Country’s rugged terrain hampers fight against fire
Local July 30, 2014 | 8:24 am
Constanza, Dominican Republic.- Thousands of pines and other varieties have been cut down to create a firewall in a frantic effort to contain the forest fire that has charred several thousand hect[...]
U.S. envoy cautions against lopsided political power
Local July 30, 2014 | 7:38 am
Santo Domingo.- United States ambassador James W. Brewster on Tuesday cautioned against the concentration of so much power in the hands of just one political party in Dominican Republic.
The [...]
Medina visits National Park devastated by ferocious blaze
Local July 29, 2014 | 4:23 pm
Constanza, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Tuesday visited Valle Nuevo, the National Park where a week old blaze has charred hundreds of hectares of mostly pine forests.
Medin[...]
Dominican Republic must deal with border with resolve: U.S. envoy
Local July 29, 2014 | 12:33 pm
Santo Domingo.- United States ambassador James W. Brewster on Tuesday said his country’s immigration issue is different from Dominican Republic’s, but noted both nations must deal with resolve [...]
Washington to help Dominican Republic fight major forest fire
Local July 29, 2014 | 10:55 am
Santo Domingo.- United States ambassador James W. Brewster on Tuesday said Washington will help the Dominican government with funds and equipment to fight the forest fire that has charred several t[...]
Ground-to-air presidential affairs
Local July 29, 2014 | 10:27 am
As far as I can remember President Obama has been displaying an inexcusable air of aloofness. His recent ground-to-air movements along the West Coast evidence the virtual severance of presidential [...]
Economy Minister breaks with former president, a ‘messianic leader’
Local July 29, 2014 | 10:02 am
Santo Domingo.- Economy minister Temistocles Montas on Monday reiterated the description of his former boss and ex president Leonel Fernández as a “messianic leader,” despite working under[...]
Senator says fledgling agency with ballooned salaries ‘illegal’
Local July 29, 2014 | 9:30 am
Santo Domingo.- Monte Plata senator (PLD) Charley Mariotti said Monday that Congress shouldn’t approve the short list of five people submitted by the Executive Branch to designate the three membe[...]
Diabetes affects 18.1% of Dominicans in the U.S., report
Local July 29, 2014 | 8:44 am
New York.- Diabetes is present in 18.1% of Dominicans residing in the United States, according to a report on health released in Washington, conducted by the National Institute of the Heart, Lung a[...]
Top official says Dominican Republic must scrap gun culture
Local July 29, 2014 | 7:46 am
Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Domínguez on Monday asked society’s support to abolish the bearing and possession of guns, as a way to fight organized crime, drug trafficking and [...]
Dealers pushed drugs in same building with police precinct
Local July 28, 2014 | 1:41 pm
Santo Domingo.- For the second time since 2007 the police precinct at Villa Consuelo, Santo Domingo astonishes neighbors and makes headlines, when another was busted on the on top floor of the buil[...]
Dominican Republic asks countries’ help to quell major forest fire
Local July 28, 2014 | 12:39 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry said Monday it requested international assistance to quell the blaze affecting a national park near the highland town of Constanza since Friday.
In a [...]
Business leader, bishop hail Law helps Haitians’ descendants
Local July 28, 2014 | 11:33 am
Santo Domingo.- A bishop and a business leader consider the recently passed Immigration Regularization and Naturalization Law the legal instrument toward understanding between Dominican Republic an[...]
Dominican Bronx Parade promotes back-home culture abroad
Local July 28, 2014 | 11:00 am
New York.- Ruling PLD party political leader and Dominican Alternate envoy to the UN Luis Lithgow on Sunday urged his countrymen to promote their culture abroad.
During his starring role in [...]
Rebuilt, expanded southern dam ready for Medina to cut ribbon
Local July 28, 2014 | 10:44 am
Azua, Dominican Republic.- The dams and canals agency (INDRHI) affirmed Monday that president Danilo Medina is expected to inaugurate the reconstruction and expansion of the hydroelectric facility[...]
Hot, sunny skies Monday; possible showers Tuesday
Local July 28, 2014 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts sunny skies over most of the country Monday, “because of tropical conditions that preclude any precipitation.”
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Another fatal collision on the Southern Highway kills 3
Local July 28, 2014 | 8:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Just two weeks after a collision claimed the lives of five people, another crash on the Southern Highway today Monday has killed three and hurt more than 20 others, when a bus full[...]
Forest fire in Dominican Republic central mountains ‘too critical’
Local July 28, 2014 | 8:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The forest fire which has charred large parts of Valle Nuevo National Park, Constanza (central) during the last few days has devastated more than 1,200 hectares of pine forests, loc[...]
Justice Ministry to destroy 2,000 guns; slams ‘weapons culture’
Local July 28, 2014 | 8:09 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry on Monday will destroy with a steamroller 2,000 guns seized in operations across the country, and will then build a "monument of peace" with the remna[...]
President Medina asks parents to fight adversities that threaten family
Local July 26, 2014 | 4:26 pm
Santo Domingo.– On the occasion of tomorrow's Father's Day, Dominican President Danilo Medina urged parents to be alert to fight aspects that threaten family.
"Nowadays when disintegr[...]