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Dominican News
Altos de Chavon to host first annual Spring Festival
Sat, 18 May 2013 12:34:00 GMTLa Romana, DR.- Casa de Campo, the 7,000-acre luxury resort on the southeastern
Changing European policy
Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:00 GMTCaribbean Health readies for Taekwondo Championship
Thu, 16 May 2013 21:51:00 GMTSD. The Caribbean Health Taekwondo Academy on Wednesday staged a kick and board-breaking exhibition with all its pre-teen students, who demonstrated the skills mastered during the last 12 months.
International Women's Club hosts annual Fundraiser Gala
Wed, 15 May 2013 15:15:00 GMTSanto Domingo.-
Dominican President, Electoral Board chief mull funding crunch
Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- A Central Electoral Board (JCE) committee, led by its president Roberto Rosario, met with president Danilo Medina on Friday to discuss the agency's financial woes, a concern that local media have reported in the last few days.
Dominican Republic to help Brazil stem avalanche of Haitians
Thu, 16 May 2013 14:20:00 GMTBrasilia (EFE).- Brazil and five other countries will conduct campaigns to warn of the risks of undocumented Haitians smuggled by "coyotes" into the Amazon, Brasilia announced Thursday.
Flash flood warnings issued for two eastern provinces
Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet)
Authorities bust network that exploited Haitian minors
Thu, 16 May 2013 13:41:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso Thursday morning announced the bust of a trafficking network which exploited Haitian minors, and said the details of its breadth and scope will be provided in a 10am press conference
Wage hike talks stall as employers up offer to 11%
Thu, 16 May 2013 16:28:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- Labor and management on Thursday again failed to reach an agreement to increase the minimum wage, with stalled talks during two weeks.
U.S. agents seize drugs stashed in vehicles from Dom. Rep.
Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:00 GMTSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Customs and Border
Prosecutors' eyes on restaurants and bars which discriminate
Thu, 16 May 2013 12:40:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Wednesday ordered his Assistant DAs to identify the restaurants, bars, and clubs which exert discrimination, and follow up with periodic inspections.
Senate taps Balaguer-era official as Ombudsman
Thu, 16 May 2013 12:09:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - The Senate Wednesday night chose former National District prosecutor Zoila Martinez for the newly-created post of Ombudsman, enacted in the Constitution of 2010, with 15 votes of the 22 lawmakers present.
Xstrata Nickel calls Dominican Republic mine fears a “myth"
Thu, 16 May 2013 11:50:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- Dominican Republic stands to make at least US$5.4 billion in the next 25 years from the Loma Miranda mine, said Xstrata Nickel Falcondo executives, who on Wednesday called notions of ravaged crops, forests and species a “myth."
Dominican Republic's 8.95% car loan rate the lowest ever
Wed, 15 May 2013 19:37:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - The Dominican Republic's Central Bank decision to trim the banks' reserve requirement disclosed Tuesday has prompted at least one major auto dealer to announce an interest rate of 8.95% for car loans, lowest ever.
Constructions ravage Dominican Republic's world-class soil: farmers
Wed, 15 May 2013 16:42:00 GMTMoca, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Wednesday headed Farmer's Day activities in Moca, in north-central Espaillat province, where community and farming leaders asked him to enact stricter zoning laws to halt constructions over the soil, rated among the world's most fertile.
Dominican-born Mayor coasts to easy win in Passaic, NJ
Wed, 15 May 2013 14:41:00 GMTPassaic, NJ. - Dominican Republic-born mayor Alex Blanco claimed victory in Monday's municipal elections to head the city four more years.
American teacher dies in Santiago traffic accident
Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 GMTSantiago.- American teacher Megan Elisabeth Garven, 30, was killed and four people were hurt in a Tuesday night traffic accident on the Duarte highway across from Santiago's Hospital Metropolitana.
RD$5.4B revenue from all-inclusive hotels: Tax Agency
Wed, 15 May 2013 13:33:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - The Internal Taxes Agency (DGII) on Tuesday reported hotel sector revenue of RD$5.4 billion from the ITBIS tax levied on tourists and RD$1.2 billion from employees' income taxes in 2012.
Medina gets report on measures to lower crime
Wed, 15 May 2013 12:41:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - President Danilo Medina met Tuesday with the National Public Safety Plan Commission in charge of rendering a report on the measures enacted to coordinate the agencies that will manage it.
“Bungled" status of Dominican-Haitians prompts congressional probe
Wed, 15 May 2013 12:01:00 GMTSanto Domingo. - A crisis of such magnitude had been unleashed in Central Electoral Board that it prompted the Chamber of Deputies to announce Tuesday the launch of a probe into the alleged bungling of the legal status of mostly Dominican citizens of foreign parents.
