 Assaults with court papers continue, East coast hoteliers warn |
| Tourists scared away - “They entered the property violently through the public beach without identifying themselves creating an atmosphere that frightened the local and foreign guests who didn’t understand the action carried out with the characteristics of an assault.”........ |
| Read more | 04 Oct 2011 |
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| Fraud still rampant among Dominican baseball prospects |
| Of the 500 Dominican baseball prospects who are investigated each year, more than a third are rejected because of paperwork discrepancies...... |
| Read more | 04 Oct 2011 |
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| Cut international help. Stop corruption and TAX the rich families instead |
| Plagued by poverty and limited health care resources, the Dominican Republic is a small Caribbean island nation with an alarmingly high disease burden. Since 1990, AmeriCares has delivered $390 million in medicines and supplies to the Dominican Republic, reaching hundreds of chronically under-resourced hospitals......, now when the US need the money to fix own problems it's time to stop corruption and tax the rich in the DR......
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| Read more | 11 Oct 2011 |
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| German man killed wife, daughter, 3 pets before committing suicide |
| The bodies were found at the couple’s home in Casa Linda Sosua, a coastal city north of the capital popular with German citizens. The family had been living there for about two months, said police spokesman Jesus Cordero........ |
| Read more | 29 Sep 2011 |
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| BIGSMOKE, second largest marijuana plantation in DR's history, 14.830 plants! |
| Welcome to "Little Mexico" - Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have uncovered the second largest marijuana plantation in the country's history. Police says the three Mexicans found there were hired by an unidentified person to care for the plantation....... |
| Read more | 29 Sep 2011 |
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| Dominican drug smuggler, 23 gave birth in prison on Malta |
| Jury finds Dominican woman, Sugeidy Castillo, guilty of importing drugs to Malta and sentenced her to 14 years...... Living in Spain and desperately short of money, she took an opportunity to prostitute herself in Amsterdam, then to travel to Malta with drugs...... |
| Read more | 28 Sep 2011 |
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| Crime and government goes hand in hand in DR |
| YOU MUST READ THIS UPDATED ARTICLE !! - Federation of Industrial Associations (FAI) deplored the fact that citizens linked to government are ever present in cases of assault, robbery, drug trafficking, fraud, corruption and violence. Further to that, in the last couple of weeks alone, the corrupt judiciary released 12 suspected criminals, despite evidence in the cases of murder, rape of a minor, and drug trafficking........ |
| Read more | 18 Oct 2011 |
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| Dominican Scam Victims Ante Up $100,000 To Avoid Prosecution |
| DEA officials say the scope of the scam is massive -- 2,000 people have complained about being victimized in the last year alone. Of course, the DEA has no idea how many panicked victims paid the "fines" without ever complaining....... Money was wired to the Dominican Republic....... |
| Read more | 27 Sep 2011 |
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| Thousands of lawyers have fake IDs in Dom Rep! |
| That's why concumer protection in the DR doesn't exist and many foreingers are ripped off by fake lawyers! - The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has detected more than 7,000 lawyers with fake ID cards in the files of the lawyers’ guild ( CARD) among its more than its 41,000 members....... |
| Read more | 26 Sep 2011 |
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| Dangerous illegal rat poison smuggled in to US from Dom Rep |
| Dominican immigrants in Washington Heights use the illegal "Tres Pasitos" manufactured in the Dominican Republic, imported and sold on the black market in small plastic bags like those used by drug dealers.“It’s not registered, not controlled, there’s no antidote,” warned Andy Linares, president of Bug Off Pest Control Center in NYC....... “The people will do what they want to do,” said owner of Exterminadora Latina, “They don’t care if it murders a kid.”........ |
| Read more | 24 Sep 2011 |
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| Florida authorities looking for Dominican child molester |
| Police need your help - WANTED posters distributed!! WATCH NEWS STORY VIDEO of Joan Humberto Marcelino, 44, is accused of lewd and lascivious molestation and exhibition of a child under 16, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and indecent exposure. He has been arrested before and was out on bond...... |
| Read more | 24 Sep 2011 |
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| Dominican official says Marlins’ Nunez admitted using fake documents |
| Florida Marlins closer Leo Nunez admitted Friday to using fake documents and a fake ID to sign a professional contract more than a year ago. Central Electoral Commission President Roberto Rosario said at a press conference that Nunez signed a sworn statement saying he is not the person identified in official documents........ |
| Read more | 24 Sep 2011 |
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| Ricardo Miranda must go to see judge in Madrid, Chinese investors running away! |
Breaking News / PUNTA PERLA, The huge class A lawsuit against Ricardo Miranda from angry investors in his Punta Perla fantasy project has been FORMALLY ACCEPTED by the judge and Ricardo Miranda Miret is summoned to attend to the Courts of Madrid to declare in front of the judge on the 19th October 2011......., Chinese investors are running away......
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| Read more | 23 Sep 2011 |
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| NYC DA announces indictment of Dominican policeman on rape |
| “The brazenness of the horrific attack charged by the grand jury is truly shocking,” said District Attorney Vance. “It is all the more disturbing that the defendant in this case was a law enforcement officer sworn to protect the citizens of this city...... |
| Read more | 23 Sep 2011 |
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| Ocean World Puerto Plata in US$ 30 Million lawsuit over dolphins |
| Boycott Ocean World and free the saddest dolphins in the world! The Solomon Islands is ripped off by foreign dolphin traffickers. Dominican government helped blocking the import of 12 dolphins to Ocean World, but now Ocean World Puerto Plata is suing the NGO organization EARTH ISLANDS for US$ 30,000,000 for protecting the dolphins...... |
| Read more | 22 Sep 2011 |
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| WikiLeaks links ex President's close aide to human trafficking |
| The United States Embassy handed a list with the names of members of the military allegedly involved in people trafficking, to then Immigration Agency director Carlos Amarante Baret in 2004, according to a WikiLeaks cable sent to Washington on November 3, 2004...... |
| Read more | 22 Sep 2011 |
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| Lesbian couple sue Thomson over Dominican honeymoon 'nightmare' |
| Thomson said the couple had been let down by poor customer service and had been offered compensation for this. But it added the problems were nothing to do with their sexuality and were instead down to a ‘communication breakdown’....... their honeymoon was wrecked by 'homophobic' staff in the DR...... |
| Read more | 21 Sep 2011 |
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| 5 die in Dominican Republic after house set ablaze |
| Authorities in the Dominican Republic say a man locked himself and his family inside their house, then set it on fire, killing all five people....... |
| Read more | 21 Sep 2011 |
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| Who actually does an honest work in Leonel's scandalized government? |
| After WikiLeaks scolding, top official says excess vice ministers are out, but also Industries rail government’s designation of people who get paid but don’t work........ |
| Read more | 21 Sep 2011 |
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| Dominicans’ Good Will Fades, Haitians blamed for everything |
| Haitian have been blamed for spreading cholera, taking jobs and driving up crime ever since the massacre of thousands of Haitians by the Dominican military in 1937. Gabriel G. Teodoro, 31, said he lost his job as a messenger at a law firm because he could not renew his national identity card. Although born in the Dominican Republic......... |
| Read more | 21 Sep 2011 |
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| Dominican tried to smuggle cocaine into US in shoes |
| Carlos J. Lanns, 24 years and a Dominican native, arriving with JetBlue from Santo Domingo is being held on $300,000 cash bail for trying to smuggle 2.17kg of cocaine into the US in shoes...... Judge Roberto Ronquillo Jr. ordered Lanns to surrender his passport after Bennett noted his ties to the Dominican Republic....... |
| Read more | 21 Sep 2011 |
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| Aide to top Dominican drug official shot to death, Update - This story stinks, Retired general's car used by killers |
Welcome to "Little Mexico" - Authorities in the Dominican Republic say an aide to the Caribbean country's top anti-drug official has been shot to death....... Update - This story stinks! Police Chief state drug official was shot by another cop because a chop shop had a order in the market for his car...... and now it turns out a retired generals car was used by the killers......
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| Read more | 05 Oct 2011 |
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