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Canada's embassy in Dominican Republic hosts anniversary fest
SANTO DOMINGO.- Canada ambassador Patricia Fortier hosted a gathering Wednesday night to mark the 141st anniversary of the founding of her country and the 400 years since the Founding of the City of Quebec, date which also marks the birth of the Canadian State.
U.S. senator from New York to meet with Dominican President
SANTO DOMINGO.- The vice president of the Council for Dominican Communities Abroad (CONDEX) announced that president Leonel Fernandez will meet with the United States senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, who replaced Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the post.
Dominican Republic marks Juan Bosch's centennial today
Santo Domingo.- Vice president Rafael Alburquerque will represent president Leonel Fernandez in the joint session of Congress today, to commemorate the centennial of the late president Juan Bosch's birth.
Kerry Kennedy, Dominican officials discuss Haitian topics
Santo Domingo.- The American Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert Kennedy, met Monday with Dominican officials to discuss the situation of Haitian immigrants in the Caribbean country.
Dominican Republic gets U.S. aid to fight crime
Washington, DC.- U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to the Dominican Republic Roland W. Bullen and Interior and Police minister Franklin Almeyda signed the first letter of agreement implementing the Mérida Initiative, a multi-year regional effort to combat organized crime, gangs and the trafficking of narcotics and firearms on Friday, June 26. The signing provides an initial $2.15 million with an additional $345,000 to follow in FY2008 funding for the first year of the Mérida Initiative.
Protest snarls traffic along Dominican Capital's central corridor
SANTO DOMINGO.– Traffic along the central artery 27 de Febrero avenue and adjacent streets was backed up for miles by a protest of the bus owners union Fenatrano, to demand lower fuel prices.
Coup won't stifle America's democracies, Dominican President says
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez on Thursday said the emergency meeting in Nicaragua after the coup in Honduras made it clear that all of the continent's countries have an unwavering will that democracy must prevail in the access to power.
Dominican Republic's energy czar may face criminal charges
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (Adocco) yesterday filed a complaint against the executive vice president of the State-owned Electrical Companies (CDEEE), Radhamés Segura.
Dominican woman extradited from Orlando faces murder charge
SANTO DOMINGO. - Wendy Maria Polanco, accused of killing husband and who fled the country to hide in the United States, was brought to the country today heavily guarded by INTERPOL agents.
Another extradition in Dominican Republic's biggest drug bust
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Supreme Court's (SCJ) Penal Chamber Wednesday morning ruled to extradite Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz (Maconi) to the United States, where he'll face several counts of drug trafficking and money laundering as an alleged member of Quirino Paulino's drug trafficking organization.
Dominican Republic's title registry: chaos
SANTO DOMINGO.- For almost two years the National Cadastre Agency (GNC) has a new building for the Real Property Jurisdiction at La Feria, but hasn't moved there for lack of money, while the more than 600 archives rest in three different warehouses at the mercy of dust, disorder and termites.
Drug-laden plane crashes off southern Dominican coast, one body found
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) and the Navy last night said small plane a unknown material on board, presumably cocaine, fell to the sea at dawn yesterday, six miles from the southern community Matanzas, BanÃ, and found one body presumably a crewmember.
Dominican performers to fight for Los Haitises with concert
Santo Domingo.- Music for los Haitises is the name of the concert slated for Sunday, July 19, from 4 p.m. in the Colonial Zone's Plaza España, organized by a group of young Dominican artists who've assumed the commitment to protect the embattled National Park.
SANTO DOMINGO.- Canada ambassador Patricia Fortier hosted a gathering Wednesday night to mark the 141st anniversary of the founding of her country and the 400 years since the Founding of the City of Quebec, date which also marks the birth of the Canadian State.
U.S. senator from New York to meet with Dominican President
SANTO DOMINGO.- The vice president of the Council for Dominican Communities Abroad (CONDEX) announced that president Leonel Fernandez will meet with the United States senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, who replaced Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the post.
Santo Domingo.- Vice president Rafael Alburquerque will represent president Leonel Fernandez in the joint session of Congress today, to commemorate the centennial of the late president Juan Bosch's birth.
Kerry Kennedy, Dominican officials discuss Haitian topics
Santo Domingo.- The American Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert Kennedy, met Monday with Dominican officials to discuss the situation of Haitian immigrants in the Caribbean country.
Dominican Republic gets U.S. aid to fight crime
Washington, DC.- U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to the Dominican Republic Roland W. Bullen and Interior and Police minister Franklin Almeyda signed the first letter of agreement implementing the Mérida Initiative, a multi-year regional effort to combat organized crime, gangs and the trafficking of narcotics and firearms on Friday, June 26. The signing provides an initial $2.15 million with an additional $345,000 to follow in FY2008 funding for the first year of the Mérida Initiative.
Protest snarls traffic along Dominican Capital's central corridor
SANTO DOMINGO.– Traffic along the central artery 27 de Febrero avenue and adjacent streets was backed up for miles by a protest of the bus owners union Fenatrano, to demand lower fuel prices.
Coup won't stifle America's democracies, Dominican President says
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez on Thursday said the emergency meeting in Nicaragua after the coup in Honduras made it clear that all of the continent's countries have an unwavering will that democracy must prevail in the access to power.
Dominican Republic's energy czar may face criminal charges
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (Adocco) yesterday filed a complaint against the executive vice president of the State-owned Electrical Companies (CDEEE), Radhamés Segura.
SANTO DOMINGO. - Wendy Maria Polanco, accused of killing husband and who fled the country to hide in the United States, was brought to the country today heavily guarded by INTERPOL agents.
Another extradition in Dominican Republic's biggest drug bust
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Supreme Court's (SCJ) Penal Chamber Wednesday morning ruled to extradite Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz (Maconi) to the United States, where he'll face several counts of drug trafficking and money laundering as an alleged member of Quirino Paulino's drug trafficking organization.
Dominican Republic's title registry: chaos
SANTO DOMINGO.- For almost two years the National Cadastre Agency (GNC) has a new building for the Real Property Jurisdiction at La Feria, but hasn't moved there for lack of money, while the more than 600 archives rest in three different warehouses at the mercy of dust, disorder and termites.
Drug-laden plane crashes off southern Dominican coast, one body found
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) and the Navy last night said small plane a unknown material on board, presumably cocaine, fell to the sea at dawn yesterday, six miles from the southern community Matanzas, BanÃ, and found one body presumably a crewmember.
Santo Domingo.- Music for los Haitises is the name of the concert slated for Sunday, July 19, from 4 p.m. in the Colonial Zone's Plaza España, organized by a group of young Dominican artists who've assumed the commitment to protect the embattled National Park.
