Former president’s grip on opposition party falters, rift widens
Local December 20, 2013 | 9:36 am
Santo Domingo.- The former president of DominicanRepublic’s major opposition party (PRD) Enmanuel Esquea on Thursday declined anotherbid for that post, a move that reveals the widening rift withi[...]
Catholic Church to head ‘Loma Miranda National Park’ rally on Saturday
Local December 20, 2013 | 8:53 am
Bonao, Dominican Republic.- La Vega Diocese bishop AntonioCamilo will head a rally starting 10am Saturday at the Candido Bidó Plaza, to demandthat Loma Miranda be declared a National Park.
[...]Lawsuit led to armed clash on busy avenue: Police
Local December 20, 2013 | 8:07 am
Santo Domingo.- National Police chief Manuel Castro on Thursday clarified that the armedconfrontation on the busy Los Próceres Av. was a brawl among employees of two formerpartners, one of whi[...]
Dominican Republic prepares for holiday exodus
Local December 20, 2013 | 7:50 am
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic’s first responder agencies (COE) on Thursday unveiled the annual ChristmasOperation Plan to reduce traffic accidents and other threats to public safety duringthe h[...]Dominican Republic judge revokes own warrant against Spanish mogul
Local December 19, 2013 | 3:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- Inan unusual reversal, a La Altagracia province (east) judge on Thursday revoked his bench warrantfor the arrest of Spanish mogul Juan José Hidalgo, from a case opened against[...]
U.S.-backed group wants probe on Dominican Republic’s US$1.4B fiscal hole
Local December 19, 2013 | 1:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- The U.S. backed organization Citizen Participation(PC) on Thursday asked the Justice Ministry to investigate those behind the country’s fiscal deficits of 2012, based on the Socia[...]
Police arrest 19 as retired general heads daring raid on casino
Local December 19, 2013 | 12:09 pm
Santo Domingo.- A group of around 35 men headed by a retiredgeneral identified only as Fructuoso raided the Dream Casino on Thursday and hauledaway half a million dollars, according to the employee[...]
CNN to feature Dominican who defied bikers in brutal beating
Local December 19, 2013 | 11:18 am
New York.- The network CNN on Thursday announced thatDominican activist Sergio Consuegra was named extraordinary person of the year2013, and will be featured in a special broadcast at 10pm dedicate[...]
Police arrests large group of armed men in confusing incident
Local December 19, 2013 | 10:42 am
Santo Domingo.- A group of heavily armed men rushed into theUnicorp building on Lincoln Av. near Diamond Plaza, to reportedly execute alien Thursday morning, but instead turned into a shootout with[...]
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[...]