Convict in Dominican Republic’s biggest money laundering case denied parole
Local December 11, 2013 | 7:36 am
Santo Domingo.- A National District court on Tuesdayruled against money laundering convict Sobeida Felix’s challenge to force prosecutorsto comply with the plea bargaining agreement and not oppos[...]
Dominican Republic’s most famous inmate says someone’s lying
Local December 10, 2013 | 4:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- Money laundering convict Sobeida Félix onTuesday said the National District Office of the Prosecutor has reneged on theplea bargaining agreement on which she surrendered her as[...]
U.S. citizen found dead in Puerto Plata, police suspect foul play
Local December 10, 2013 | 2:20 pm
Puerto Plata, Dom. Rep.- An Italian-American businessman identified as Anthony Vacile, 51, was foundhanged around 5am Tuesday, inside his apartment in a building of the city,local media report.
[...]No ban on booze starting today
Local December 10, 2013 | 11:23 am
Santo Domingo.- Starting today Tuesday the businesses that sell alcoholic beverages can do so regardless of the hour, as the Interior and Police Ministry announced last month.
Minister Jos[...]
1st International Forum of Public Policy, Drugs and Vulnerability a great success
Local December 10, 2013 | 10:54 am
Last week Santo Domingo saw the first-ever International Forum on Public Policy, Drugs and Vulnerability, a three-day event held at the Malecon’s Hotel Magna 365. Hosted by el Centro de Orientaci[...]
The country’s Catholic Church greets the Vatican’s new envoy
Local December 10, 2013 | 10:37 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s Catholic Church on Monday greeted the Vatican’s new envoy Jude Thaddeus Okolo, as Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodríguez stated his satisfaction, ca[...]
Some businesses upbeat but looming higher prices in 2014 cast doubts
Local December 10, 2013 | 10:15 am
Santo Domingo.- Although some businesses feel upbeat and hope the economy performs better next year than in 2013, one this is sure, the phased-in ITBIS tax increases are coming, and will push price[...]
Economy Ministry gives millions to ghost groups: Anticorruption Alliance
Local December 10, 2013 | 9:43 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Anticorruption Alliance, ADOCCO, on Monday accused the Economy Ministry of giving millions of pesos to hundreds of ghost organizations and acquaintances who use the m[...]
Amid scathing criticism, Dominican Government sticks to its guns
Local December 10, 2013 | 7:26 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government neither violates human rights nor harbors hostility toward any people in the world, said Presidency spokesman, Roberto Rodríguez, in response to the sc[...]
Three locals wanted in the U.S. agree to extradition
Local December 9, 2013 | 1:01 pm
Santo Domingo.- Three Dominicans wanted in the United States on Monday agreed to voluntary extradition to face the charges in that nation, during a hearing at the Supreme Court , headed by justice [...]
It’s official, Dominican Republic has an openly gay U.S. envoy
Local December 9, 2013 | 11:55 am
Santo Domingo.- The new United States Ambassador to Dominican Republic James "Wally" Brewster on Monday presented his credentials to president Danilo Medina, who also welcomed the four ot[...]
Agents nab 250 packages likely drugs on ship from Peru
Local December 9, 2013 | 11:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Antinarcotics (DNCD) agents seized 250 packages presumably cocaine or heroin in a container on a freighter from Peru which docked at Caucedo Multimodal Port.
The DNCD said on [...]
Dominican-Haitian groups campaign “for peace and friendship”
Local December 9, 2013 | 11:03 am
Santo Domingo.- The first Haitian Diaspora Summit held with Dominicans of Haitian descent agreed to launch a campaign "for peace and friendship between the two peoples," and brought toget[...]
High surf, small craft warning, mild temps, scattered showers
Local December 9, 2013 | 9:05 am
Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) on Sunday issued a high wind and rough surf alert along the, from Cabo Engaño point in the east to Manzanillo in the northwest, and from C[...]
Dominican Republic opposition party sets stage for another shootout
Local December 9, 2013 | 8:44 am
Santo Domingo.- The faction of Dominican Republic’s major opposition party (PRD) headed by former president Hipolito Mejía on Sunday approved a plan to hold a convention in February, a decis[...]
Dominican Republic forges ahead with ‘racist’ immigration plan
Local December 9, 2013 | 7:46 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s Immigration Agency will forge ahead with the regularization of aliens despite the Inter-American Human Rights Commission’s (IACHR) scathing report that call[...]
Pastors help lower crime with ‘Guns for Bibles’ initiative
Local December 7, 2013 | 11:14 am
Santo Domingo.– In an attempt to reduce the country's crime rate evangelical churches throughout the Dominican capital partnered with local authorities recently to exchange gang members' illegal [...]
Government declares three days of national mourning for Mandela
Local December 7, 2013 | 10:43 am
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican government yesterday declared three days of official mourning for the death of former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize Nelson Mandela, who passed away o[...]
Political leaders urge the government to defend sovereignty
Local December 7, 2013 | 9:14 am
Santo Domingo.– Political leaders and officials agreed Friday to support the implementation of the Constitutional Court ruling, and said that the Dominican State must exercise its sovereignty to [...]
Dominican Republic Cardinal to Human Rights: Butt out, we’re the boss here’
Local December 6, 2013 | 3:58 pm
Santiago.- Dominican Republic’s Catholic Cardinal on Friday told Washington that “here it’s we Dominicans who’re the boss, just hours after the Inter-American Commission on the Human Rights[...]