 Canadian court approves settlement in class action lawsuit against Skyservice Airlines |
| Skyservice has already paid out $300,000 to passengers aboard a flight that had a hard landing in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The airline has agreed to set up an initial settlement fund of $600,000, and will pay for all bodily injuries that resulted from the landing...... |
| Read more | 26 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican man pleads guilty in US to fatal staged crash |
| Hario Gomez, who currently serves a 5 years sentence for drugs, participated in a staged car crash that took the life of a 65-year-old grandmother has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter....... |
| Read more | 26 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Bust of Dominican Rep., Puerto Rico, Venezuela ring, nets 310Ks of cocaine |
| DNCD and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents from Puerto Rico took part in the operation "Huracán". The ringleader Ricardo Torres is on the loose, but associates was arrested in his villa in Casa de Campo....... |
| Read more | 26 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican who removed fingerprints pleads guilty in US |
| A Dominican man authorities say removed his own fingerprints in an effort to hide his identity has pleaded guilty to re-entering the U.S. illegally following his deportation to DR. He paid USD 5000 to get back into USA from Mexico...... |
| Read more | 26 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Debt Settlement Companies Are Still Skirting New FTC Rules |
| Seems the new FTC rules haven’t stopped them from charging huge upfront fees as many has moved offshore. Dominican Republic is used for telemarketing to the US and could be the next place from where these scam artists can continue their illegal activities....... |
| Read more | 27 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Drug suspect wanted in NY nabbed in Dominican Rep.(Update 2) |
| Yubel Enrique Mendez was arrested this week while driving a luxury vehicle on the outskirts of the Dominican capital. Yubel Enrique Méndez (Oreganito), has assets worth more than RD$5.0 billion (US$135 million) presumable made from illegal activities. Update 2 - The U.S. seeks Dominican fugitive’s US$135M in properties seized..... |
| Read more | 26 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican capital again called a “sewage time bomb” |
| Environment minister Jaime David Fernandez yesterday called the weaknesses in the handling of waste and treatment of water a “tangible threat” situation which is of major concern amid the increase of cholera cases in the country....... |
| Read more | 21 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Couple, Grandson Brutally Murdered in Dominican Republic |
| "Welcome to the DR" - A couple and their grandson were found dead Monday inside a home in the northern Dominican town of Bonao, police said. Julian Manuel Nuñez, wife Elena Pelagio and their 8-year-old grandson, Juan Manuel Nuñez, all had their throats slit....... |
| Read more | 21 Dec 2010 |
| |
| More than 20,000 Dominican criminals deported from the USA alone |
| “If we compare it to the last few years this year’s increase has been greater, that is to say, that the first 11 months have increased and are nearly 3,000 deportees,” Pared said. And what do you think these criminals are doing back home.....? |
| Read more | 20 Dec 2010 |
| |
| WikiLeaked U.S. cables roil the Dominican Government on corruption(Update 2) |
The WikiLeaks scandal has finally hit the fan in the Dominican Republic, as ex Tourism minister Felix (Felucho) Jiménez and Airports Department director Andres Vanderhorst figure among the officials that in cables sent to Washington the United States Embassy considers “audaciously corrupt.”........Update 2 - I don't think this (the publication) will have a far reaching impact because it just confirms what everybody knows, Berkman said.....
|
| Read more | 22 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Children of sugar workers have their Dominican citizenships put into doubt |
| Sonia Pierre, a Dominican human rights activist, says hundreds of thousands of people, most of whom are descendents of Haitian sugar cane workers and other laborers, will be forced into the margins of society, where they can be denied health care, schooling and jobs....... |
| Read more | 19 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican MMA Sport Disaster in Barcelo Bavaro Hotel, Punta Cana |
| It seemed like a great deal: a match in the Dominican Republic resort town of Punta Cana, with paid airfare and accommodations, on an event featuring multiple UFC veterans streamed worldwide via online pay-per-view. What they appeared to have gotten was a surreal, disorganized evening of fights and paychecks which were not worth the paper they were written on........ |
| Read more | 19 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dutch pensioner killed in Dominican Republic |
| The Police National said four men were shot to death last night, including a member of a dangerous gang of hired killers which committed holdups in public places, dressed in military and police garb. The 63 old Dutch, Walter De Laats , whose house they tried to burgle in the central town Cotuí was one of the victims....... |
| Read more | 18 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican rapist in US gets jail and deportation |
| Emmanuel Figueroa, who became the target of vigilante justice after he raped an 11-year-old girl, was sentenced yesterday to eight to 20 years in state prison and five years of probation. In July 2008 he raped the learning-disabled girl after tricking her to come next door. It was discovered when she became pregnant....... |
| Read more | 18 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican accused of $5.7 million theft from Columbia University |
| George Castro, 48, diverted a series of payments from the Ivy League university to New York Presbyterian Hospital to the bank account of a company he had set up in October and November. He spent more than $300,000, paying $80,000 for a new Audi Q7 and $18,000 on Apple products. At the time of his arrest, Castro had more than $200,000 in cash, prosecutors said...... |
| Read more | 18 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Grammatical Crisis in the Dominican Republic’s Constitution |
| The Dominican Republic has an illiteracy rate of 84.4%. The President of the Dominican Language Academy revealed yesterday that the they found more than 200 grammatical errors within the text of the Dominican Republic’s new constitution and still the government want to cut down on education........ |
| Read more | 18 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Venezuela nabs Dominican Air Force colonel with airplane full of drugs |
| Venezuela’s authorities have taken Dominican Air Force (FAD) lieutenant colonel and pilot Carlos Quiñones into custody, for trying to fly a Falcon airplane with drugs to Dominican Republic, from a rural airport in that South American nation...... |
| Read more | 16 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican Celebrity Chef Gets Nine Years in Californian Jail for Plot to Kill Wife |
| Celebrity chef Juan Carlos Cruz smiled and winked at his wife Jennifer Campbell before being sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for allegedly trying to hire homeless men in Santa Monica to murder her...... |
| Read more | 16 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Dominican is the FBI’s most wanted in NY, on Medicare scam |
| Daniel Guzmán, who ran a pharmacy in Upper Manhattan, heads the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) list of the 10 most wanted fugitives in New York. The federal agency wants Guzmán for allegedly swindling Medicare out of several million dollars, in reimbursements for ghost patients and prescriptions, as well as altered invoices...... |
| Read more | 14 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Mission Network News asking for donations, Sugar Barons laughing all the way to the bank |
| First the Americans are forced to pay double for their sugar from the Fanjul Brothers. Then soon after they are asked to donate money for clean water, food and education of the poor cane workers kids in the Dominican Republic, while at the same time the Sugar Barons like Vicini and Fanjul are making billions of dollars on their sugar business. It's about time consumers say STOP!...... |
| Read more | 15 Dec 2010 |
| |
| Canada warns visitors going to Dominican Republic about cholera |
| Canadians planning to travel to the Dominican Republic are being advised to consider getting a cholera vaccine beforehand. The Public Health Agency of Canada updated its travel notice for the Dominican Republic on Thursday, noting there are confirmed cases of cholera in the country....... |
| Read more | 10 Dec 2010 |
| |
| James Catledge, Impact Inc. & Impact Net Worth, LLC vs Sun Village Dom Rep |
| Finally the first good news in the James Catledge and Elliotts case regarding investor fraud in Sun Village, Puerto Plata and Juan Dolio. The court in Idaho ordered USD 2 Million in rescission plus another USD 400,000 in interests...... |
| Read more | 10 Dec 2010 |
| |
