Customs high-tech system snags tax dodgers with US$100.0M
Local December 19, 2013 | 10:18 am
Santo Domingo.- StartingJanuary the Customs Agency (DGA) will start a new model that will let itsofficials and technical managers monitor container-processing and mining data inreal time.
Ca[...]
Senators pass a sweeping, tougher criminal code
Local December 19, 2013 | 9:43 am
Santo Domingo.- The amended criminal procedural coderecently passed by the Senate states that police can make an arrest a without acourt order when the person has objects, weapons, instruments, evi[...]
Prominent rehab organization says drug use should be decriminalized
Local December 19, 2013 | 9:41 am
Santo Domingo.- The head of the drug rehab organizationCasa Abierta (open house) Juan de la Rosa is partial to decriminalizing drug consumptionin the Dominican Republic, since in his view, addicts [...]
A grim year for Dominican Republic’s opposition party
Local December 19, 2013 | 9:40 am
Santo Domingo.- 2013 was a very bad year for DominicanRepublic’s major opposition party (PRD) as several setbacks tarnished its 74-yearpolitical history, critically eroded its image among constit[...]
Dominican Republic whistleblowers cannot be persecuted, official warns
Local December 18, 2013 | 3:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- Government Ethics Commission director MarinoVinicio Castillo on Wednesday lauded the work by the ethics committees of thevarious agencies, and warned that whistleblowers cannot be p[...]
Dominican leader vows to stage talks with Haiti ‘quickly’
Local December 18, 2013 | 2:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Wednesday announcedhe’ll "quickly" designate the high-level commission which both Haitiand Dominican Republic agreed to in Venezuela to discus[...]
Cardinal hails resumed Haiti-Dominican Republic talks, but ruling looms
Local December 18, 2013 | 11:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s Cardinal today hailed theresumed talks between Haiti and the Dominican Republic governments, agreed toWednesday morning by both leaders at the Petrocaribe Sum[...]
Trough brings scattered showers to the North, Northeast, Southeast
Local December 18, 2013 | 9:46 am
Santo Domingo.- The Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecastsincreasing showers over the North, Northeast and Southeast for Wednesday froman approaching trough, with few changes for the rest of the cou[...]
Navy detains 2,579 boatpeople so far this year
Local December 18, 2013 | 9:19 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Navy chief of staff EdwinDominici on Tuesday revealed the apprehension of 2,579 boatpeople trying to reachother territories illegally thus far this year.
He said amo[...]
Abuse of Dominican boys ‘like a dagger through the Pope’s heart’
Local December 18, 2013 | 8:30 am
Santo Domingo.- San Francisco (northeast) Diocese bishop FaustoRamon Mejia revealed Tuesday that Pope Francis has said his heart feels "likeit’s been crossed by a dagger" from the abus[...]
Dominican Republic, Haiti to ‘deal with’ problems: Venezuela leader
Local December 18, 2013 | 7:38 am
Caracas.- Venezuelapresident Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday that Dominican Republic and Haiti agreedto form a high-level commission to deal with and seek a solution to several problemswhich both[...]
Agents seize nearly US$500K, two Colombians charged
Local December 17, 2013 | 2:20 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD)on Tuesday announced the confiscation of nearly US$500,000, presumably from internationaldrug trafficking, during a raid of an apartment of t[...]
TV anchor’s murder reveals Dominican capital’s cruel, gay underworld
Local December 17, 2013 | 1:52 pm
Santo Domingo.- Top fashion designer Jorge Diep on Tuesday said he regrets NCDNTV news anchor Claudio Nasco’s murder on Friday, and revealed having met OscarPérez "Yandel," one of [...]
Senator denies dropping slander charges in Florida(Update)
Local December 17, 2013 | 1:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- Senator Félix Bautista on Tuesday denied he has droppedthe slander charges filed in the U.S. against the economistJaime AristyEscuder, the attorney José Alejandro Ayuso an[...]
Dominican Republic issues arrest warrant for Spanish mogul
Local December 17, 2013 | 11:01 am
Higuey, Dominican Republic.- An Altagracia province (east) judgeon Monday declared Spanish mogul Juan Jose (Pepe) Hidalgo in contempt of court andissued a warrant for his arrest, after failing [...]
Defense chief says all quiet at the border; announces military facility
Local December 17, 2013 | 8:19 am
Santo Domingo.- Defense minister Sigfrido Pared on Mondayaffirmed that the military continues bolstering security along the border withHaiti, where everything is under control without reports of in[...]
‘Missing’ court papers birth yet another Dominican government scandal
Local December 17, 2013 | 7:49 am
Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutor YeniBerenice Reynoso on Monday reiterated that the plea bargaining agreement and swornstatements from money laundering convict Sobeida Félix never [...]
Veteran politico to face criminal trial, but skeptics doubt
Local December 17, 2013 | 7:25 am
Santo Domingo.- The National District 3rd Courtof Appeals on Monday overturned a lowercourt ruling and ordered a criminal trial against former National Assets directorElías Wessin Chávez [...]
Dominican Republic leader talks oil in Venezuela
Local December 17, 2013 | 6:57 am
Caracas, (agencies).- Dominican Republic president DaniloMedina will arrive in Venezuela today, to attend the Petrocaribe oil summit.
The meeting of ministers of Petrocaribe countries heldTue[...]
Coal-fired plants’ pollution can be checked: Dominican official
Local December 16, 2013 | 4:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- As concerns over air pollution willlikely spread from the coal-fired plantswhose groundbreaking was headed by president Danilo Medina at Peravia Province onSunday, the Environment[...]