Dominican Republic opposition party convention: Scuffles, gunfire
Local July 21, 2014 | 7:32 am
Santo Domingo.- As expected, Dominican Republic’s opposition party (PRD) on Sunday held its second national convention to choose its main leadership under a hail of insults, minor injuries and ev[...]
Electoral Board urges UN to collaborate with regularization
Local July 19, 2014 | 12:06 pm
Santo Domingo.– Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario praised the recent visit of UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon but urged the United Nations to collaborate with the Dominican[...]
Opposition party faces another uphill struggle
Local July 19, 2014 | 12:44 am
Santo Domingo.– The opposition party (PRD) will face another uphill struggle tomorrow in its inner political history, with the celebration of its Thirtieth Ordinary Convention, where they will el[...]
Haitians rescued near Puerto Rico had left from DR
Local July 19, 2014 | 12:14 am
Santo Domingo.– Twelve Haitian nationals who had left from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, were found on an island west of the U.S. territory, Puerto Rican police reported Friday.
Th[...]
Nasty virus in decline, after months of rampage: Public Health
Local July 18, 2014 | 4:43 pm
Santo Domingo.- Public Health minister Freddy Hidalgo on Friday said reports of chikungunya virus cases have started declining across the country for the last two weeks, the first such affirmation[...]
Top official admits ‘spider’s web’ of red tape in government agencies
Local July 18, 2014 | 1:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- "A sort of spider’s web" is how the Public Administration Minister describes the hurdles to resolve any of the frequent problems in a government agency, a "situatio[...]
Second-busiest highway turns lethal
Local July 17, 2014 | 12:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- Poor lighting and a lack of road signs are to blame for the frequent traffic accidents which occur mostly at night along the Las Americas Highway, and have claimed the lives of at [...]
Concerns of violence rise as opposition party convention nears
Local July 17, 2014 | 11:14 am
Santo Domingo.- Non-profit organization Citizen Participation (PC) on Thursday regretted "the silence and the weak receptivity from the (opposition party) PRD’s Convention Organizing Committ[...]
Film exposes mysterious U.S. school in Central Mountains
Local July 17, 2014 | 9:54 am
New York.- The documentary "Kidnapped by Christ" reveals abuse and mistreatment of dozens of mostly American youngsters and teenagers at the Escuela del Caribe (School of the Caribbean), [...]
Top general knows little about Law-ordered cull
Local July 17, 2014 | 9:11 am
Santo Domingo.- As many as 20 generals could be placed on retirement per year, until reaching the six stipulated in the Armed Forces Reeducation Law, although president Danilo Medina has yet to iss[...]
After deadly accidents, Police to test bus drivers for drugs
Local July 17, 2014 | 8:42 am
Santo Domingo.- National Police chief Manuel Castro on Wednesday said he’ll meet with Bus Owners Association president Antonio Marte, to submit public transport drivers to drug tests, in the hee[...]
Colleagues turn on feisty Dominican deputy for seeking probe
Local July 17, 2014 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Deputy Minou Tavárez Mirabal on Wednesday said the fact that her colleagues launched an investigation against her for allegedly violating articles of its bylaws reveals the cou[...]
Truckers’ spat again shutters Dominican-Haiti border
Local July 16, 2014 | 4:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- Unidentified people placed two tractor trailers at the Dominican-Haitian border town of Jimaní Wednesday, to protest the Custom Agency’s halting of a truckload of illegal ci[...]
Oops! Congress forgot Ban Ki-moon speaks English
Local July 16, 2014 | 4:17 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominicans again laugh at their own foibles Wednesday as Congress forgot to hire translators for UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon’s speech in English, leaving most lawmakers looki[...]
Ban: Dominican Republic, Haiti must help ‘Hispaniola’s children’
Local July 16, 2014 | 12:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on Dominican Republic and Haiti to work for “Hispaniola’s children,” during a speech to deputies and senators.
Ban s[...]
U.S. deports 58 Dominican ex cons, 970 thus far this year
Local July 16, 2014 | 10:05 am
Santo Domingo.- U.S. federal agents on Tuesday escorted a group of 58 Dominican deportees, released after serving time on convictions for drug trafficking, homicide and other felonies.
The de[...]
Ban lauds Dominican Republic’s legislation for foreigners
Local July 16, 2014 | 7:57 am
Santo Domingo.- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised president Danilo Medina for enacting the foreigner’s naturalization and regularization legislation, and said it’s essential that Dominic[...]
Dominican Republic passes stiff law against government corruption
Local July 15, 2014 | 3:51 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday passed the bill which penalizes with prison those officials who fail to submit their financial statement, during their tenure.
The Senate ha[...]
Capital wage hike scandal: Deputies ‘call the kettle black’
Local July 15, 2014 | 12:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- ‘Calling the kettle black,’ deputies of Dominican Republic’s two biggest political parties (PRD, PLD) on Tuesday criticized the wage increase, some higher than RD$90,000, for [...]
Rutgers University to help mentally ill stay off the streets
Local July 15, 2014 | 11:47 am
Santo Domingo.- Padre Billini Mental Health Center and New Jersey’s Rutgers University will develop a joint program to reduce the presence of the mentally ill on the country’s streets and ensur[...]