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Dominican Navy denies rescue of 97 boatpeople (Update)
SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Navy denied Tuesday morning that the 97 boatpeople who left from Miches Wednesday on a yola headed to Puerto Rico had been located near Saona Island.
Dominican deputies could pass Law to allow firing on suspect aircraft, boats
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Chamber of Deputies will debate for the eighth time the bill to create the Aerial and Marine Target Interception Law, that would allow firing on aircraft and boats suspected of carrying drugs.
Dominican delegation pays tribute to Vietnam's war dead
HO CHI MINH CITY. - The Dominican delegation on an official visit rendered tribute to the hundreds of thousands who died during Vietnam's wars with France and the United States.
Dominican police can't be asked to be 'saints on RD$5,000 monthly
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Presidency's adviser on drugs warned that the State must review the salaries of the military and police because it cannot request the “sanctity of thousands of its members who make RD$5,000 per month, and cannot undertake any type of valid effort against drug trafficking without their prior and extensive cleanup.
Dominican Interior and Police minister defends Haitians
Santo Domingo.– Haitians are more often the victims of violent crimes
Dominican Republic and UAE establish diplomatic ties
New York.– The UAE and the Dominican
Disarm all civilians, especially criminals, Dominican bishops say
SANTO DOMINGO.- Two senior bishops are in favor of disarming the civilians, especially the criminals and called on the authorities and society to join forces to confront the crime wave that affects the country.
Senior leader slams Dominican Republic's ruling party
SANTO DOMINGO.- For ruling PLD party senior leader Euclides Gutiérrez, if that organization doesn't fulfill its commitments with the nation it should dissolve.
Authorities strongly guard Bani killings 'mastermind
SANTO DOMINGO.- Former Dominican Navy lieutenant Edward Mayobanex Rodriguez Montero, would have been removed this Monday afternoon from the jail in the Armed Forces jail, said his father Ramon Rodriguez to the journalist Robert Vargas, just one day after the local media reported “an attempt to assassinate him in his very jail cell, by unidentified individuals posing as Police officers, to allegedly silence him on the case of the August 4 killings of seven Colombians in the community Paya, Banà (south).
Arrest of ex bankers in 2nd largest Dominican bank fraud imminent
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Sentencing judge Saulo Isabel Diaz issued an exit impediment against ex bank executives Manuel Arturo Pellerano and Juan Felipe Mendoza, who were sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of fraud in the US$900 million Bancrédito collapse.
Yola with 94 Dominicans feared sunken in Mona Pass
SAN FRANCISCO, Dominican Republic. - A yola headed to Puerto Rico with 94 boatpeople on board has sunk in the Mona Pass, said Monday morning the relatives of some of the undocumented travelers.
The U.S. wants Dominican Navy, other officers linked to Bani bloodbath
NEW YORK.- The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington is preparing the request to extradite the Dominican Navy and other military officers and several civilians implicated in the executions of seven Colombians in Paya, Banà (south), said a Dominican embassy source quoted by newspaper El Nuevodiario.
Thousands of extra cops on the streets for the holidays
SANTO DOMINGO.- The National Police begins Operation Safe Christmas today, aimed at protecting the population from holdups and assaults during the holiday festivities, said its spokesman colonel Nelson Rosario.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Navy denied Tuesday morning that the 97 boatpeople who left from Miches Wednesday on a yola headed to Puerto Rico had been located near Saona Island.
Dominican deputies could pass Law to allow firing on suspect aircraft, boats
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Chamber of Deputies will debate for the eighth time the bill to create the Aerial and Marine Target Interception Law, that would allow firing on aircraft and boats suspected of carrying drugs.
HO CHI MINH CITY. - The Dominican delegation on an official visit rendered tribute to the hundreds of thousands who died during Vietnam's wars with France and the United States.
Dominican police can't be asked to be 'saints on RD$5,000 monthly
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Presidency's adviser on drugs warned that the State must review the salaries of the military and police because it cannot request the “sanctity of thousands of its members who make RD$5,000 per month, and cannot undertake any type of valid effort against drug trafficking without their prior and extensive cleanup.
Dominican Interior and Police minister defends Haitians
Santo Domingo.– Haitians are more often the victims of violent crimes
Dominican Republic and UAE establish diplomatic ties
New York.– The UAE and the Dominican
Disarm all civilians, especially criminals, Dominican bishops say
SANTO DOMINGO.- Two senior bishops are in favor of disarming the civilians, especially the criminals and called on the authorities and society to join forces to confront the crime wave that affects the country.
Senior leader slams Dominican Republic's ruling party
SANTO DOMINGO.- For ruling PLD party senior leader Euclides Gutiérrez, if that organization doesn't fulfill its commitments with the nation it should dissolve.
SANTO DOMINGO.- Former Dominican Navy lieutenant Edward Mayobanex Rodriguez Montero, would have been removed this Monday afternoon from the jail in the Armed Forces jail, said his father Ramon Rodriguez to the journalist Robert Vargas, just one day after the local media reported “an attempt to assassinate him in his very jail cell, by unidentified individuals posing as Police officers, to allegedly silence him on the case of the August 4 killings of seven Colombians in the community Paya, Banà (south).
Arrest of ex bankers in 2nd largest Dominican bank fraud imminent
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Sentencing judge Saulo Isabel Diaz issued an exit impediment against ex bank executives Manuel Arturo Pellerano and Juan Felipe Mendoza, who were sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of fraud in the US$900 million Bancrédito collapse.
Yola with 94 Dominicans feared sunken in Mona Pass
SAN FRANCISCO, Dominican Republic. - A yola headed to Puerto Rico with 94 boatpeople on board has sunk in the Mona Pass, said Monday morning the relatives of some of the undocumented travelers.
The U.S. wants Dominican Navy, other officers linked to Bani bloodbath
NEW YORK.- The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington is preparing the request to extradite the Dominican Navy and other military officers and several civilians implicated in the executions of seven Colombians in Paya, Banà (south), said a Dominican embassy source quoted by newspaper El Nuevodiario.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The National Police begins Operation Safe Christmas today, aimed at protecting the population from holdups and assaults during the holiday festivities, said its spokesman colonel Nelson Rosario.
