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Latest News| “The kook gets loose” after hitting Dominican Lottery's "jackpot"
- SANTO DOMINGO. – In a Government version of the “kook is loose,” the recently-designated head of the Dominican Lottery began his tenure by requring a letter from all employees to prove they belong to the ruling PLD party, if they want to keep their jobs.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:11:00 GMT
| | Authorities reject a U.S. proposal to house Dominican inmates
- SANTO DOMINGO.- The Government rejected a United States proposal to allow Dominicans who’ve been convicted of drug trafficking and other crimes there to serve their sentences in the Dominican jails and vice versa, despite having similar agreements with Spain and Canada, among others.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:51:00 GMT
| | More than 20 Dominicans subpoenaed in biggest drug case
- SANTO DOMINGO.- United States federal prosecutors have subpoenaed more than 20 Dominicans to testify in the trial to begin September 2 in Manhattan’s South District Federal Court against Quirino Paulino, charged with trafficking 1,387 kilos of cocaine, the biggest drug bust in the country’s history.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:11:00 GMT
| | Dalai Lama cancels Dominican Republic trip
- Santo Domingo.- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama cancelled his trip to Mexico and the Dominican Republic after suffering from exhaustion and will undergo medical examines, his office said Wednesday. "His Sanctity Dalai Lama has undergone certain malaise in the last few days."
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:20:00 GMT
| | The U.S. donates money to restore a Dominican Cathedral altar
- SANTO DOMINGO.- The United States Embassy donated 1.4 million pesos for the restoration of the Santo Domingo Cathedral’s altar, as part of a fund for cultural preservation.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:19:00 GMT
| | Designation scandals weaken Dominican president’s leadership
- SANTO DOMINGO.- "I was ripped off," said a minority party leader in the National Palace last night, in the latest scandal affecting president Leonel Fernandez’s designations, which led the TV producer Cesar Medina a close supporter of the Head of State, to question his leadership.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:19:00 GMT
| | Dominican military chiefs coordinate actions agaisnt foreseeable threats
- SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic’s senior security and national defense commanders yesterday agreed to coordinate and start new methods to confront the foreseeable threats against the country, especially drug trafficking.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:27:00 GMT
| | Gustav leaves 8 Dominicans dead, thousands displaced
- SANTO DOMINGO.- Eight people died when their homes was buried under a landslide in Santo Domingo province and more than 5,000 people had been evacuated yesterday as Hurricane Gustav’s downpours from them from their dwellings, most of them from Pedernales province (southwest), where the category one storm raked past the coast.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:48:00 GMT
| | Dominican Olympic medalists get a hero’s’ welcome
- SANTO DOMINGO. - Triumphant, but sportingly humble, the Olympic heroes Felix Diaz, gold medal winner in boxing and Gabriel Mercedes, silver medal in taekwondo in the Peking Games, arrived in Dominican Republic Tuesday afternoon, and received by a throng that defied the nasty weather left by Hurricane Gustav.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:28:00 GMT
| | No fatalities in Dominican Republic from Gustav so far
- SANTO DOMINGO. - The Emergency Operations Center (COE) in its last bulletin said Hurricane Gustav so far hasn’t caused fatalities in the country, whereas 871 homes have been flooded, and 4,360 people have been displaced, 1,888 of which are in 15 shelters.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:43:00 GMT
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