 Sexual exploitation of minors on the rise in Santiago |
| It also revealed that many of the girls have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases caught in the street, outside parental control and at the mercy of the “unscrupulous....... |
| Read more | 22 Sep 2009 |
| 5 Questons to "The Ritz" in Cabarete |
| According to worldwide press release two days ago "THE RITZ" has stareted construction on the beach in Cabarete - but who are they? Dominican Watchdog is investigating now..... |
| Read more | 21 Sep 2009 |
| Blackouts announced nationwide in the DR |
| Blackouts will continue because there is just not enough money to pay the generators, which are thus supplying 80% of demand. Marranzini acknowledged that some sectors are suffering 18 and 20-hour blackouts....... |
| Read more | 19 Sep 2009 |
| Stop Sugar Purchases from the Dominican Republic |
| Human Rights and Labor Activist Fr. Christopher Hartley Urges Corporate Executives and the European Commission to Ban Future Sugar Purchases from the Dominican Republic...... |
| Read more | 19 Sep 2009 |
| Rocked by scandals, lawmakers seek to muzzle the Dominican media |
| Several senators and deputies are drafting of have submitted bills to stifle freedom of expression in the Dominican Republic. Others has proposed a different text, which includes the controversial and deceptive concept of “truthful information,” an allegation the public powers can manipulate to quell public liberties....... |
| Read more | 17 Sep 2009 |
| The U.S. seeks extradition of 2 Dominican colonels, general’s son |
| Yet another blow to the precarious honor of the Dominican military..... |
| Read more | 14 Sep 2009 |
| Official had best ‘shut his mouth’ to hide another Dominican Government scandal |
| The recent scandal pits Rodriguez, and Rodriguez Pimentel, ex head of the INDRHI, over the latter’s use of RD$12 million from that agency’s Co-op, when he headed until August 16........ |
| Read more | 12 Sep 2009 |
| Can or will Dominicans learn from Taiwan? |
| Taiwan has invested a lot of money in the IT park outside Santo Domingo, but wouldn't it have been nice if they also brought their justice system to the Dominican Republic as the former President of Taiwan was Yesterday jailed for life due to corruption..... |
| Read more | 12 Sep 2009 |
| New energy czar finds “enormous financial disaster” |
| The “enormous financial disaster” in the entity, is problem more serious than can be imagined, all due to mega corruption which has created a mountain of debt and the highest electricity prices in Latin America...... |
| Read more | 11 Sep 2009 |
| Earthquake not far from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| A tremor of 4.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale shook the country’s East region at 6:05 a.m. Tuesday, the second moderate tremor registered in the last week...... |
| Read more | 08 Sep 2009 |
| Pilots: Dominican Republic Exposing Itself to Air “Catastrophe”(Update 3) |
| The Dominican Republic is exposing itself to an air “catastrophe” if it does not correct the existing deficiencies with the radar at the eastern Punta Cana international airport, where several planes have passed too close to one another in recent months, pilots said on Monday........ |
| Read more | 10 Jun 2010 |
| Dominican consul shot in HAITI |
| The Dominican consul in Ouanaminthe, Haiti – Rafael Antonio Luna – is in stable condition in a hospital in this capital where he was operated on after being shot..... |
| Read more | 08 Sep 2009 |
| A "poor" Dominican lawmaker can afford a Rolls Royce |
| Nine deputies have requested tax exemptions to import luxury vehicles, a Rolls Royce among them, whose total cost is RD$79.3 million...... |
| Read more | 06 Sep 2009 |
| Nationwide blackout hits Dominican Republic, 10 detained |
| Authorities in the Dominican Republic have detained 10 people for questioning following a countrywide blackout....... |
| Read more | 04 Sep 2009 |
| AA flight makes emergency landing in Dominican Republic |
| An American Airlines flight en route to Miami has made an emergency landing in the Dominican Republic...... |
| Read more | 03 Sep 2009 |
| Dominican Republic amoung TOP 10 most dangerous places |
| Italian travel blog states: Petty crimes have long been considered common in the Dominican Republic, but violent crimes against foreigners are becoming increasingly common. In fact, buses and taxis are known for allowing criminals to rob tourists while in their small, enclosed spaces. view source |
| 01 Sep 2009 |
| Esteban Rosario book tells all - 100% pure corruption |
| The mayor of Santiago, Jose Enrique Sued allegedly distributed contracts for RD$26 million among his brothers, cousins, nephews, and husbands of relatives and other favorites...... |
| Read more | 30 Aug 2009 |
| Man, well-known in community, taken by Dominican scammers |
| The scam artists would call continuously from their location in the Dominican Republic, Vicki said, numbering up to a dozen or more calls each day...... |
| Read more | 30 Aug 2009 |
| DENGUE ON THE INCREASE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| Until July this year, 304 people were taken care in hopitals. Three of them, all children, died....... |
| Read more | 28 Aug 2009 |
| AH1N1 causes 3 more deaths in Dominican Republic |
| Dominican health officials have confirmed that the deaths of another 3 persons were the result of the AH1N1 virus, which raises to 8 the total number of fatalities in the country....... |
| Read more | 28 Aug 2009 |
