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Dominican Republic Obtains $130 Million in Loans to Upgrade Toll Roads & Tourist Loaded Highways
February 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved its largest single no-sovereign guaranteed transaction in the Dominican Republic with a $130 million senior secured loan for Dominicana de Vías Concesionadas, C. por A. to finance the rehabilitation, construction, operation and maintenance of a network of connecting toll roads, known as Viadom. continue reading »
Four Earthquakes Rattle Dominican Republic this Month, Including One This Morning
January 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
There have been four earthquakes rattling the Dominican Republic this month, including one this morning occurring at approximately 10:30 a.m. and measuring 4.5. continue reading »
Dominican Selling Fake Visas Calls in 13 Bomb Threats to U.S. Embassy to Cover Up Fraud
January 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Dominican, Maria Velez de Alli is accused of making 13 false bomb threats to the American consulate in the Dominican Republican to cover visa fraud activities. continue reading »
Dominican Reports 5-Year, $500 Million Investment to Combat Cholera is Paying Off
January 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Following up on a government announcement that US$500 million would be spent to rid the country of cholera in the next five years, Listin Diario reports that during a visit made to specialized cholera centers early this week there were practically no patients. continue reading »
Dominican Republic Repatriates 1st Group Deported from U.S. in 2012, 132 Ex-Convicts
January 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Dominican Republic repatriated the first group of Dominican citizen’s deported from the U.S. – 132 criminals. This first group arrived yesterday at Las Americas Airport on a special plane chartered by Immigration and Naturalization Service. continue reading »
Lawyer Recognizes His Client During Armed Robbery Proceeds to Shoot him Dead
January 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A lawyer in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic apparently shot three robbers, one of which was his client. continue reading »
Mario Vargas Llosa Honored in Dominican Republican, Praises Country’s ‘Hold’ on Democracy
January 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa said on Wednesday, December 28, 2010 upon receiving an honorary degree from UNSPEC, that the Dominican Republic has become an example for Latin America continue reading »
Mirabel Sisters Killed by Dictator Trujillo Remembered Today on International Day of Non-Violence
November 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Today the world commemorates International Day of Non-Violence against Women, and the Dominican Republic remembers the three Mirabal sisters who were murdered by dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's henchmen on this day in 1960. continue reading »
Center for Disease Control Issues Outbreak Notice for Cholera in the Dominican Republic
November 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) an outbreak of cholera has been ongoing in the Dominican Republic since November 2010. continue reading »
Banks in Dominican Republic Now Required to Report on Americans’ Bank Accounts
November 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latin America Business News
Starting on July 1, 2013, banking entities in the Dominican Republic will be asked to report on accounts held by United States citizens in the Dominican Republic. continue reading »
Dominican Banks Now Required to Report on American’s Bank Accounts
November 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Starting on July 1, 2013, banking entities in the Dominican Republic will be asked to report on accounts held by United States citizens in the Dominican Republic. continue reading »
U.S. and Dominican Republic Agree to Share Forfeited Assets from $80 Million Fraud Case
November 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Attorney General Eric Holder joined today with Dominican Prosecutor General Radhamés Jiménez Peña in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to announce continue reading »
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in Dominican Republic
November 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Attorney General of the United States is visiting the Dominican Republic this Monday. Eric Holder will meet with President Leonel Fernandez at his office in the Presidential Palace. continue reading »
Illegal Immigration to Puerto Rico from Dominican Republic Down
November 9, 2011 | by DR1 | Latino Daily News
So far in 2011, the Puerto Rican authorities have detained 932 undocumented people trying to get into Puerto Rico. Not all were citizens of the Dominican Republic continue reading »
Dominican Students Stage Their Own #Occupy to Demand Quality Education
November 7, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of 25 young people calling themselves Los Libertarios occupied the Liceo Republica de Argentina on Calle las Mercedes in the Colonial Zone on Sunday evening continue reading »
Dominican Republic to Bestow Actor Danny Glover with Honorary PhD for His International Work
November 2, 2011 | by DR1 | Latino Daily News
US actor and producer Danny Glover, one of the stars invited to the Global Dominican Film Festival which will be held in Santo Domingo from November 15 until 20 continue reading »
Male Model and Surfer Arrested in Dominican Republic for Selling ‘Cigar-Sized’ Joints
November 1, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Dominican Republic authorities are reporting that Richard Michael Spelman, a California surf instructor and male model can be detained for a year without bail, while prosecutors prepare a drug trafficking case against him. continue reading »
Dominican Republic: One in Ten Murders Committed by Police, Accused of Brutality
October 26, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than one in ten of all murders in the Dominican Republic, a popular Caribbean tourist destination, are committed by the police, Amnesty International said in a new report today. continue reading »
Luxury Private Plane Stolen and Flown out of Dominican Republic Prompting TSA Investigation
October 26, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) and state security bodies are investigating the theft of a private plane from La Isabela International Airport in northern Santo Domingo. continue reading »
Bill Gates Foundation Produces Telenovela to Help Economically Empower Women in Central America
October 23, 2011 | by DR 1 | Latino Daily News
The Bill Gates Foundation and Women's World Banking (WWB), a non-profit microfinance organization that works globally to economically empower poor women and their families, are behind a new soap opera that will air in the Dominican Republic on October 24. continue reading »
