U.S. Customs and Border Protection is hiring for Officer positions nationwide
World November 3, 2017 | 5:26 pm
San Juan, Puerto Rico —U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for securing U.S. ports of entry and international borders, is accepting applications nationwide for CBP officer pos[...]Venezuela deputy decries voting ‘fraud’ in Dominican Republic visit
World October 25, 2017 | 11:54 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina's mysterious visitor at the National Palace Tues. morning turned out to be Venezuelan deputy Luis Florido, who on behalf of the Venezuelan opposition (MUD), beg[...]Fukushima survivor submits evidence to UN over Japanese government human rights abuses
World October 12, 2017 | 3:31 pm
Geneva, 12 October 2017 - Fukushima survivor Mitsuko Sonoda will testify today on the ongoing human rights abuses of Fukushima victims and the ever-present risk nuclear power plants pose to the comm[...]Japan nuclear regulator aproves first TEPCO reactors since Fukushima disaster
World October 4, 2017 | 3:42 pm
Tokyo, 4 October 2017 - Japan’s nuclear regulator today granted preliminary safety approval for two Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reactors at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant despite wi[...]Las Vegas carnage prompts Espaillat to seek anti-gun unity
World October 3, 2017 | 3:43 pm
New York.- Just hours after the carnage in Las Vegas, Dominican-born US congressman Adriano Espaillat, on Tue. asked his colleagues to unity to legislate against guns, with tougher rules against posse[...]‘Worst shooting in US history:’ At least 50 dead in Las Vegas
World October 2, 2017 | 12:21 pm
Las Vegas.- In what's being called as the worst mass shooting in United States history, at least 50 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in a shootout near the Las Vegas hotel Mandalay [...]Venezuela crisis talks suspended(Update)
World September 25, 2017 | 8:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- Venezuela's opposition, grouped in the Table of Democratic Unity (MUD), said Tues. that conditions haven't emerged to continue the talks with the government of Nicolás Maduro in the D[...]Venezuela talks advance in the Dominican Republic
World September 15, 2017 | 11:31 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina Thurs. night said the talks between representatives of the Venezuelan Govt. and the opposition advance favorably. "Yesterday the meeting was good, today was [...]Venezuelan govt.-opposition talks resume in Dominican capital
World September 14, 2017 | 1:34 pm
Santo Domingo.-The talks hosted by Dominican president Danilo Medina continue Thurs., when delegations from the Venezuelan government and the opposition seek to resume in the capital of Sano Domingo, [...]Maduro upbeat on Dominican Govt.’s ‘invitation’ to talks
World September 13, 2017 | 1:13 pm
Caracas.- Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on Tues. accepted the "invitation" by the Dominican Government and former head of Spanish government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, to resume the talks[...]The OAS issues a statement on the talks in the Dominican Republic
World September 13, 2017 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The Organization of American States early Wed. issued a statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Venezuela: "The Secretary-General expresses his full sup[...]Dominican Republic to host Venezuela Govt.-opposition talks(Update)
World September 12, 2017 | 6:04 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Venezuelan government and the opposition will reactivate the dialogue process that had been stalled since the end of last year, the French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian annou[...]NYC vigil aims to safeguard Founding Father’s statue
World August 31, 2017 | 10:34 am
Santo Domingo.- The Duartian Institute of New York called for a vigil on Sunday to demand that the statue of the Founding Father Juan Pablo Duarte be not removed in that city. Bienvenido Lara and J[...]Yonkers’ kudos for Dominican who saved girl attacked by dogs
World August 24, 2017 | 2:40 pm
New York.- The Yonkers City Council on Wednesday recognized a Dominican for saving an 11-year-old Puerto Rican girl attacked by two dogs on a street in that town last June. Jose Jimenez, of Yonkers[...]After Charlottesville violence, Espaillat to push anti-hate bill
World August 17, 2017 | 9:18 pm
Washington D.C. - Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) released the following statements regarding their bill, the No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbo[...]Dominican woman calls Barcelona terror rampage madness
World August 17, 2017 | 8:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- A Dominican woman who lives in Spain and was on the Las Ramblas tourism district of Barcelona, during the Thurs. afternoon terrorist attack, described the moments of terror since the b[...]Dominican Govt. warns against military intervention in Venezuela
World August 14, 2017 | 3:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Foreign minister Miguel Vargas and former president Leonel Fernandez warned Sunday that a military intervention in Venezuela, as US president Donald Trump has hinted, would n[...]US agents seize US$850,000+, guns in Dominican-bound plane
World August 9, 2017 | 8:14 pm
San Juan, Puerto Rico - On August 4, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized over US$850,000 and five firearms at the Isla Grande airport in San Juan. The weapons and hidden currency [...]Puerto Rican ex-kingpin Figueroa Agosto gets 30 years in prison
World August 8, 2017 | 6:46 pm
San Juan, Puerto Rico.- A federal judge sentenced Puerto Rican ex-kingpin Jos David Figueroa Agosto "Junior Capsule," to 30 years in prison for trafficking thousands of kilos of pure cocaine between t[...]Proposed US immigration changes would affect Dominicans
World August 3, 2017 | 1:27 pm
Washington D.C.- United States president Donald Trump backed a legislative bill Wednesday aimed at cutting the entry of permanent legal immigrants by half over the coming decade, an ambitious plan tha[...]
