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[...]PRM urges government to reject Venezuela poll result
World August 1, 2017 | 3:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- The main opposition party in the Dominican Republic, the PRM, has condemned the Venezuelan government for proceeding with its unilateral call for the July 30th election of a constituen[...]20 marchers excluded from Bronx Dominican Parade
World July 31, 2017 | 1:52 pm
New York City.- A group of around twenty marchers were expelled from Sunday’s Dominican parade held in the Bronx because they did not have permits to participate in the event. Video images show [...]Venezuela crisis: Dominican Republic concerned at “lack of solution”
World July 31, 2017 | 11:22 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas expressed his government’s high level of concern regarding the recent political situation in Venezuela, saying it has not been poss[...]Dominicans nabbed in US Medicare ‘biggest fraud ever’
World July 14, 2017 | 1:52 pm
New York.- Four Dominicans and two Brazilians were arrested by the FBI and federal investigators for the US health system in Rhode Island on Wednesday, charged in a US$1.3 billion Medicare and Medicai[...]NYC police officer killed in unprovoked attack was Dominican
World July 6, 2017 | 11:16 am
New York.- The NYC police officer who was shot and killed while working in a mobile command post in the Bronx was of Dominican origin. Miosotis Familia, 46, was killed in what police call an unprov[...]US agents nab Dominican in 15 kilos drug haul, seize boat
World June 27, 2017 | 7:24 pm
San Juan, Puerto Rico -U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 116 pounds (52.55 kilos) of cocaine concealed inside a private vessel inspected on Sunday. The estimated wholesale value [...]Dominicans among arrested in major New York State drug bust
World June 22, 2017 | 1:58 pm
New York.- Several Dominicans were detained by federal agents and local narcotics police in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Monroe County, for drug trafficking, illegal weapons possession and other crimes, in[...]
