Dominican News

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.

Sobeida Felix being held in solitary, lawyer says

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:10:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- The lawyer for the money laundering defendant Sobeida Felix denounced Wednesday that his client is being held in solitary confinement in the jail at Najayo, where he affirms she's subjected to a discriminatory and unfair treatment.

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.

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.

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.

Justice Ministry tops all agencies in transparency for 4th straight year(Update)

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:01:00 GMT
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Justice Ministry topped all Government agencies with an index of 99 points from a maximum of 100, in adherence to the norms that promote transparency in public management in 2010.

Top official derails “Constitutional engineers'" reelection train

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:32:00 GMT
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Presidency's Chief of Staff warned that by keeping the topic of president re-election as a national issue aims to create obstacles for Leonel Fernandez's Administration.

Dismissal may signal rift in Dominican Republic political coalition

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:39:00 GMT
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez yesterday removed from the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) the controversial Jose Francisco Peña Guaba, whose previous tenures in the Price Control Institute and the National Lottery were marked by scandal.

Hapless deputies show Dominicans what to expect in the next 6 years

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:19:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- A bit of everything marked the Chamber of Deputies' opening session on Tuesday, as more than 90 of its members are new, many of whom wandered lost in the corridors where they'll “represent" their constituents for the next six years.

Senate chief denies Government's hand in fraud suspects' release

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:33:00 GMT
Santo Domingo.- The Secretary General of the ruling PLD party affirmed today that the release on bail a the group charged with embezzling millions in the Customs Agency in Santiago was requested by that jurisdiction's Appellate Court president and doesn't reflect a change in the Government's anticorruption policy.