 The Belgium Consul has been assaulted twice in a month in Puerto Plata |
| Welcome to "Little Mexico" - The Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium in the Dominican Republic reported that it he has been assaulted twice in less than a month at his home in Perla Marina - Cabarete, by hooded individuals with firearms that have carted off with goods and have opened the safe....... The diplomat warned that his country could issue a warning to its citizens stating "Do not travel to the Dominican Republic,"...... |
| Read more | 04 Nov 2011 |
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| Dengue, cholera, leptospirosis and malaria highest in two years |
| Dengue 1,587 cases - 43 deaths, Cholera 19,116 cases - 142 deaths, Rabies 19,559 cases - 3 deaths, Leptospirosisa, disease caused by rat urine in food ingested by humans, 638 cases - 14 deaths.....in the Dominican Republic...!! |
| Read more | 02 Nov 2011 |
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| Dominican police arrest US model with genetically engineered marijuana |
| Rick Spelman can be detained for 12 months in a Dominican jail without bail. The 31-year-old suspect is being held at a lockup where roughly 5,500 men are held in a facility built for 1,200 inmates. Police found him with a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of genetically engineered marijuana while he was taking a bus to Cabarete, a tourist town where he has been giving surf lessons for several years between modeling jobs....... |
| Read more | 01 Nov 2011 |
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| “Mafia dominated” Police needs reform now, leading lawyer says |
| Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) director on Monday urged president Leonel Fernandez to moor a true reform of the National Police because in his it’s currently “dominated by a structure of mafias, it’s not possible for a 32,000 member police force to have 40 generals! Top official rails the high court on stalled extradition...... |
| Read more | 01 Nov 2011 |
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| Global shooting in Dominican Republic, Off the blacklist? |
Pinewood Indomina Studios coming to Juan Dolio in the DR, but If the Dominican Republic has one major disadvantage, it's a lingering reputation for corruption and instability. For many years , the country was considered a blacklisted location in Hollywood due to an incident involving the 1990 film "Havana," starring Robert Redford...... How is the VICINI's connected.....
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| Read more | 30 Oct 2011 |
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| Boston’s Dominican Consulate scandal reveals foreign relations morass |
| BANANA REPUBLIC - The latest scandal is part of the ongoing morass affecting the Foreign Relations Ministry, that includes ballooned payrolls abroad, bickering over political designations and officials involved in serious crimes...... What elso to expect with USELESS President! |
| Read more | 30 Oct 2011 |
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| Alvaro Aristy Faked Age, Identity For $1 Million Bonus (UPDATE) |
| One of biggest scandals and known fraud cases in American Baseball since Esmailyn Gonzalez. Alvaro Aristy signed with the Padres three years ago for $1 million. Neither his name, his age nor his talent has proven to be legitimate......... UPDATE - Padres outfielder Yoan Alcantara involved an alleged fraud...... |
| Read more | 07 Nov 2011 |
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| Amnesty International: Dominican police torture and kill people |
| A total of 260 people were killed by police last year, compared with 346 killed in 2009. Local human rights groups say police also have injured hundreds of others. The report also claims police routinely round up hundreds of young men on nights and weekends and shake them down for bribes....... |
| Read more | 26 Oct 2011 |
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| Frank Rainieri's Luxury Plane Stolen, Was Gadhafi's son on board? |
Gadhafi's son in DR? - Thieves had time to prepare an alternative disused runway and steal 150 gallons of fuel in eight containers from another hangar. They also managed to tow the plane for 75 meters and doctored the airport closed circuit video camera system, unnoticed by military security.......Frank Rainieri of Punta Cana Group lost his USD 2,5 Mill plane....son of a Dominican general was involved....... Was Gadhafi's son aboard.....?
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| Read more | 19 Nov 2011 |
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| Dominican lawmakers “burned at the stake” in education row |
How to make a BANANA REPUBLIC!! The Congress, given that 2012 is an election year approved at least RD$1.4 billion for itself, but at the same time Chamber president whisked through the session which lasted less than 15 minutes, hammering the gavel several times to shush the lawmakers who called for the allocation of 4.0% of the Gross Domestic Product for Education, as wide sectors of the country demand......(and as the constitution states!!!)
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| Read more | 24 Oct 2011 |
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| Scottish dad dies in Dominican Republic, no travel insurance! |
| DEAD in DR! - Family and friends had been trying to raise money to pay for his medical treatment after insurance failed to cover £25,000 worth of medical bills. The hospital gave them 8 years to pay off the bills. Don't go to the Dominican Republic without an extensive travel insurance. Hospital bills easily runs over USD 20,000! ...... |
| Read more | 24 Oct 2011 |
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| Dominican Republic loses preliminary WTO ruling |
| The case was brought by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala after the Dominican Republic introduced a 38 percent tax on the imports to protect its own producers....... |
| Read more | 21 Oct 2011 |
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| Ranchers say members of the military head gangs of cattle rustlers |
| The livestock ranchers grouped in APROLECHE accuse members of Dominican Republic’s military of heading gangs of cattle rustlers and ask the authorities to investigate their constant denunciations of rustling, which has left losses of more than RD$1.5 billion in the last few years....... |
| Read more | 20 Oct 2011 |
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| Dominican sues New York University for $1 billion! |
| Ramirez, who is from the Dominican Republic, alleged that the university created a hostile and abusive work environment because of his race and national origin. After being legally fired Ramirez request $1 billion in compensation for emotional suffering and pain caused by NYU....... |
| Read more | 19 Oct 2011 |
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| Dominican pleads guilty in U.S. to killing friend with a brick over $500 debt |
| Jose Manuel Castillo, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. Prosecutors had been seeking a first-degree murder conviction and a death sentence for this monster...... Castillo picking up a brick and slamming it into Sanchez-Villanueva's head. He then stole more than $1,000 from Sanchez-Villanueva's pockets and wired some money to his native Dominican Republic...... |
| Read more | 18 Oct 2011 |
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| Coalition Calls For Action Against Dominican Republic Denationalization Policy |
 Coalition Calls For Action Against Dominican Republic Denationalization Policy, Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic, Mr Carlos Morales Troncoso, as well as other public officials accused Sonia Pierre of running a campaign against the State, but the truth is that the world is now looking hard at the Dominican Republic........ |
| Read more | 18 Oct 2011 |
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| Earthquake 3.9 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 11:07:16 PM at epicenter, 26 km (16 miles) ESE (118°) from La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic........ |
| Read more | 17 Oct 2011 |
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| Festival of Fair Trade Films, State of Idaho to show "The Price of Sugar" |
THIS WEEK AT THE KENWORTHY - The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre on 508 South Main Street, Moscow will show the movie about the horrible slavery conditions of Haitian sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic on October 18th. The big question is if VICINI GROUP again will try to stop the free showing with a lawsuit.....
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| Read more | 15 Oct 2011 |
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| Strike shuts down Dominican Republic university |
| Professors and other employees at the Dominican Republic's biggest public university have gone on strike and left 185,000 students without classes. Leonel Fernandez and his administration has not honored a 2001 law that says the university should receive 5 percent of the overall government budget...... |
| Read more | 15 Oct 2011 |
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| Hunger in the Dominican Republic, the poor total almost a third of the population |
| The figures surrounding food and nutrition in the Dominican Republic place the country alongside Bolivia and Guatemala as "serious", with Haiti, our neighbor, listed as "alarming."...... Although the Central Bank is saying that poverty has been reduced the reality remains that there are three million poor people in the country...... |
| Read more | 14 Oct 2011 |
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| Presidential helicopter used for drug transports in Dom Rep |
| The truth will prevail, even for a President - What exactly does Leonel Fernandez know about the government agencies behind the drug trade in his country? 3 years ago the former chopper pilot for the Fanjul sugar barons went on to work for the President. Former U.S. Marine, Lieutenant colonel Harold Manzano transported drugs in the Presidential helicopter and was forced into retirement - No jail time at all!! The other parties got 10 years but last week the judge tried to alter the sentence to 10 months and hell broke lose...... |
| Read more | 12 Oct 2011 |
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| Major scandalized hotel on North Coast finally shuts its doors |
| Despite President Leonels fine words and statistics, the fact is that the Dominican Republic is struggling and hotels are closing..... Bahia Principe in Rio San Juan is most famous for the enormous outbreak of diarrhea and salmonella which sickened 500 British tourists..... |
| Read more | 12 Oct 2011 |
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