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First major Dominican bank swindler taken to jail screaming
Santo Domingo.- officials carried out around 1 p.m. Monday the arrest warrant against Leonel Almonte, who was transferred from the capital's famous Otorrino Clinic to the office of sentencing judge Saulo Isabel Diaz.
Detainee faces people trafficking charges in Puerto Rico
Santo Domingo.- Puerto Rico's authorities have requested the Dominican Deyanira Altagracia Lora in extradition to face charges of heading a ring which traffics boatpeople to Puerto Rico and of causing in several deaths on the high seas.
Dominican Government to probe forged Venezuela bonds scandal
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's top diplomat on Friday announced that the Foreign Relations Ministry commission has opened a “wide investigation into the case of the two diplomats of the Dominican embassy arrested in Caracas, when they reportedly went to the Venezuela Central Bank to verify the legitimacy of two commercial bonds, which turned out to be forged.
Dominican military to stage 4-day Frontier Rally starts February 25
Santo Domingo.- The Armed Forces Ministry and the Quisqueya Auto Club (QAC) announce the 11th running of the Frontier Rally 2010, to mark the 166th anniversary of Independence.
Dominicans caught in Caracas linked to Bahia de las Aguilas scandal
Santo Domingo.- The scandal over the US$28 million in bonds a former Dominican general was allegedly going to cash in at Venezuela's Central Bank accompanied by two Dominican diplomats was advance payment for lands in Oviedo, southwest Pedernales Province, which Colombian investors bought from Puro Pichardo, one of the main players in the land-grabbing scandal at Bahia de las Aguilas in the Hipolito Mejia Presidency.
Government corruption no longer astonishes Dominicans
Santo Domingo.- The executive director of the civic movement Citizen Participation (PC) is concerned with what he calls the people's blasé attitude with the constant acts of corruption involving officials in the various branches of Government.
Demanding higher profit, gas station to halt sales for 6 hours Wednesday
Santo Domingo.- Fuel retailers will halt sales in their stations the country for six hours on Wednesday around the country, to demand that the Government raise their profit margins.
Top opposition party nixes child abuser, but taps trafficker, hoodlum
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's top opposition party didn't include the deputy Julio Romero in its list of candidates for Senate and deputies disclosed Monday morning for the May 16 elections.
Politicians shield Puerto Rican fugitive, top Dominican official says
Santo Domingo.- The Presidency's Adviser on drugs yesterday affirmed that politicians' influence prevented including the two Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) colonels under investigation in connection to the case of the fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto, in the wake of the gangland murder of Police colonel Jose Amado González, “because there's fear they would talk if taken to trial.
Missing Dominican pilot is allegedly flying in Colombia
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Pilot Adriano Jiménez, who went missing more than a year ago after taking off from Santiago's Cibao International Airport, together with 10 Dominicans who traveled illegally to the Bahamas, is allegedly conducting commercial flights between Colombia and Jamaica, with another name.
Around 400 Dominicans died in Haiti's quake
SANTO DOMINGO.- The devastating earthquake of January 12 claimed the lives of around 400 Dominicans, mostly residents and businesspersons in Port-au-Prince.
Zelaya criticizes foes from exile in Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo.– The former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya held his first news
RD$10M reward posted for Puerto Rican fugitive, Dominican paramour
SANTO DOMINGO.– The authorities today posted a RD$10 million (US$277,777) reward for information leading to the arrest of the Puerto Rican Jose Figueroa Agosto and his paramour Sobeida Felix, both fugitives in drug trafficking cases.
Santo Domingo.- officials carried out around 1 p.m. Monday the arrest warrant against Leonel Almonte, who was transferred from the capital's famous Otorrino Clinic to the office of sentencing judge Saulo Isabel Diaz.
Detainee faces people trafficking charges in Puerto Rico
Santo Domingo.- Puerto Rico's authorities have requested the Dominican Deyanira Altagracia Lora in extradition to face charges of heading a ring which traffics boatpeople to Puerto Rico and of causing in several deaths on the high seas.
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's top diplomat on Friday announced that the Foreign Relations Ministry commission has opened a “wide investigation into the case of the two diplomats of the Dominican embassy arrested in Caracas, when they reportedly went to the Venezuela Central Bank to verify the legitimacy of two commercial bonds, which turned out to be forged.
Dominican military to stage 4-day Frontier Rally starts February 25
Santo Domingo.- The Armed Forces Ministry and the Quisqueya Auto Club (QAC) announce the 11th running of the Frontier Rally 2010, to mark the 166th anniversary of Independence.
Dominicans caught in Caracas linked to Bahia de las Aguilas scandal
Santo Domingo.- The scandal over the US$28 million in bonds a former Dominican general was allegedly going to cash in at Venezuela's Central Bank accompanied by two Dominican diplomats was advance payment for lands in Oviedo, southwest Pedernales Province, which Colombian investors bought from Puro Pichardo, one of the main players in the land-grabbing scandal at Bahia de las Aguilas in the Hipolito Mejia Presidency.
Government corruption no longer astonishes Dominicans
Santo Domingo.- The executive director of the civic movement Citizen Participation (PC) is concerned with what he calls the people's blasé attitude with the constant acts of corruption involving officials in the various branches of Government.
Demanding higher profit, gas station to halt sales for 6 hours Wednesday
Santo Domingo.- Fuel retailers will halt sales in their stations the country for six hours on Wednesday around the country, to demand that the Government raise their profit margins.
Top opposition party nixes child abuser, but taps trafficker, hoodlum
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's top opposition party didn't include the deputy Julio Romero in its list of candidates for Senate and deputies disclosed Monday morning for the May 16 elections.
Santo Domingo.- The Presidency's Adviser on drugs yesterday affirmed that politicians' influence prevented including the two Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) colonels under investigation in connection to the case of the fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto, in the wake of the gangland murder of Police colonel Jose Amado González, “because there's fear they would talk if taken to trial.
Missing Dominican pilot is allegedly flying in Colombia
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Pilot Adriano Jiménez, who went missing more than a year ago after taking off from Santiago's Cibao International Airport, together with 10 Dominicans who traveled illegally to the Bahamas, is allegedly conducting commercial flights between Colombia and Jamaica, with another name.
Around 400 Dominicans died in Haiti's quake
SANTO DOMINGO.- The devastating earthquake of January 12 claimed the lives of around 400 Dominicans, mostly residents and businesspersons in Port-au-Prince.
Zelaya criticizes foes from exile in Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo.– The former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya held his first news
SANTO DOMINGO.– The authorities today posted a RD$10 million (US$277,777) reward for information leading to the arrest of the Puerto Rican Jose Figueroa Agosto and his paramour Sobeida Felix, both fugitives in drug trafficking cases.
