Dominican News

Puntacana Foundation donates motorcycles to nearby town's Precinct

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:43:00 GMT
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. - The Punta Cana International Airport donated two UM motorcycles to the Police precinct in the town Verón, through the Puntacana Foundation.

Climbers scale rig in freezing seas as energy giants eye Arctic oil rush

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:40:00 GMT
Baffin Bay, Greenland.- Campaigners have evaded a huge military security operation to scale a controversial oil rig in the freezing seas off Greenland. At dawn this morning four expert climbers in inflatable speedboats dodged Danish Navy commandos before climbing up the inside of the rig and hanging from it in tents suspended from ropes, halting its drilling operation.

More on Haiti rebuilding project

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:01:00 GMT
That was an excellent informative article. You indentified the problems facing infrastructure reconstruction in Haiti.

Andrade Gutiérrez taps Glauer Peixoto Nogueira for the Caribbean

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:53:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- The Brazilian construction company Andrade Gutiérrez (AG) designated Glauer Peixoto Nogueira, director of operations for the Caribbean region, based in the Dominican Republic.

Fire chars office building, panics upscale sector in downtown Santo Domingo

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:24:00 GMT
SANTO DOMINGO.- A fire charred most of the basement parking area of the building MM located in the Mejía Ricart street between Lope de Vega and Lincoln avenues Thursday afternoon, panicking many in the sector upscale Piantini and causing a major traffic jam which hampered the arrival of the Santo Domingo Fire Department.

US officers arrest Dominican with false immigration documents

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:17:00 GMT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - An alien from the Dominican Republic will be indicted today in the US District Court, facing charges of fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents.

Dominican Republic advances trade pacts with Canada, Taiwan

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:02:00 GMT
SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic advances its negotiations with Canada and Taiwan to reach a Free Trade Agreement, revealed Industry and Commerce Ministry Foreign Trade director Yahaira Sosa on Wednesday.

The Government earmarks RD$560M yearly for healthy livestock

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:34:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- The Government allocates 560 million pesos yearly in programs to improve and promote the health of farm animals, through the Livestock Agency, whose director Angel Faxas revealed that the entity recently invested RD$1.2 million to clean up the milk production facilities of one of the sub-sector's top leaders.

Naval officer killed the 7 Colombians in Bani, witness testifies

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:53:00 GMT
Santo Domingo. - Air Force colonel Manuel Peña Labourt testified yesterday that former Navy lieutenant Andres Tapia Balbuena had confessed that the also Navy lieutenant Edward Mayobanex Rodriguez Montero was the one who shot and killed the seven Colombians in Paya, Bani (south) in August, 2008.

Barriers against money laundering are in place, top banker says

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:20:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- Commercial Banks Association president Jose Manuel Lopez Valdez affirmed Tuesday that the financial sector is the one which has applied the toughest measures to protect against money laundering, making it difficult for funds from drug trafficking to enter its operations.

Dominican music icon's song eases Chilean miners' anxiety, CNN reports

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:50:00 GMT
Copiapo, Chile.- The network CNN reports that some of the miners trapped some 700 meters below the surface could be heard playing songs from Dominican merengue artist Juan Luis Guerra and other tunes sent down by officials, who are expected to distribute on Wednesday copies of a video that the miners sent for their relatives.

Cost of major Dominican highway skyrockets to US$360.7M

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:29:00 GMT
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez submitted to the Senate, two amendments to the construction and financing contracts of the Coral Highway, which raises the cost of the work from US$272.3 million to US$360.7 million.

Parrot detained as a key witness in Dominican Republic murder

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:13:00 GMT
SANTIAGO. - A parrot and its alleged revelations on a murder has become the talk of the city, and have even led to the bird's arrest and detention in the Central Police Command.

Judge allows a lien on detained Spaniard's luxury building

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:45:00 GMT
Santo Domingo. - A judge authorized the construction company Deconalva, which built the luxury condo building Atiemar owned by the Spaniard Arturo del Tiempo, to register a lien against its 34 apartments.

Another major Government fraud case rattles Dominicans

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:09:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- Santiago prosecutor Jenny Reynoso confirmed Tuesday that the Assistant DA who requested the release of the accused in the more than RD$100 million Customs Agency fraud has a son who works in that entity.

Montana to acquire destination mountain biking development in Dominican Republic

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:34:00 GMT
SALT LAKE CITY, (BUSINESS WIRE).- Montana Mining Corp., a public company trading under the symbol MMGC.OB (Montana), today announced that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire JBP SA (JBP) from Park Capital Management, Inc. (Park). JBP is a private company headquartered in the Dominican Republic that owns approximately 700 acres on which it intends to develop a destination mountain biking resort.

Authorities pledge to relaunch Dominican Capital's tourist spots

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:45:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- The Santo Domingo Hotels Association and the Tourism Ministry announced Wednesday that the streetlights along the seaside boulevard Malecon will be restored, as well as the relaunch of the Colonial Zone and the shopping street Conde Peatonal.

Civic group challenges lawmakers' tax breaks for autos

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:13:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- The nonprofit group Citizen Participation (CP) today submitted before the Supreme Court (SCJ) a Constitutional challenge to Law 5796 on the deputies and senators open tax exemptions to import vehicles.

Court subpoenas Santiago's former mayor again

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:01:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- The Santiago Appellate Court Penal Chamber subpoenaed that city's ex mayor Jose Enrique Sued to appear at 9 a.m. September 6, to face charges of violating several articles of the Laws on the Environment and on Health.

US agents arrest a Dominican with 30 Ks of drugs in pots and pans

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:40:00 GMT
NEW YORK.- Customs and Border Protection Agents (CBP) arrested the Dominican Bernardo González in Kennedy International Airport, for trying to smuggle 30 kilos of cocaine with a street value of US$1.4 million.