 Dominican Republic unions condemn attacks on reporters |
| At least 10 reporters and camera operators were attacked in recent days in the north and east of the country, alarming the two leading media worker unions, EFE reports. Most attacks was from criminals who didn't like to be exposed...... |
| Read more | 14 Nov 2009 |
| KSL 5 News investigates affinity fraud connected to Sun Village Juan Dolio in the Dominican Republic |
| Some Utah investors thought they were buying a piece of paradise they could enjoy and use to make money. Layton resident Michael Coons said "yes" to the accommodations, completed and planned, at two ocean-side resorts Sun Village Puerto Plata and Sun Village Juan Dolio in the Dominican Republic. Now they are closed and all money is lost....... |
| Read more | 10 Nov 2009 |
| Press Society urges Dominican Congress to maintain freedom of the press |
| The Inter-American Press Society’s (SIP) 65th general assembly unanimously approved a resolution urging "the Dominican Republic Congress to maintain the current Free Access to Public Information Law in effect, and discard a proposed reform which in its view limit access to information of general interest"..... |
| Read more | 10 Nov 2009 |
| Some Patients Risk It All On Stem Cell Treatment In The Dominican Republic |
| For $64,000, the patients meet up with their stem cells in the Dominican Republic or Bahamas and have a transplant that's not approved in the United States, "It's a scam," Dr. Patterson said. "I don't see any other way to characterize this.... |
| Read more | 07 Nov 2009 |
| Dominican town blames U.S. power company AES for birth defects |
| ``When I was pregnant, I was dizzy, vomiting and could barely walk,'' said Maximiliano's mother, Anajai Calcaño, 20. ``My tooth cracked and fell out. Then my baby was born like that, without arms. Altagracia Maldonado keeps her grandchild's deformed fetus in a jar for safekeeping. Her neighbor, Maribel Mercedes, gave birth to a two-headed baby who died after a few hours. Daniela Altagracia, a 5-year-old, is going bald. Now A small Dominican town plagued by birth defects wants to know if a U.S. power company is to blame...... |
| Read more | 06 Nov 2009 |
| Authorities link deputy to major drug traffickers |
| Facts now surface that PRD party deputy Julio Romero was not only a well connected human trafficker accused of rape, he was also protecting drug lords in the Dominican Republic..... |
| Read more | 06 Nov 2009 |
| New Constitution Risks Higher Public Unrest In The Dominican Republic |
| Business Monitor International - The passing of the Dominican Republic's new constitution heightens the risk of public unrest over the medium term. Immigrants with foreign parents will constitutionally not be able to claim citizenship in future. Moreover, controversial amendments, which bar abortion and same-sex marriage threaten to further alienate large parts of society...... |
| Read more | 04 Nov 2009 |
| Dominican doctors’ protest again met with tear gas |
| Anti-riot Police fired tear gas canisters at the Public Health Ministry’s branch offices in downtown Santo Domingo Wednesday morning, to force the doctors and nurses to stop demands for higher salaries...... |
| Read more | 04 Nov 2009 |
| Thugs of convicted trafficker suspected of shooting at photojournalist |
| The photojournalist Franklin Guerrero, who was assaulted Monday by four thugs of the convicted drug trafficker Manuel Emilio Mesa (El Gringo), was victim of yet another aggression last night when several men on motorcycles fired several shots at his house........ |
| Read more | 04 Nov 2009 |
| U.S. Embassy names 49 Dominican swindlers in huge visa scam |
The list of the names and photos of the alleged swindlers was delivered to the National District Office of the Prosecutor. “If you have information with regards to some type of fraud contact the Anti-fraud Unit of the American Consulate at window No.11." or call the telephone numbers 809-731-4446, 809-731-4272 or fax 809-731-4467......... |
| Read more | 03 Nov 2009 |
| Dominican Television Producer Murdered |
| Another blow to the press and media freedom in the Dominican Republic as producer of crime serie for local televison is murdered...... |
| Read more | 03 Nov 2009 |
| 20% of Dominican Republic’s land still has no titles |
| Don't buy land in the Dominican Republic if it has not got a title!! Around 20% of Dominican Republic’s land still has no titles and is in the hands of individuals, according to National Titles Registry director Wilson Gomez...... |
| Read more | 02 Nov 2009 |
| Dominican Navy boats protected Colombian drug shipments |
| Around 30 Dominican military officers, some of them with the authority to use Navy craft to escort and protect planes and boats which brought drugs to the country, were part of a drug-trafficking support structure which has been dismantled partially, according to an investigation conducted jointly with U.S. since 2007........ |
| Read more | 28 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican Republic’s media freedom suffers a setback |
| The 2009 annual report of the prestigious France-based group Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF), which monitors the respect of free expression by governments and private institutions, ranks Dominican Republic 98 in its classification ...... |
| Read more | 28 Oct 2009 |
| Wave of Violence Leaves 12 Dead in Northern Dominican Republic |
| The wave of violence in the northern Dominican Republic has left 12 people dead in the past 72 hours, officials and human rights groups said Sunday....... |
| Read more | 26 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican Consulate Worker Sentenced for Smuggling Immigrants |
| An employee of the Dominican consulate was sentenced in a Manhattan federal court to 20 months in prison today for smuggling into the country Dominicans who posed as members of his family....... |
| Read more | 24 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican lawmaker accused of rape is a human trafficking convict |
| PRD party deputy Julio Romero had a false floor in his residence where “hundreds” of bogus documents were found and that that he was so efficient at forgery that the U.S. had to change the security coding in its visas...... |
| Read more | 23 Oct 2009 |
| Holiday illness victim wins record £240k compensation |
| The 66-year-old from Accrington was eating a red snapper for dinner and bit into a black worm wrapped around the insides of the fish. She started feeling ill not long after and eventually suffered temporary blindness and organ failure. She was left disabled as a result of contracting bacterial gastroenteritis while at the Hacienda Tropical Beach Resort(Puerto Plata) in the Dominican Republic seven years ago. Since the incident Mrs Rushton has written a semi-autobiographical book entitled "To Hell and Back, and Back Again", which she hopes to publish soon...... |
| Read more | 24 Oct 2009 |
| Travel warning, dengue outbreak in the Dominican Republic |
| Dominican health authorities said Friday that without public support, it would be impossible to curb the dengue outbreak in the country, which has killed 27 people, reports reaching here said..... |
| Read more | 24 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican journalists still face perils, Reporters Without Borders says |
| The Dominican Republic is a popular tourist destination but remains under the yoke of persistent corruption, and its geographic position turns it into an important center for drug traffic. The media which gets too close these types of activities must do so with caution from fear of reprisal from the local officials or the police......... |
| Read more | 21 Oct 2009 |
