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102 kilo cocaine bust of Colombian, Puerto Rican ring nets 5
SANTO DOMINGO. – The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) on Friday said it seized 102 kilos of cocaine and it arrested 5 individuals who form part of a drug trafficking ring based in the Capital and San Pedro (east), where they received the drugs from Columbia to then send it to the United States.
Dominican Today readers split on relevance of the new high courts
Santo Domingo.- Most Dominican Today readers are nearly evenly split on the relevance of the Constitutional and Electoral high courts, with some calling it another source of corruption, while an almost equal amount says they fill a void.
Armando Almanzar wins National Literature Prize
SANTO DOMINGO. - Writer and cinema critic Armando Almanzar is the winner of the National Literature Prize 2012, bestowed by the Corripio Foundation and the Culture Ministry.
Journalists head north in solidarity with beleaguered colleague (Update)
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Dominican Journalists Guild (CDP) will head a delegation of its members from the capital and other parts of the country which will travel to Nagua (northeast) today Thursday, to express their solidarity with radio reporter Johnny Alberto Salazar and attend the hearing where the six month prison sentence and one million peso fine will be read.
Mostly sunny skies, some widely scattered showers
SANTO DOMINGO. - The National Meteorology Office on Thursday forecast that the country's weather conditions continue under the effects of a high pressure system located in waters of the Atlantic.
Dominicans mark the birth of Founding Father Juan Pablo Duarte
Santo Domingo.- Today Thursday January 26 marks the 199th anniversary of the birth of the country's Founding Father, Juan Pablo Duarte, who conceived and impelled the cause of Dominican Republic, with his preachings on freedom and created two organizations which served as the ideological and conspirative platforms of independence.
The Cardinal calls same sex marriage supporters 'hustlers
Santo Domingo East.- Dominican Republic's only Cardinal today called those who approve of same sex marriage “hustlers, who consider that attitude as something normal.
Students run car over, kill two alleged gunmen
Santiago.- Several university students ran their car over and killed two alleged gunmen riding on a scooter in the northeast sector Thursday night, after being assaulted at gunpoint, the city's Police spokesman Lorenzo Morillo confirmed Friday.
Penn, Schoen & Berland poll finds contradictions
Santo Domingo.- While 63% of the people polled by Penn, Schoen & Berland say the country is not headed in the right direction, 52% are satisfied with the Government's efforts, a contradiction likely stemming from the current campaign leading to the May presidential elections.
Mild temperatures, sunny skies continue
Santo Domingo.- Temperatures will continue mild from the prevailing east-northeast wind which will also drag some cloudiness over the island, and widely scattered showers to the north, northeast and central regions.
Opposition party disconnect hobbles campaign
Santo Domingo.- The head of Dominican Republic's major opposition party (PRD) Thursday said its presidential candidate Hipólito MejÃa is entirely responsible for leading it to victory in May's elections.
Nature.com: Hispaniola shakes herald quakes
Santo Domingo.- Nature.com reports that the latest spate of quakes in Dominican Republic and the magnitude-7 quake that devastated Haiti in January 2010 may herald a prolonged period of heightened seismic activity, a study warns.
Senate mistakes Founding Father's dates, its President apologizes
SANTO DOMINGO. - A deluge of criticism in the news media and social networks was unleashed Thursday when the publication paid by the Senate confused the birth date of the Patriarch Juan Pablo Duarte with that of his death.
SANTO DOMINGO. – The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) on Friday said it seized 102 kilos of cocaine and it arrested 5 individuals who form part of a drug trafficking ring based in the Capital and San Pedro (east), where they received the drugs from Columbia to then send it to the United States.
Dominican Today readers split on relevance of the new high courts
Santo Domingo.- Most Dominican Today readers are nearly evenly split on the relevance of the Constitutional and Electoral high courts, with some calling it another source of corruption, while an almost equal amount says they fill a void.
SANTO DOMINGO. - Writer and cinema critic Armando Almanzar is the winner of the National Literature Prize 2012, bestowed by the Corripio Foundation and the Culture Ministry.
Journalists head north in solidarity with beleaguered colleague (Update)
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Dominican Journalists Guild (CDP) will head a delegation of its members from the capital and other parts of the country which will travel to Nagua (northeast) today Thursday, to express their solidarity with radio reporter Johnny Alberto Salazar and attend the hearing where the six month prison sentence and one million peso fine will be read.
Mostly sunny skies, some widely scattered showers
SANTO DOMINGO. - The National Meteorology Office on Thursday forecast that the country's weather conditions continue under the effects of a high pressure system located in waters of the Atlantic.
Dominicans mark the birth of Founding Father Juan Pablo Duarte
Santo Domingo.- Today Thursday January 26 marks the 199th anniversary of the birth of the country's Founding Father, Juan Pablo Duarte, who conceived and impelled the cause of Dominican Republic, with his preachings on freedom and created two organizations which served as the ideological and conspirative platforms of independence.
The Cardinal calls same sex marriage supporters 'hustlers
Santo Domingo East.- Dominican Republic's only Cardinal today called those who approve of same sex marriage “hustlers, who consider that attitude as something normal.
Students run car over, kill two alleged gunmen
Santiago.- Several university students ran their car over and killed two alleged gunmen riding on a scooter in the northeast sector Thursday night, after being assaulted at gunpoint, the city's Police spokesman Lorenzo Morillo confirmed Friday.
Santo Domingo.- While 63% of the people polled by Penn, Schoen & Berland say the country is not headed in the right direction, 52% are satisfied with the Government's efforts, a contradiction likely stemming from the current campaign leading to the May presidential elections.
Mild temperatures, sunny skies continue
Santo Domingo.- Temperatures will continue mild from the prevailing east-northeast wind which will also drag some cloudiness over the island, and widely scattered showers to the north, northeast and central regions.
Opposition party disconnect hobbles campaign
Santo Domingo.- The head of Dominican Republic's major opposition party (PRD) Thursday said its presidential candidate Hipólito MejÃa is entirely responsible for leading it to victory in May's elections.
Nature.com: Hispaniola shakes herald quakes
Santo Domingo.- Nature.com reports that the latest spate of quakes in Dominican Republic and the magnitude-7 quake that devastated Haiti in January 2010 may herald a prolonged period of heightened seismic activity, a study warns.
SANTO DOMINGO. - A deluge of criticism in the news media and social networks was unleashed Thursday when the publication paid by the Senate confused the birth date of the Patriarch Juan Pablo Duarte with that of his death.
