 In Dominican Republic, Dark Skin and ‘Strange’ Name Lead to Landmark Ruling |
| This is only a drop in the ocean, but finally the The Inter-American Court forced the Dom Rep to issue documents for Haitians born in the DR. Six years after the ruling, the Dominican government has paid $22,000 in damages: $8,000 to each girl and $6,000 for their legal fees........ |
| Read more | 01 Sep 2011 |
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| U.S. Embassy feared corruption in Dominican Pension Fund |
| The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo cautioned Washington against investing in Dominican Pension Fund Administrators (AFP) on an alleged high possibility of losing it to fraud and corruption, according to WikiLeaks...... |
| Read more | 31 Aug 2011 |
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| Dominican Airline Baggage Handler Stole from Passengers |
| Jose Alberto Peralta, 45 of the Dominican Republic, was arrested Friday. He’s suspected of stealing and pawning almost 100 pieces of jewelry and sunglasses worth more than $10,000 from passengers’ luggage over the past year....... |
| Read more | 31 Aug 2011 |
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| Dominican Republic journalists again rail the Government |
| Dominican government officials try everything to cover up their fraud and corruption! - Diaz added that the intimidation of journalists and media will be denounced to international organizations such as the Inter-American Press Society, the UNESCO Press Society, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, among others........ |
| Read more | 31 Aug 2011 |
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| Bank official arrested in Dominican Republic with stolen $40K |
| 25-year-old assistant bank manager from Palos Hills was arrested in the Dominican Republic Saturday with nearly $40,000 in cash stolen from a bank vault earlier in the day, FBI officials said today....... |
| Read more | 31 Aug 2011 |
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| Three Colombians, Venezuelan Murdered in Northern Dominican Republic |
| WELCOME TO LITTLE MEXICO - The bodies of three Colombians and a Venezuelan were found inside a house in Santiago, a city in the northern Dominican Republic, police said. The men were tied up and shot in the head and other parts of their bodies....... |
| Read more | 30 Aug 2011 |
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| Island of Hispaniola Struggles to Control HIV |
| The island of Hispaniola, which the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti, has the highest HIV rates in the world outside of sub-Saharan Africa, according to the United Nations. In three of the largest cities, including the capital of Santo Domingo, HIV rates range from 1 percent to 9.9 percent...... |
| Read more | 30 Aug 2011 |
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| Gutiérrez Félix (PLD) threatens Nuria’s advertisers |
| Insurance Superintendent Euclides Gutiérrez Félix, a leading member of the ruling PLD party, has threatened legal action against companies that advertise on Nuria Piera’s investigative television program. UPDATE - EdeSur cut off official's power supply...... |
| Read more | 30 Aug 2011 |
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| Two Italian women kidnapped in Dominican Republic |
| When Michela Giri Giri Bruna and her mother arrived to their apartment, they were retained by a group wearing military uniform. They had to hand over the keys of their vehicle and RD $ 20 million, the ladies had in bank certificates. But Bruna made clear that they had only RD $ 2 million in the bank...... |
| Read more | 29 Aug 2011 |
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| First Choice faces court action over holiday salmonella in DR |
| According to BBC, a father from the U.K plans to take First Choice to court claiming to have suffered long-term health problems since contracting salmonella in the Dominican Republic....... |
| Read more | 29 Aug 2011 |
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| Drug addiction surges in Dominican Republic |
| Dominican drug rehab centers are struggling to keep up with a rise in crack and cocaine addiction, a consequence of the country’s decades-long role as a transshipment point in the international drug trade. This is the result of the corruption of Leonel's government........... |
| Read more | 25 Aug 2011 |
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| Illegal Dominican Republic Alien Gets 3 Years for Fake ID |
| Odelin Enrique Medrano, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi. He was previously deported in December 2009, following his conviction on drug trafficking charges...... |
| Read more | 22 Aug 2011 |
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| Retired generals facing Figueroa case charges sidestep the press |
| U.S. Embassy cable: Dominican authorities "bungled" major drug case - National District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso yesterday headed four interrogations of two retired Army and Police generals and two ex colonels, for their alleged link with Puerto Rican drug baron Jose Figueroa Agosto...... |
| Read more | 22 Aug 2011 |
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| Italy agents seize one ton of cocaine sent from Dominican Republic |
| It looks like the Dominican Republic can soon be renamed "Little Mexico" after Italian customs agents seized the container, removed the tiles and found the drug behind a false wall, within space of around three feet packed with bricks of cocaine. The packages of cocaine had several marks, including one with the form of a scorpion, and its estimated street value is 300 million euros (around US$423 million)....... |
| Read more | 22 Aug 2011 |
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| Irene is forecast to strike the Dominican Republic as a hurricane |
Tropical storm Irene is forecast to strike the Dominican Republic as a hurricane at about 16:00 GMT on 22 August. UPDATE - Hurricane Irene killed 4 in Dominican Republic, displaced 37,000 people and leaves 50,000 without electricity......
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| Read more | 29 Aug 2011 |
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| Personal favors, President Leonel promotes more generals |
| The promotions come despite rebuke by wide sectors of society to the excessive number of generals and admirals, which in proportion to the population, surpass all countries. This is just another form of corruption because soon the generals will be retired and enjoy the highest possible lifetime pension the Dominican Republic has to offer........... |
| Read more | 18 Aug 2011 |
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| US Visa Revocation For Corrupt Dominican Consul In Hong Kong |
| Casilda Teonilde CASADO DE CHEUNG is the Director of the Dominican Trade and Development Office in Hong Kong, which is the Dominican Republic's diplomatic mission to the People's Republic of China. Prior to traveling to Hong Kong to take up her new position, Cheung commented that she intended to become extremely wealthy in her new job, she has followed through on this pledge primarily through the corrupt sale of visas to intending migrants...... |
| Read more | 15 Aug 2011 |
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| TV personality at center of shooting death still at large |
| The TV personality Venya Carolina, who’s no stranger to scandal, this time at the center of a murder investigation resulting from an unclear shooting death of Pedrito Perez Rondón, outside a North Santo Domingo disco Sunday night.......... |
| Read more | 10 Aug 2011 |
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| Owner of upscale cigar bar arrested in Haina Port cocaine bust |
| Cesar Teófilo Soriano Salazar, 50, owner of the swank cigar bar "Don Cesar Cafe & Boutique," located on Mejía Ricart Avenue, was arrested during a search in his residence...... |
| Read more | 10 Aug 2011 |
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| Dominican Republic losing US$1.2M per week from banana disease |
| A Dominican Republican banana producer has estimated disease Black Sigatoka is cutting back national grower incomes by US$1.2 million per week...... |
| Read more | 10 Aug 2011 |
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| Probe into Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado’s campaign finances |
| Two weeks ago, El Nuevo Herald reported that Regalado had received at least $8,000 in contributions from people and companies in Dominican Republic...... |
| Read more | 10 Aug 2011 |
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| Three school principals arrested in bizarre murder |
| The National Police Tuesday arrested three public school principals accused of murdering the teacher and vice mayor of the southwestern town of Bahoruco, Lenny Feliz with a hammer....... |
| Read more | 04 Aug 2011 |
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