UNDP officials, senior bishop discuss proposed political parties Law
Local March 20, 2014 | 8:20 am
Santo Domingo.- UNDP resident representative Lorenzo Jiménez de Luis met Wednesday with bishop Agripino Núñez to discuss the importance of promoting consensus to approve the law on p[...]
Dominican Republic officials ‘work urgently’ on naturalization bill
Local March 20, 2014 | 8:03 am
Santo Domingo.- In less than 24 hours president Danilo Medina met twice with Interior and Police minister José Ramón Fadul; legal adviser Cesar Pina and Central Electoral Board (JCE) pres[...]
More charges await U.S. drug trafficking convicts in Dominican Republic
Local March 20, 2014 | 7:40 am
Santo Domingo.- The head of the Justice Ministry’s Money Laundering Dept. revealed Wednesday that money laundering and drug trafficking charges await Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Díaz (Maconi)[...]
Dominican Republic workers find the New World’s oldest aqueduct
Local March 19, 2014 | 4:49 pm
Santo Domingo.- The remnants of what was the New World’s oldest aqueduct were found two weeks ago during the excavations by the Tourism Ministry to spruce up the Colonial Zone.
Lead archit[...]
Navy detains 10 Haitians alleged fish poachers at Montecristi
Local March 19, 2014 | 12:04 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Navy on Wednesday announced the arrest of 10 Haitians in Manzanillo Bay, Montecristi, where they were poaching fish, EFE reports.
The arrest of Haitian nationa[...]
The country’s most radical priest confronts Xstrata Nickel again
Local March 19, 2014 | 11:32 am
Bonao, Dominican Republic.- Dominican Republic’s icon radical priest Rogelio Cruz for the second time in as many months leads a protest Wednesday morning which snarls traffic on the Duarte highwa[...]
Leftist group stages strike at city hotbed of unrest
Local March 19, 2014 | 11:09 am
Santiago.- Community groups of Las Palomas township, city of Licey, stage a 24-hour shutdown starting Wednesday morning, to protest its deteriorated streets.
In addition to Las Palomas and Uv[...]
Country’s water shortage needs urgent action, expert warns
Local March 19, 2014 | 9:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Engineers, architects and surveyors guild (Codia) resident Aridio Santos on Tuesday warned that urgent actions are needed to deal with the country’s water shortage.
Santos p[...]
Urban singer surrenders, faces charges in mall shootout
Local March 19, 2014 | 8:31 am
Santo Domingo.- Urban merengue singer Peter Antonio de la Rosa (Omega) surrendered to Santiago authorities Tuesday afternoon, to face charges relating to a shopping center shootout that injured thr[...]
Unigold statement on fatal Dominican Republic incident
Local March 19, 2014 | 8:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Unigold Inc. was notified late last night, Monday March 17th 2014, that there was an artisanal mine accident resulting in three fatalities and one seriously injured individual in th[...]
A 3rd drug-trafficking convict gets a “light” sentence in U.S
Local March 19, 2014 | 7:30 am
Santo Domingo.- A Puerto Rico court last week sentenced drug-trafficking convict Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Díaz (Maconi) to six years and six months in prison, after pleading guilty of posses[...]
100 Dominican ex-convicts deported from the U.S. arrive today
Local March 18, 2014 | 11:09 am
Santo Domingo.- A group of 100 Dominicans will arrive in the country Tuesdayafternoon, deported from the United States, after serving time for drug trafficking, murder, forgery, fraud, rape, kidnap[...]
Authorities probe 20 companies, seize RD$3.0B in fake drugs case against politico
Local March 18, 2014 | 8:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The National District Office of the prosecutor investigates 20 companies and has seized around RD$3.0 billion worth of fake drugs in the case against pro-government party (PRSC) lea[...]
Bus, truck collision in Dominican Republic kills 10
Local March 18, 2014 | 7:40 am
Santo Domingo.- As many as 10 people died and several were hurt Monday night when a tractor trailer collided head on with a bus near Tabara Abajo, on the Southern highway between Barahona and Azua.[...]
‘Catastrophic corruption’ in Dominican Republic’s oldest university
Local March 17, 2014 | 12:33 pm
Santo Domingo.- The recently elected rector of the Santo Domingo State University (UASD) on Monday warned he won’t "take one step backwards to vanquish its disorder " and rescue its det[...]
Venezuela mogul is latest personality to get Dominican nationality:EFE
Local March 17, 2014 | 12:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- Venezuelan media mogul Gustavo Cisneros on Monday acquired the Dominican nationality, reports EFE, citing confirmation by a source in the Central Electoral Board (JCE).
The ty[...]
Agents bust ring used forged papers to reach Holland
Local March 17, 2014 | 10:53 am
Santo Domingo.- National Investigations Dept. (DNI) director Maximo W. Muñoz on Sunday announced the bust of a ring that used travel documents using Foreign minister Carlos Morales’ forged s[...]
One hurt in mall shootout is urban singer’s latest bout with the law
Local March 17, 2014 | 10:28 am
Santo Domingo. – One man hit by a bullet amid a shootout at a Santiago mall allegedly started by Peter de la Rosa (Omega) is the popular urban singer’s latest bout with the law.
Féli[...]
‘Step aside,’ ruling party presidential candidacy hopeful asks leaders
Local March 17, 2014 | 9:42 am
Montecristi, Dominican Repubilc.- Presidential candidacy hopeful Temistocles Montas on Sunday said the country’s political leadership needs to learn to yield to its successors, making it easier f[...]
Dominicans mark a dark day for journalism
Local March 17, 2014 | 9:20 am
New York.- "A flower for Orlando" is the event with which numerous organizations marked the 39th anniversary of the March 17, 1975 murder of Dominican journalist Orlando Martinez, next to[...]