Haiti, Dominican Republic tensions ease on marathon talks
Local January 8, 2014 | 7:55 am
Santo Domingo.-Dominican Republic’s government maintains its position on the ConstitutionalCourt ruling that affects thousands of people of Haitian descent, as talks withHaiti resumed Tuesday wit[...]
Port-au-Prince media’s take on the Haiti-Dominican Republic talks
Local January 7, 2014 | 3:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- Haiti’s leading media differ in their coverage of news about the meeting now taking place in Ouanaminthe (Haiti northeast) between two commissions of Haiti’s and Dominican Repub[...]
Deep chill in the U.S. cancels local flights
Local January 7, 2014 | 12:23 pm
Santo Domingo.- The contractor which manages DominicanRepublic’s airports (Aerodom) on Tuesday said 10 New York and Boston flights werecanceled at Las Americas international Airport (AILA), in ad[...]
‘Renowned’ drug trafficker nabbed in Colombia on murders
Local January 7, 2014 | 11:39 am
Santo Domingo.- National Police chief ManuelCastro on Tuesday announced the arrest in Colombia of Salomon Arias (Piky) analleged drug trafficker wanted in the murder of alleged hired killer Juan Fe[...]
Dominican Republic-Haiti border ‘all calm’ ahead of key talks
Local January 7, 2014 | 11:21 am
Ouanaminthe, Haiti.- All’s calm along theDominican-Haitian border as people from Ouanaminthe and Dajabon, on the Dominicanside, await the start of the meeting slated for today with representative[...]
Catholic Church: Authorities, media are indifferent to violence
Local January 7, 2014 | 9:34 am
Santo Domingo.- The Catholic Church’s Pastoral Youthon Monday railed against authorities and the media, calling the former indifferentto violence, and the latter for allegedly exploiting it comme[...]
Widely scattered showers, high surf
Local January 7, 2014 | 9:02 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet)forecasts widely scattered showers today over the North-East, South-East and southernslope of the Central Mountains, from the prevailing East[...]
Chopper, radar escalate war on drug trafficking
Local January 7, 2014 | 8:19 am
Santo Domingo- The head of the Drugs Control Agency(DNCD) on Monday announced the outfitting of a Huey helicopter to deploy troopsquickly to vulnerable points, as well as an air surveillance radar [...]
Dominican Republic, Haiti resume talks amid mistrust
Local January 7, 2014 | 7:12 am
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic and Haiti will again discuss topics of common interest today Tuesday,after the meeting site agreed by the leaders of both countries last December washastily establ[...]
Social-democrat minority BIS party to support Leonel Fernandez
Local January 6, 2014 | 10:10 am
Santo Domingo.–Social-democrat minority BIS party, led by Jose Francisco Peña Guaba, confirmed its alliance with the DominicanLiberation Party (PLD) and ratified its support to former presid[...]
Haiti PM to lead commission for binational talks
Local January 6, 2014 | 7:45 am
Port-au-Prince.– Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe will lead a five-member commission for high-level talks with the Dominican Republic that begin Tuesday.
According to the government, th[...]
US snowstorm causes flight cancellations in DR
Local January 4, 2014 | 10:39 am
Santo Domingo.– At least 20 flights to snow-battered U.S. East Coast destinations from the Dominican Republic were canceled Friday, stranding thousands of passengers.
The snowstorm, which [...]
Haitian Government has not yet designated a Commission
Local January 4, 2014 | 9:47 am
Santo Domingo.– The Haitian Government has not disclosed yetwho will make up the commission that will meet next Tuesday with Dominicanofficials to resume talks on outstanding issues.[...]
Government will dialogue with Haiti without prejudices
Local January 4, 2014 | 12:01 am
Santo Domingo.– Presidencychief of staff Gustavo Montalvosaid the Dominican Commission that will attend the dialogue with the Haitianauthorities will participate "without prejudic[...]
Dominican officials should meet in Haiti ‘without fear’
Local January 3, 2014 | 3:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Migration Council met at the National Palace Friday as part of the agenda to enact the National Plan to Regularize Foreigners, and were asked not to fear for their safe[...]
Brutal storm in the U.S. strands thousands of Dominicans
Local January 3, 2014 | 3:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- Hundreds of passengers headed to New York City were forced to return to their homes after learning about the canceled flights to that and other locations from the snow storm which b[...]
Arab-American businessman ‘paid RD$1.0M’ to sneak into Dominican Republic
Local January 3, 2014 | 11:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Arab-American businessman Karim Abú Nabaa on Friday revealed having paid RD$1.0 million to illegaly enter Dominican territory from Haiti, after his "exile" of around [...]
Reprisals feared as Haitians steal gun from Army officer, report
Local January 3, 2014 | 10:37 am
Barahona, Dominican Republic.- Several Haitians stripped an Army 1st lieutenant of his service pistol at the Municipal District of Canoa, Vicente Noble (west).
Local media report that the off[...]
Another Catholic priest warns against mining at Loma Miranda
Local January 3, 2014 | 10:03 am
Bonao, Dominican Republic. – The priest Rafael Columna on Thursday became the latest Catholic prelate to warn that the Loma Miranda (central) wilderness will be defended “even with their lifeâ€[...]
Dominican Republic flights canceled as snowstorm slams eastern US
Local January 3, 2014 | 9:28 am
Santo Domingo.- Around 10 flights to and from New York and Boston were canceled in Dominican Republic Friday, as a snow storm hammers eastern United States.
The flights affected include thos[...]