 Las Americas Airport gets back to normal after blackout |
| Activities in the Las Americas International Airport began to get back to normal today as workers try to fix the energy system which failed Saturday night, and some areas in the South terminal are still without power, including the central security checkpoint....... |
| Read more | 23 Mar 2010 |
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| 300 workers in Dominican Republic ill from food poisoning |
| Although initial reports said a boiler had exploded on Sunday and led to the intoxication of the mine’s workers, by Monday afternoon Barrick Gold confirmed that at least 300 employees became ill from food poisoning. Norwegian Pension Fund divested $230 million CAD from Barrick Gold for ethical concerns.......... |
| Read more | 21 Mar 2010 |
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| New logo for Dominican Watchdog |
| Our new logo will be added to all blogs, forums and websites where Dominican Watchdog is active. Dominican Watchdog will soon celebrate our first year of exposing fraud and corruption in the Dominican Republic...... |
| Read more | 20 Mar 2010 |
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| Medicine smugglers to face an “implacable” Custom Agency |
| The smuggled, bogus and relabeled medicine is sold and poses a threat to the population’s health and becomes unfair competition against those who normally market pharmaceuticals......... |
| Read more | 18 Mar 2010 |
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| U.S. Marshals on the biggest ever manhunt in the Dominican Republic |
| All kinds of corrupt officials are trying to hide their connection to Jose Figueroa Agosto who is the most wanted drug baron in the Dominican Republic. He's been classified as the Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean by the U.S. Marshals spokeperson......... |
| Read more | 18 Mar 2010 |
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| U.S. criticizes human rights in Dominican Republic |
| Washington also highlighted corruption in the Dominican police and the allegations of murder and torture by the police, in addition to discrimination and violence against women..... |
| Read more | 15 Mar 2010 |
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| Canada’s Head of State arrives to meet Fernandez |
| One reader like her to bring up the topic of why so many Canadian people have been cheated out of hundreds of millions of dollars on real estate deals...... |
| Read more | 11 Mar 2011 |
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| Hurricane season may be “extreme,” AccuWeather says |
| In its early forecast for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season AccuWeather.com says it will be not only more active than last year, but sees the potential for an "extreme season" with above-normal threats....... |
| Read more | 14 Mar 2010 |
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| Foreigners beware of frauds, Central Bank warns |
| The Central Bank warned Friday on fraud against mostly European foreigners, though bogus real estate sales and Time Sharing vacations, using its logo and that of the Finance Ministry, and the fake signatures of officials........ |
| Read more | 14 Mar 2010 |
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| March 11, Earthquake 4.1 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| The earthquake happened at sea about 60 miles from Puerto Plata. Follow links in text below to see map with exact location...... |
| Read more | 11 Mar 2010 |
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| Real estate boom or money laundering in Dominican Republic - You Lose! (Update 20) |
| Arturo del Tiempo, Torre Atiemar and 1200kg of cocaine sent from the Dominican Republic to Spain is the probably just the top of the iceberg behind the recent years construction boom in Santo Domingo. What's more interesting is that President Lionel Fernandez has stated that this project was a model for foreign investments in his country....... |
| Read more | 27 Jul 2011 |
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| Dominican Government fails transparency test, civic group says |
| Corruption levels are still far from under control. More than 42 percent of Government agencies don’t conduct purchases and contracts correctly..... |
| Read more | 10 Mar 2010 |
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| March 8, Earthquake 3.5 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| The earthquake happened at sea about 30 miles from Punta Cana. Follow links in text below to see map with exact location...... |
| Read more | 09 Mar 2010 |
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| Drugs are behind yanked visas, retirement of at least 10 generals, lawyer says |
| The United States cancelled the visas of more than 10 now retired generals, for their alleged link to the case of ex Army captain Quirino Paulino, but which the government will never divulge....... |
| Read more | 09 Mar 2010 |
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| Dominican Authorities Arrest Band That Sold Drugs in Counterfeit Cigars |
| Anti-drug authorities announced Sunday that they had broken up a network that sold counterfeit cigars labeled with well-known brand names but stuffed with marijuana, cocaine and other controlled substances....... |
| Read more | 08 Mar 2010 |
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| US issues alert on drugs and corruption in DR |
| The Department of State say that the Dominican Republic continues to be a center for drug trafficking........ |
| Read more | 07 Mar 2010 |
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| Police dismantle credit card cloners in Dominican Republic |
| Who said Dominican's are lazy and backwards? They are very fast learners when it comes to criminal acitivites...... |
| Read more | 28 Feb 2010 |
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| Punta Perla - More questions than answers plus a few hard facts! |
What's going on? Investors in the delayed Punta Perla "development" are getting more and more frustrated.....
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| Read more | 30 Apr 2010 |
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| Lack of payment led to blackouts - No more money from the World Bank |
| Electricity superintendent Francisco Méndez on Sunday said several factors have caused the latest spate of blackouts, which even affected the National Palace, but acknowledged that delays in payments to the power companies are among them........ |
| Read more | 23 Feb 2010 |
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| Drug traffickers infiltrate Dominican Government, senior adviser again warns |
| Marino Vinicio Castillo, who also heads the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission, warned of upheaval and difficulties, because many dangerous things roam about the country, the third time the official makes a similar warning this year...... |
| Read more | 22 Feb 2010 |
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| Earthquake Magnitude 3.7 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| Another in a serie of small Earthquakes happened Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 10:55:00 AM with epicenter 60 miles from Punta Cana...... |
| Read more | 22 Feb 2010 |
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| 112 developments surveyed, 43 reported no sales for 2009—zero, nada |
| This is the statictics from Mexico, but Dominican Republic is pretty much in the same trend......... |
| Read more | 22 Feb 2010 |
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