 U.S. federal agency offers advice on deceptive ads |
| The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is advising the Consumer Rights Protection Institute (Proconsumidor) in the legal aspect for inspection, market watch and in deceptive advertising in the media because Dominican Republic lacks a regulatory law........ |
| Read more | 13 May 2010 |
| National Lottery scandal, Dominican Government gunmen fire on reporters |
| A team of television reporters was chased and fired on Friday night by a group of armed men who guarded a truck of the National Lottery loaded with merchandise at its headquarters in Santo Domingo. When the report was broadcast one cable company tried to prevent the viewers from seeing it. “The funds of the National Lottery are being used by its administrator Enrique Martinez to finance the candidates of the ruling party’s different posts,” according to ADOCCO Coordinator Julio de la Rosa Tiburcio......... |
| Read more | 13 May 2010 |
| Selective amnesia towards the Cocaine Tower(Torre Atiemar) |
| In an op-ed piece in El Caribe, lawyer Leila Mejia wonders why, when there were "evident connections" between Spaniard Arturo del Tiempo Marques and cocaine trafficking prior to the inaugural of the Atiemar highrise, Del Tiempo was not arrested by the Police. She says the point is made in a news story published online in Spain........ |
| Read more | 07 May 2010 |
| Dominicans don’t tackle major problems, Business Council warns |
| National Business Council president Lisandro Macarrulla warned today that if Dominican society doesn’t deal with the problems of money laundering, education, jobs and the social exclusion in depth the social, political and economic stability will become untenable...... |
| Read more | 06 May 2010 |
| “Shameful” Police ruse shows need for deep reform, prestigious entity says |
| The journalist Nuria Piera unleashed the scandal, on which Finjus president Servio Tulio Castaños Guzmán said a police reform is now more urgent than ever. In a statement Finjus said the situation should serve to evaluate the National Police’s constant appearances in the press and the credibility of its information which cannot validly sustain before a court..... |
| Read more | 05 May 2010 |
| Officials admit ethics vacuum demoralizes Dominican society |
| The Government’s Ethics Commission president today affirmed that Dominican society is currently demoralized and loses values which increasingly weakens it, and asked adherence to the conduct of Ulises Francisco Espaillat, who in 1857 led a rebellion against the reigning administrative chaos and government corruption....... |
| Read more | 04 May 2010 |
| Freedom of the press: the DR Government must still do more(Update 2) |
| UN calls for worldwide press freedom and Dominican Republic faces charges in missing journalist case. The investigative reporter Nuria Piera rebukes that many Government structures allegedly harass journalists to prevent a free press, and affirmed that a journalistic structure contracted by the Government is among its main threats........ |
| Read more | 04 May 2010 |
| A Prescription For Failure: Health And IP In The Dominican Republic |
| In the United States, trade policy is generally considered an economic issue. But for developing countries like the Dominican Republic, it can be a matter of life and death........ |
| Read more | 04 May 2010 |
| Reefs and Mangroves Essential for Economic Growth in Dominican Republic |
| The degradation of coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs and mangroves, could cost the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic nearly USD $100 million and threaten the livelihoods of Dominican fishermen who depend on these ecosystems for survival....... |
| Read more | 30 Apr 2010 |
| Dominican lawmakers get slammed for tax free autos |
| Dominican coffers lost RD$1.0 billion on tax exempt vehicles for legislators in the last eight years. A report which affirms lawmakers imported 678 from 2002 to 2009 without paying the high tax....... |
| Read more | 30 Apr 2010 |
| Elliotts facing suit in Canada over alleged Ponzi scheme in the DR |
| In Toronto, a $415,000 lawsuit was filed in February against the Elliotts and three of their companies, alleging they ran a Ponzi-like scheme with Sun Village Pueto Plata and Sun Village Juan Dolio in the Dominican Republic..... |
| Read more | 30 Apr 2010 |
| American non-profit org threatened with lawsuit over sugar documentary |
| Matheny is on the board for the non-profit store. She says as soon as Ten Thousand Villages advertised that the documentary The Price of Sugar, based in the Dominican Republic, was set to be shown at the first Fair Trade Film Festival, they got a letter. The letter was from a law firm representing the family criticized in the documentary. It threatened to sue for defamation if they showed the film. She says they're not the first...... |
| Read more | 29 Apr 2010 |
| 25 senators to face charges on use of RD$600M slush fund |
| The Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (ADOCCO) filed charges against 25 senators for refusing to divulge information on the use of more than RD$600 million, through the slush fund known as Barrilito (little barrel). De la Rosa said in the little barrel figure people as employees who say they haven’t been paid one cent........ |
| Read more | 29 Apr 2010 |
| At least 300 schoolchildren poisoned after drinking milk in Dominican Republic |
| The children at the Gregorio Luperon de Rio San Juan elementary school in Maria Trinidad Sanchez province developed symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea and were taken to the health center Desiderio Acosta. It was the third time that a group poisoning related with school breakfast had been reported this year....... |
| Read more | 29 Apr 2010 |
| Dominican parties can’t point to each other’s corruption, Vega says |
| "The economic dependency of many voters, the opposition’s weakness and an improved economy are among the factors which would lead citizens to vote for the ruling PLD party in the next elections, despite the Government’s complicity in corruption, the rise in crime and drug trafficking."...... |
| Read more | 29 Apr 2010 |
| Dominican Republic Airports Get Counterfeit Documents Technology |
| All the main airports in Dominican Republic now have the latest technology installed to help identify counterfeit documents. Foster + Freeman spent two weeks installing the VSC4Plus equipment to six airports in the country. They also trained staff how to use the equipment...... |
| Read more | 27 Apr 2010 |
| Holidaymakers settle Dominican Republic illness claims |
| BBC NEWS - A group of almost 300 holidaymakers has settled damages claims over bouts of gastric illness suffered on holiday in the Dominican Republic....... |
| Read more | 27 Apr 2010 |
| Fernandez heads political rally with “pathologically corrupt” official |
| President Leonel Fernandez on Sunday headed a political rally with Héctor Rodriguez Pimentel, recently called “pathologically corrupt” by the Justice Ministry’s Anticorruption Department (DPCA) director Hotoniel Bonilla, for his numerous scandals in two government agencies....... |
| Read more | 26 Apr 2010 |
| Athletes get food poisoning in Dominican Republic |
| More than 1,200 young athletes participating in an event in the Dominican Republic fell sick and 22 of them were hospitalised due to food poisoning...... |
| Read more | 26 Apr 2010 |
| Dominican baseball “a wasteland of crime and drugs,” Yahoo reports |
| Last year, a 16-year-old pitcher named Rafael DePaula was red-flagged by the MLB Department of Investigations as an identity-fraud case. The FBI investigated claims of team employees skimming money from signing bonuses paid to 16-year-olds. Hundreds of kids sign contracts every year, and each is prey for a Dominican baseball behemoth built on lies...... |
| Read more | 26 Apr 2010 |
