 Dominican Television Producer Murdered |
| Another blow to the press and media freedom in the Dominican Republic as producer of crime serie for local televison is murdered...... |
| Read more | 03 Nov 2009 |
| 20% of Dominican Republic’s land still has no titles |
| Don't buy land in the Dominican Republic if it has not got a title!! Around 20% of Dominican Republic’s land still has no titles and is in the hands of individuals, according to National Titles Registry director Wilson Gomez...... |
| Read more | 02 Nov 2009 |
| Dominican Navy boats protected Colombian drug shipments |
| Around 30 Dominican military officers, some of them with the authority to use Navy craft to escort and protect planes and boats which brought drugs to the country, were part of a drug-trafficking support structure which has been dismantled partially, according to an investigation conducted jointly with U.S. since 2007........ |
| Read more | 28 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican Republic’s media freedom suffers a setback |
| The 2009 annual report of the prestigious France-based group Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF), which monitors the respect of free expression by governments and private institutions, ranks Dominican Republic 98 in its classification ...... |
| Read more | 28 Oct 2009 |
| Wave of Violence Leaves 12 Dead in Northern Dominican Republic |
| The wave of violence in the northern Dominican Republic has left 12 people dead in the past 72 hours, officials and human rights groups said Sunday....... |
| Read more | 26 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican Consulate Worker Sentenced for Smuggling Immigrants |
| An employee of the Dominican consulate was sentenced in a Manhattan federal court to 20 months in prison today for smuggling into the country Dominicans who posed as members of his family....... |
| Read more | 24 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican lawmaker accused of rape is a human trafficking convict |
| PRD party deputy Julio Romero had a false floor in his residence where “hundreds” of bogus documents were found and that that he was so efficient at forgery that the U.S. had to change the security coding in its visas...... |
| Read more | 23 Oct 2009 |
| Holiday illness victim wins record £240k compensation |
| The 66-year-old from Accrington was eating a red snapper for dinner and bit into a black worm wrapped around the insides of the fish. She started feeling ill not long after and eventually suffered temporary blindness and organ failure. She was left disabled as a result of contracting bacterial gastroenteritis while at the Hacienda Tropical Beach Resort(Puerto Plata) in the Dominican Republic seven years ago. Since the incident Mrs Rushton has written a semi-autobiographical book entitled "To Hell and Back, and Back Again", which she hopes to publish soon...... |
| Read more | 05 Apr 2010 |
| Travel warning, dengue outbreak in the Dominican Republic |
| Dominican health authorities said Friday that without public support, it would be impossible to curb the dengue outbreak in the country, which has killed 27 people, reports reaching here said..... |
| Read more | 24 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican journalists still face perils, Reporters Without Borders says |
| The Dominican Republic is a popular tourist destination but remains under the yoke of persistent corruption, and its geographic position turns it into an important center for drug traffic. The media which gets too close these types of activities must do so with caution from fear of reprisal from the local officials or the police......... |
| Read more | 21 Oct 2009 |
| AIDS patients concerned in the Dominican Republic |
| Of the 25,117 people registered as affected by HIV/AIDS, some 10,000 are not receiving their anti-viral medications or their CD4 laboratory exams..... |
| Read more | 18 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican Republic to Deploy 600 Soldiers Along Border with Haiti |
| A total of 600 soldiers will be deployed in the next few days along the DominicanRepublic's border with Haiti to bolster security........ |
| Read more | 15 Oct 2009 |
| Panicked straphangers flee station as power glitch halts trains |
| An overheated main fuse halted service in Santo Domingo’s Metro for the second time in less than one month, when for more than 20 minutes during which panicked passengers rushed out of the station....... |
| Read more | 15 Oct 2009 |
| Articles of the Constitution to be voided after lawmakers’ vote fraud |
| The Constitution Revisory Assembly will void the articles approved in Thursday’s session, in which several of its members voted fraudulent for their absent colleagues..... |
| Read more | 13 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican capital’s high rise constructions unveil lawlessness, corruption |
| The construction of high rises in the Dominican capital continue sparking conflicts in normally quite and exclusive sectors, when lack of law enforcement and corruption join to cause anxiety in their residents...... |
| Read more | 07 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican journalist arrested and beated by police for demanding that the President starts promised works |
| President Leonel Fernandez’s security detail on Thursday arrested the journalist Jose Manuel Calderón for demanding several works for the province. Calderón was held for three hours and affirmed having been physically mistreated by police agents while in the precinct........ |
| Read more | 03 Oct 2009 |
| Blackout halts Santo Domingo’s Metro for almost 1 hour |
| Hundreds of Santo Domingo Metro passengers were left stranded in the different stations, when a blackout halted service....... |
| Read more | 26 Sep 2009 |
| Electoral court scandals confirm Dominican Republic’s very corrupt ranking |
| The same day the 2009 Global Report on Corruption is released where Dominican citizens see much corruption, the most recent of a spate of scandals in the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has led to the firing of to 27 lawyers and Legal department employees...... |
| Read more | 25 Sep 2009 |
| Sun Village resort in Dominican Republic suddenly closes |
| The 480-room Sun Village Resort and Bungalows in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, was closed without warning by court order on Sept. 19 leaving over 550 guests stranded....... |
| Read more | 25 Sep 2009 |
| Association claims Dominican milk products are not good for you |
| Comments posted in DR1 3 years ago asked: Why is dominican cheese so bad???It won't even melt if you fry it,bake it boil it or use a flame thrower. Now the answer is here and you better stop buying cheap diary products...... |
| Read more | 22 Sep 2009 |
