Social Security in Dominican Republic ‘remains to be seen’
Local August 6, 2014 | 7:48 am
Santo Domingo.- Tuesday’s statement by Pensions Superintendent Joaquin Geronimo whether workers over 45 can demand their money back from Dominican Republic’s Social Security, "remains to b[...]
US envoy tours 9-1-1 emergency system, announces expansion
Local August 5, 2014 | 4:25 pm
Santo Domingo – U.S. ambassador James W. Brewster on Tuesday visited the national emergency and security system 9-1-1, two months after opened and toured the facility with Presidency deputy minis[...]
Tanker truck drivers stage wildcat strike, fuel shortages reported
Local August 5, 2014 | 4:04 pm
Santo Domingo.- More than 100 soldiers and police have been deployed Tuesday at the fuel supply terminals of the oil refinery REFIDOMSA in several towns, after the tanker truck drivers grouped in t[...]
Public Works detours traffic on southern highway
Local August 5, 2014 | 10:35 am
Santo Domingo.- The Public Works Ministry on Tuesday announced a detour for light vehicle traffic on the Bani-Azua road, at the span known as El Numero.
It said crews of the contractor Const[...]
Opposition party proposes tougher Naturalization Law enforcement
Local August 5, 2014 | 9:49 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s opposition party (PRD) oon Monday submitted to the Government 10 proposals to enforce Naturalization Regularization Law 169-14.
It said to prove their s[...]
Weak tropical brings scattered showers, thunderstorms Tuesday
Local August 5, 2014 | 9:09 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts scattered showers with thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening, from a weak tropical wave moving west along the Caribbean shore.<[...]
Woman to head Dominican Republic Congress for the first time
Local August 5, 2014 | 8:02 am
Santo Domingo.- As the result of a brief meeting typical for the ruling PLD party’s Political Committee, Cristina Lizardo will become the first woman President of the Senate, and of the National [...]
Dominican Republic leader ‘man of peace’ accepts guns
Local August 5, 2014 | 7:36 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Monday again revealed his ambivalence and reluctance to make unpopular decisions, when he accepted a rifle and a pistol from Dominican Republic’s milita[...]
Defense chief says farewell to arms
Local August 4, 2014 | 11:58 am
Santo Domingo.- Defense minister Sigfrido Pared on Monday said his military uniform “must pass to the background, after 41 years in the armed forces."
The country’s top general made [...]
Discrimination in a country of blacks and mulattoes, ‘a shame’
Local August 4, 2014 | 9:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The Justice Ministry and the consumer protection agency (ProConsumidor) on Sunday warned of coordinated actions to put a stop to discriminatory practices by some bars and clubs agai[...]
The country’s Foreign Service still the laughing stock abroad
Local August 4, 2014 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina has left Dominican Republic’s Foreign Service intact and despite a "revolution" promised during his election campaign, has failed to set it forth[...]
Dominican think tank warns a mum Medina on online tax row
Local August 4, 2014 | 8:39 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina’s habit of letting national issues balloon to crises while keeping mum has prompted Dominican Republic’s most prestigious legal think tank to make an urg[...]
National land deed system could collapse: Surveyors Guild
Local August 4, 2014 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s surveyors guild (Asodagrim) on Sunday urged the Executive Branch to retake control over the Real Estate Jurisdiction to avert a collapse in the certification [...]
TS Bertha leaves path of relief across Dominican Republic
Local August 4, 2014 | 7:28 am
Santo Domingo.- Tropical Storm Bertha’s downpours across the country will ease the drought that has parched Dominican Republic during the last eight months, with most water levels at most dams ex[...]
“Join and get naked”, new campaign against tax to Internet shopping
Local August 2, 2014 | 11:00 am
Santo Domingo.– An unusual way to protest is scheduled for Friday night, 8 August in the park La Lira on Lincoln avenue, which seeks to draw public attention to the arbitrary tax that Custom Agen[...]
Abinader says Vargas grotesquely took over the PRD
Local August 2, 2014 | 9:03 am
Santo Domingo.– Presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Majority Party (PRM) and the Opposition Front Convergence Luis Abinader said there is no democracy in the Dominican Republic and one g[...]
Authorities to monitor the Haitian border with cameras
Local August 2, 2014 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Army will install 450 cameras as part of a closed circuit television system which will cover the entire border with Haiti, according to Army chief of staff Ruben Pau[...]
COE issues green alert for 10 Dominican provinces
Local August 2, 2014 | 12:30 am
Santo Domingo.– Tropical Storm Bertha moved into theCaribbean on Friday on a path that will take it between Puerto Rico and theDominican Republic, where tropical storm warnings are already in[...]
US Embassy: We have ties with all Dominican political parties
Local August 1, 2014 | 1:58 pm
Santo Domingo.- The United States Embassy on Friday said it has relations with all political parties and has no favourites among them, in response to two senior government officials which criticiz[...]
Most famous Dominican of Haitian descent gets her ID
Local August 1, 2014 | 11:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The most famous Dominican of Haitian descent on Friday received her ID card (cedula) at the Central Electoral Board (JCE) in a process her attorneys called fast and “free of traum[...]