designated a commission to investigate the circumstances in which the National District 2nd Panel Court issued a bench warrant to arrest Constitutiona[...]
Amnesty International: deaths by Dominican cops ‘increase again’, EFE reports
Local August 15, 2014 | 11:16 am
London.- Amnesty International (AI) said Friday the number of deaths at the hands of police in the Dominican Republic has "increased again" in the last six months, EFE reports.
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Mostly sunny, hot weekend
Local August 15, 2014 | 9:33 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts low probability of rains across the country today and during the weekend, as the low moisture and the dust from the Sahara limits clo[...]
Dominican Republic Govt. snubs court order on power plants
Local August 15, 2014 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Despite the Superior Administrative Court order to halt the call for tenders to build two coal-fired power plants near the southern city of Bani, the head of Dominican Republic’s [...]
‘Many’ Haiti prison escapees on the lam in Dominican Republic
Local August 15, 2014 | 7:36 am
Santo Domingo.- Although their number is still unknown, many of the 329 Haitian inmates who broke out from a prison near the capital Port-au-Prince Sunday managed to sneak across the border into Do[...]
Web shopping tax war: Customs chief shows ‘smuggled’ checks
Local August 14, 2014 | 2:50 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry, Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) and Internal Taxes (DGII) will launch an investigation into possible money laundering through checks in the millions of dollars bro[...]
Constitutional judge calls arrest order against him ‘bombastic’
Local August 14, 2014 | 2:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- Constitutional Court justice Wilson Gómez on Thursday called the arrest warrant issued National District 2ndPanel Court against him “judicial bombastic,” stoked by was lawy[...]
Senators : 30 of 32 colleagues agree with Loma Miranda National Park
Local August 14, 2014 | 2:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- Ruling PLD party senators Euclides Sánchez and Adriano Sánchez Roa on Thursday affirmed having the signatures of 30 colleagues for the bill to create Loma Miranda National[...]
Defense: Despite Haitian fugitives’ arrest, border still on high alert
Local August 14, 2014 | 9:26 am
Santo Domingo.- Defense minister Sigfrido Pared affirmed Wednesday that despite the arrest Clifford Brandt, the most wanted fugitive who was broken out of a jail in Haiti, the heightened alert will[...]
Agents raid beach town home, rescue 16 minors used for sex
Local August 14, 2014 | 9:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice Ministry officials and police agents on Wednesday rescued 16 adolescent girls and boys who were being sexually exploited by a network of Dominicans and foreigners in the bea[...]
High Court judge ordered to testify in case of land fraud ‘mafia’
Local August 14, 2014 | 8:36 am
Santo Domingo.- The National District 2nd Panel Court on Wednesday ordered Constitutional Court judge Wilson Gomez to appear as a witness in the case of a mafia that forged deeds.
Judges Sara[...]
Dominican judiciary ‘revictimizes’ former Miss Ohio
Local August 14, 2014 | 8:19 am
Santo Domingo.- The attorney of former Miss Ohio Sandra Kurdas on Wednesday denounced that Dominican Republic’s judicial system has "revictimized his client.”
Plinio Pina said Nati[...]
Major parties forge pact on city councils to avert incidents
Local August 14, 2014 | 7:54 am
Santo Domingo.- The ruling PLD and the opposition PRD and PRM parties on Wednesday agreed to abide by the “golden rule” on municipalities, to be made official at a press conference Thursday.[...]
Dominican Republic court halts construction on US$2.4B coal-fired power plant
Local August 14, 2014 | 7:30 am
Santo Domingo.- The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) on Wednesday ordered the suspension of the call for tenders to build two coal-fired power plants, until a challenge of the process is heard.<[...]