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[...]No bail as Panama ex-president could flee to Dominican Republic
World June 21, 2017 | 11:55 am
Santo Domingo.- The US Attorney's Office on Tuesday expressed concern that former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli could flee and take refuge in the Dominican Republic if he's released after being [...]OAS not meddling in Venezuela, Dominican Rep. thinks otherwise
World June 19, 2017 | 8:10 pm
Cancun.- The debate over Venezuela's political crisis, blamed for more than 70 deaths, isn't interventionism since democracy is one of the fundamental pillars of the OAS, its secretary general said [...]Dominican Rep. among 22 nations to meet on Venezuela crisis: EFE
Local May 30, 2017 | 8:10 pm
Washington.- At least 18 foreign ministers will attend the meeting on the Venezuelan crisis to be held at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington tomorrow Wed., EFE reports. Thus [...]Odebrecht bribe: 5 European banks urged to pull out of dirty coal plant
World May 23, 2017 | 2:00 pm
The Netherlands.- European banks must now pull out of financing the US$2 billion Punta Catalina coal plant project following recent confirmation of Brazilian company Odebrecht’s widespread use of br[...]Berlin and Beijing united on climate in the age of Trump
World May 22, 2017 | 3:01 pm
Berlin, 22 May 2017 - German Environmental Minister Barbara Hendricks and Chinese Special Climate Envoy Xie Zhenhua jointly held a press conference at the opening of the Petersburg Climate Dialogue, w[...]Dominican faces murder charge in Times Square rampage
World May 19, 2017 | 3:15 pm
New York.- Of Dominican parents, Richard Rojas, 26, who yesterday plowed into 23 pedestrians in Times Square, killing one tourist, discharged in 2012 by the US Department of Defense (DOD) for violen[...]Higher education expanding in Latin America and the Caribbean, but falling short of potential
World May 17, 2017 | 6:17 pm
Mexico City, May 17, 2017 - The number of students in higher education programs has nearly doubled in the past decade across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). But with only half of them graduatin[...]Ten Dominicans among biggest US bust of gang members
World May 12, 2017 | 11:54 am
Washington.- The US government announced Thursday that nearly 1,400 gang members have been detained over a six-week period in the largest operation ever conducted by the Department of Homeland Securit[...]Environment, UN start National Consultation on Oceans
World May 9, 2017 | 6:59 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry and the UN Program for Development (UNDP) started the National Consultation on Oceans, to improve the preservation of the waters and their biodiversity. Thi[...]