| Local Dental Mission Team will travel to the Dominican Republic From left: Joannie McNulty, Renee Taylor, Jan Talbot, Rev. Dick and Mary Kay Randall are all part of the dental team that will be going to the Dominican Republic in early October. Also traveling with... | |
| Malaria cases increase in Dominican Republic Santo Domingo.– The increase in malaria cases could be linked to the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, Dominican health authorities said Friday.According to Deputy Health Minister Jose Rodriguez... |
| Man accused of gun-dealing wants confession tossed Dominican Republic said he was ill the day he was arrested and wants a judge to dismiss his confession.But federal prosecutors say Victor Peralta readily agreed to confess to his purchases after he... |
| Rangel Should Leave Office, Manhattan Voters Tell Poll Charles B. Rangel should either resign or drop his bid for re-election in light of the ethics charges against him, according to a New York Times... |
| Johnny Cueto leaves Cincinnati Reds to attend to family emergency St. Louis Cardinals since he played a principal role in their fracas last month, attending to what the team called a family emergency in the Dominican Republic.Manager Dusty Baker thought Cueto, who... |
| Cueto takes time off Johnny Cueto missed the team's first series against the Cardinals since he played a principal role in their fracas last month, attending to what the team called a family emergency in the Dominican... |
| BBC Caribbean News in Brief With the Caribbean still reeling from the effects of the global financial crisis, more attention is being placed on the development of small and medium... |
| Phillies DSL pitcher Bacil suspended A Phillies Dominican Summer League pitcher became the 81st Minor Leaguer suspended this year. Alvaro Bacil, a 19-year-old right-hander, received a 50-game suspension Friday after testing positive... |
| Vicente to face Avila Up and coming featherweight Jenifel Vicente (17-0-2, 11 KOs), popular for his non-stop punching style, will be crossing swords with grizzled, dynamite-fisted veteran Hector Julio Avila (47-4, 42 KOs)... |
| Canadian medical officials for New Delhi aware of dengue fever threat The pesky mosquito could be Canada's biggest adversary at next month's Commonwealth Games. A month from the opening of India's largest multi-sports event, Games organizers are dealing with one of... |
| Sobeida Felix says her civil rights are violated in prison Santo Domingo.- The inmate Sobeida Felix affirmed Friday that the Najayo prison authorities have limited her civil rights by curtailing her freedom of movement within the jail. Felix, the main... |
| Dominican Immigration announces stricter passenger checks Santo Domingo.- Immigration director Sigfrido Pared today Friday announced the implementation of a system to digitally obtain fingerprints for the identification of passengers with their photo and... |
| Gasoline, diesel will cost more starting Saturday SANTO DOMINGO. - The Industry and Commerce Ministry posted the fuel prices in effect from September 4 to 10, when premium gasoline will cost RD$160.60 per gallon, a jump of RD$1.40, and regular... |
| Piano prodigy to play at SIUE Every four years since 1962, the Van Cliburn Foundation has hosted the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in search of the world’s best virtuosic pianists.The latest prodigy to emerge... |
| Caribbean Tourism Industry Stakeholders to Participate in OAS Corporate Social Responsibility Workshop Tourism industry stakeholders from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago will participate in a... |
| Cisneros Group enters the Dominican TV market Santo Domingo.- The Cisneros Organization, through her global entertainment company Venevisión Continental, presented its new international TV channel project in the country ‘Venevisión +Plus... |
| The View from Europe As this is being written six Caribbean tourism ministers are preparing to travel to London. There they will meet with the British Government, the region’s travel industry and aviation partners, and... |
| Top Deputy willing to give up tax free auto perk, partially Santo Domingo.- Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez said on Friday that he’s in favor of reducing the tax exemptions provided for the lawmakers to import one vehicle every two years free of... |
| Juan Luis Guerra to headline MTV concert in Spain San Fernando, Spain. - The Dominican music icon Juan Luis Guerra, accompanied by his group 440, will headline the macro-concert in October organized by the MTV television network. The event will... |
| NY bound mule straps drugs to his leg, gets nabbed SANTO DOMIGO. – The Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) arrested a man who was about to board a flight at Las Americas International Airport to New York Thursday night, with his legs wrapped with bags of... |
| USAID helps poor towns craft precious wood, reforest BAYAGUANA, Dominican Republic.- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated RD$2.5 million to support 383 agro-forestry producers in the zones of Villa Altagracia, San... |
| Caribbean braced for more storms "As this La Nina continues to build, we should see above-normal numbers of (September) and (October) storms," Matt Rogers, president and meteorologist with Commodity Weather Group in Bethesda,... |
| Klitschko brothers highlight ESPN's 5-fight lineup for fall ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" season came to an end last week, but there will be more live boxing on various ESPN platforms in the fall until the series returns in January.ESPN announced on Thursday... |
| Hoteliers conclude annual tourism industry fair SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic’s Hotels and Restaurants Association (Asonahores) concluded its 14th Commercial Exhibit 2010, which also served to end Haydée Kuret’s term as president of the... |
| Juan Luis Guerra to headline concert in Spain San Fernando, Spain. - The Dominican music icon Juan Luis Guerra, accompanied by his group 440, will headline the macro-concert in October organized by the MTV television network. The event will... |
| US Army training pays off as top traffic cop sets record in fines Santo Domingo.- The Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet) has collected RD$215 million in fines, in just five months since Jose Sanz Jiminián was tapped as its director. The figure may be the... |
| Deputies add US$80M to finish Palomino Dam SANTO DOMINGO.- The Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved 88 votes for and 9 against the amendment to the loan contract to build the Palomino Hydroelectric Dam, raising it US$80 million, from US$50... |
| IMF and DR reach agreement on expenditures The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an agreement with the Dominican Authorities in order for them to make additional efforts to strengthen income, contain the electricity subsidies and... |
| The IMF, Dominican Government announce sweeping agreement WASHINGTON.- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Dominican Government yesterday agreed to bolster the efforts to obtain revenues, contain the electricity subsidy and curtail other expenses.... |
| CD approves US$80 million more for Palomino The Chamber of Deputies ratified yesterday the amendment to the loan contract for the construction of the Palomino Hydroelectric Project, increasing the amount from US$50 million to US $130 million,... |
| Another minor dies from dengue in Santiago Dengue continues to roll up fatalities in the city of Santiago, where another little girl, just 7 years old, died from the illness, after spending 18 hours in the Dr. Arturo Grullon Children's... |
| Some 95% of corruption cases remain unpunished The national director of the Department of Persecution of Administrative Corruption, Hotoniel Bonilla, said that the justice system was not made to punish corrupt politicians, because in the last 10... |
| Amet collects fines for more than RD$200 million The director of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) has collected for the government some RD$215 million in barely five months under the leadership of Major General Jose Anibal Sanz... |
| Horse Racing: Green Lightning can strike lucky at Thirsk It's fingers crossed for the weather in what is essentially their hurricane season but hopefully the only lightning will be Green Lightning in tomorrow's Hambleton Cup at Thirsk (2.55pm).A few... |
| OptiMedica's Laser Cataract Surgery System To Be Featured In Three Clinical Presentations At ESCRS 2010 cataract surgical system will be the subject of three presentations at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons annual meeting in Paris, September 4 - 8. The Catalys™ Precision... |
| Top Dominican anticorruption official paints a somber picture SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Government’s Anticorruption Department (DPCA) affirmed Thursday that the justice system isn’t able punish corrupt politicians, because in the last 10 years... |
| Pizza deliveryman is lured, robbed, killed Two men and a woman allegedly lured a pizza deliveryman into a dark, vacant Hyde Park house early yesterday, then robbed and fatally stabbed him before fleeing in his car — a brutal crime that... |
| Kings report: Notes, quotes Getting inside --C Hassan Whiteside, the Kings' second-round pick, has worked out religiously this summer as he crash-courses his way into the NBA as a shot-blocking talent with limited offensive... |
