 Stolen Haiti aid on sale in Dominican border town |
| Over the last three days, the Dominican authorities have impounded three consignments of food aid donated by the international community to the victims of the Haitian earthquake that were being sold in the Dominican Republic....... |
| Read more | 31 Mar 2010 |
| Tourist killed in the Dominican Republic |
| A well-known Bermuda sportsman was shot and killed during his 35th birthday celebrations in the Dominican Republic....... |
| Read more | 01 Apr 2010 |
| Transparency in electricity billing wanted in Dominican Republic |
| Business groups want more transparency when it comes to the real costs of generation and power distribution....... |
| Read more | 31 Mar 2010 |
| Demonstration against Dominican TV channel closure(Update 2) |
| Human Rights campaigners and community leaders demonstrated outside Dominican Telecommunications Institute headquarters (Indotel) yesterday, in protest against the closure of Channel 53.
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| Read more | 01 Apr 2010 |
| Dominican Republic National Makes Most Wanted List |
| 35-year-old Dominican Republic man has been added to the US Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list........ |
| Read more | 29 Mar 2010 |
| Powerful Opposition to Barrick Gold Mining Operations(Update 5) |
| It appears that thousands of young people and adults are mobilizing themselves against Barrick Gold in the Dominican Republic. Now the Dominican Republic’s Catholic Church joins Barrick Gold row.......... |
| Read more | 08 Jun 2010 |
| New York City DA, Santo Domingo Prosecutor talk cooperation |
| National District Prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso met today with Manhattan, New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance, to review the joint efforts of their offices....... |
| Read more | 27 Mar 2010 |
| Cap Cana vs Trump and Altabello Fishing Lodge(Update 2) |
| In the interest of international consumer protection Dominican Watchdog has sent 2 mails to Cap Cana sales with questions related to TRUMP Farallon Estate and Altabello Fishing Lodge. Watch the YouTube video below.......
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| Read more | 14 Aug 2010 |
| Barrick Gold not honest about poisoning incident in Dominican Republic |
| "The symptoms and treatment correspond to chemical contamination," the study said, adding that the affected workers emitted a "penetrating and nauseating" odor...... |
| Read more | 28 Mar 2010 |
| TB cases in Dominican Republic are higher than thought |
| The National Program for Tuberculosis Control only gets about 40%. The number of persons with the sickness is around 85 per 100,000 but the number of cases of tuberculosis in the country could be much greater than those notified to the Public Health authorities........ |
| Read more | 27 Mar 2010 |
| Environmental groups in Dominican Republic oppose plans to reopen mine |
| Activists in the Dominican Republic say they will try to block a Canadian company from reopening a mine that previously caused $75 million in environmental damage....... |
| Read more | 25 Mar 2010 |
| Ex officials charged with embezzling more than RD$52M |
| The Anti-Corruption Department (DPCA) filed charges of corruption in the embezzlement of more than RD$52 million against the former head of the now defunct Blackouts Reduction Program (PRA) and three of its ex officials....... |
| Read more | 24 Mar 2010 |
| Earthquake 4.9 shakes Dominican Republic's NW |
| A 4.9 magnitude tremor shook Dominican Republic’s Northwest at 10:53 p.m. Sunday and the Emergency Operations Center (COE) confirmed that there were no injuries or damages reported.
Dominican territory shook 4 times in just 8 hours....... |
| Read more | 23 Mar 2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 15 Mar 2010 |
