 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 |
| AIDS patients concerned in the Dominican Republic |
| Of the 25,117 people registered as affected by HIV/AIDS, some 10,000 are not receiving their anti-viral medications or their CD4 laboratory exams..... |
| Read more | 18 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican Republic to Deploy 600 Soldiers Along Border with Haiti |
| A total of 600 soldiers will be deployed in the next few days along the DominicanRepublic's border with Haiti to bolster security........ |
| Read more | 15 Oct 2009 |
| Panicked straphangers flee station as power glitch halts trains |
| An overheated main fuse halted service in Santo Domingo’s Metro for the second time in less than one month, when for more than 20 minutes during which panicked passengers rushed out of the station....... |
| Read more | 15 Oct 2009 |
| Articles of the Constitution to be voided after lawmakers’ vote fraud |
| The Constitution Revisory Assembly will void the articles approved in Thursday’s session, in which several of its members voted fraudulent for their absent colleagues..... |
| Read more | 13 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican capital’s high rise constructions unveil lawlessness, corruption |
| The construction of high rises in the Dominican capital continue sparking conflicts in normally quite and exclusive sectors, when lack of law enforcement and corruption join to cause anxiety in their residents...... |
| Read more | 07 Oct 2009 |
| Dominican journalist arrested and beated by police for demanding that the President starts promised works |
| President Leonel Fernandez’s security detail on Thursday arrested the journalist Jose Manuel Calderón for demanding several works for the province. Calderón was held for three hours and affirmed having been physically mistreated by police agents while in the precinct........ |
| Read more | 03 Oct 2009 |
| Blackout halts Santo Domingo’s Metro for almost 1 hour |
| Hundreds of Santo Domingo Metro passengers were left stranded in the different stations, when a blackout halted service....... |
| Read more | 26 Sep 2009 |
| Electoral court scandals confirm Dominican Republic’s very corrupt ranking |
| The same day the 2009 Global Report on Corruption is released where Dominican citizens see much corruption, the most recent of a spate of scandals in the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has led to the firing of to 27 lawyers and Legal department employees...... |
| Read more | 25 Sep 2009 |
| Sun Village resort in Dominican Republic suddenly closes |
| The 480-room Sun Village Resort and Bungalows in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, was closed without warning by court order on Sept. 19 leaving over 550 guests stranded....... |
| Read more | 25 Sep 2009 |
| Association claims Dominican milk products are not good for you |
| Comments posted in DR1 3 years ago asked: Why is dominican cheese so bad???It won't even melt if you fry it,bake it boil it or use a flame thrower. Now the answer is here and you better stop buying cheap diary products...... |
| Read more | 22 Sep 2009 |
| Sexual exploitation of minors on the rise in Santiago |
| It also revealed that many of the girls have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases caught in the street, outside parental control and at the mercy of the “unscrupulous....... |
| Read more | 22 Sep 2009 |
| 5 Questons to "The Ritz" in Cabarete |
| According to worldwide press release two days ago "THE RITZ" has stareted construction on the beach in Cabarete - but who are they? Dominican Watchdog is investigating now..... |
| Read more | 21 Sep 2009 |
| Blackouts announced nationwide in the DR |
| Blackouts will continue because there is just not enough money to pay the generators, which are thus supplying 80% of demand. Marranzini acknowledged that some sectors are suffering 18 and 20-hour blackouts....... |
| Read more | 19 Sep 2009 |
| Stop Sugar Purchases from the Dominican Republic |
| Human Rights and Labor Activist Fr. Christopher Hartley Urges Corporate Executives and the European Commission to Ban Future Sugar Purchases from the Dominican Republic...... |
| Read more | 19 Sep 2009 |
| Rocked by scandals, lawmakers seek to muzzle the Dominican media |
| Several senators and deputies are drafting of have submitted bills to stifle freedom of expression in the Dominican Republic. Others has proposed a different text, which includes the controversial and deceptive concept of “truthful information,” an allegation the public powers can manipulate to quell public liberties....... |
| Read more | 17 Sep 2009 |
| The U.S. seeks extradition of 2 Dominican colonels, general’s son |
| Yet another blow to the precarious honor of the Dominican military..... |
| Read more | 14 Sep 2009 |
| Official had best ‘shut his mouth’ to hide another Dominican Government scandal |
| The recent scandal pits Rodriguez, and Rodriguez Pimentel, ex head of the INDRHI, over the latter’s use of RD$12 million from that agency’s Co-op, when he headed until August 16........ |
| Read more | 12 Sep 2009 |
| Can or will Dominicans learn from Taiwan? |
| Taiwan has invested a lot of money in the IT park outside Santo Domingo, but wouldn't it have been nice if they also brought their justice system to the Dominican Republic as the former President of Taiwan was Yesterday jailed for life due to corruption..... |
| Read more | 12 Sep 2009 |
| New energy czar finds “enormous financial disaster” |
| The “enormous financial disaster” in the entity, is problem more serious than can be imagined, all due to mega corruption which has created a mountain of debt and the highest electricity prices in Latin America...... |
| Read more | 11 Sep 2009 |
