A trough, located over the forecast area of the Dominican Republic, is causing heavy showers and thunderstorms affecting much of the country, reported the National Meteorological Office (Onamet). According to the weather report at 1:00 this afternoon, there will be points where further increase in rainfall during the afternoon and evening hours are the Northwest, […]
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The National Drug Control (DNCD) dismantled a clandestine printing and occupied about three million counterfeit dollars in a country house located in San Juan Mata community, near the Airport The La Isabela, in the north of this capital. The DNCD chief, Major General Rolando Rosado, revealed that a staff led by two colonels and a […]
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San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. – Downloads several Venezuelans involved in a stash of cocaine, insufficient evidence to confirm or reduce the penalty imposed 30 years against foreigners by a court of Higuey. Those favored by the ruling are appointed Kene Mendez, Gustavo Arnaiz, Franklin Antonio Navy and Barbara Susan, all arrested on December […]
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The Dominican authorities have been detected in the north of their territory Mexican drug cartel cells of Sinaloa, the ambassador said Wednesday during a congressional hearing Caribbean United States. Ambassador Anibal de Castro said when he appeared before the Senate committee for the international control of drugs, a Mexican named Luis Fernando Castillo Bertolucci confessed […]
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Cabarete .- After 4:00 pm the day, a tourist couple of Russian nationality, while enjoying the warm waters of the Atlantic in the vicinity of the upper part of Playa El Encuentro, could not control the waves drowned one dying person of male gender, while female gender companion could save your life. Previously unknown personal […]
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic .- Hundreds of people of Haitian descent living in the country and ensure born in the country reported today that the Dominican authorities denied citizenship to apply retroactively, an immigration measure against him. In a massive concentration in the vicinity of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) in the Dominican capital, […]
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The femicides increased dramatically in the Dominican Republic so far this year, and registered outweigh the intimate deaths in 2010 and unfortunately violent follow the pattern 2011 is expected to reach a figure record. According to statistics from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) in just eight months about 157 women were victims of […]
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Puerto Plata. Agents assigned to the Criminal Investigations Associate Director of the National Police in the North American doshuéspedes arrested yesterday allegedly stormed the hotel that Lifestayle, the resort of Cofresi, in this province, last Monday night.Those arrested were identified as Marc Andrew Laing, 23, and Blandon Davis, 22, who took several weeks staying in […]
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The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo confirmed in a brief statement, which received a bomb threat by telephone. “As is routine in these cases, the Dominican National Police was notified and immediately increased patrols around the embassy and the consulate as a precaution.” Read Article ———————————————— Open Source Intelligence Tool for Latin America ———————————————— […]
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He died mid-morning on Wednesday a man who was held at the Central Hospital of the Armed Forces after emergency surgery to extract several bags of cocaine brought into the stomach of Venezuela, some of which could not drive and therefore had surrendered to the authorities. The National Drug Control (DNCD), the agency confirmed the […]
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Two Canadian tourists drowned last night in the Atlantic Ocean, on the beach in the tourist district of the town of Sosua, east of the northern province of Puerto Plata, police said Wednesday. The victims were identified as Nicholas Carlucci, 63 years old, and Joseph Valentino, 64, who lived temporarily as tourists in the hotel […]
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Dominicans have partially complied with 24 hours general strike and civil social organizations called for Monday to reject the economic policies adopted by the government of Leonel Fernandez and to demand higher wages in the public sector and private sector. The so-called “national strike” has been organized by the Alternative Social Forum and the Broad […]
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Residents Tireo Borough are on alert to the emergence of at least four suspected cases of cholera. A girl of 7 years, residing in section Suriel, died Thursday allegedly because of cholera, according to family members reported, even though doctors say it was because of lung problems. Read Article
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MAYOR .- HERD grouped Cattlemen Cattlemen’s Association and Cooperative Livestock and deputies Christopher Castillo Liriano (PRD) and Jose Alberto Vasquez (PLD), called the head of the National Police, the immediate transfer of the number of police in Hato Mayor, with the increase in robberies and murders of cattle in cattle farms and churches in this […]
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Kraft Foods is launching its successful Cocoa Partnership to the Dominican Republic in a five-year commitment with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Working together, the Cocoa Partnership and USAID hope to increase the yield and quality of Dominican cocoa, while improving farmer livelihoods and communities. The program will reach 10,000 small-scale cocoa […]
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An outbreak of diarrhea, which has forced entry into the last week to at least 20 people in different health centers, has broken out in the alley’s 40, Villas Agricultural sector of the capital, which is attributed by neighbors place to misuse of drinking water. Patients, a three-day income and other hydrated for several hours […]
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On 16 October 2010, the agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Darryl Galaway reported to the National Drug Control (DNCD) in the country operated an “international drug trafficking, with branches in Colombia Aruba and the United States, which used a boat identified as Tomahawk. ” Galaway established routes used by drug dealers to distribute […]
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The Dominican authorities apparently looking for another accomplice of his compatriot Jose Dominic, known as José Celular, in the kidnapping and murder of five young Chinese, whose bodies were exhumed this morning in the crowded section of the Chollera. Furthermore, according to reports from sources close to the investigation, it is assumed that there is […]
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The consul of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Dominican Republic, Jose Luis Rangel, reported yesterday that the Venezuelan consul in Port-au-Prince was the victim of a robbery in the country on Monday night.Rangel confirmed to Diario Libre that Marcos Villegas was assaulted on the Sanchez Highway in the area near Yaguate in the […]
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Police officers, assigned the Department of Immigration Control and Research deTrata and Trafficking in Persons, arrested a 21 year old female identified as a member of a gang dedicated to defraud unsuspecting people with false promises of trips to the United States, the which was seized 21 passports to name as many people as well […]
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Colombia announced the destruction of 10 clandestine airstrips Colombian police on Saturday presented to the press 23 of the detainees, some of them pilots of aircraft. At least ten were clandestine airstrips used by Colombian drug organization Daniel “Loco” Barrera for sending drugs to the U.S. will be destroyed in Colombia and Venezuela, Colombian police […]
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Wheelchair, bicycle frame, gas tanks in vehicles, stomach, private parts, CPU, air compressors, dissolved in rum, disposable diapers, rubber sandals, furniture, jars, souvenirs, pillars, roof and container bays , hem pants and lined books are among the dozens of tactics used by traffickers to bring drugs into the country and enter. Read Article
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At least 7,000 displaced people and dozens of isolated left until Tuesday morning, Hurricane Irene in the Dominican Republic, where it continues its path with winds of 160 km / h, told AFP an official at the Operations Center (EOC). “It is still raining a lot. So far we have displaced more than 7,000 people […]
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Dominican TV reporter José Agustín Silvestre was killed yesterday, according to local reports, bringing this year’s death toll on journalists in Latin America to 20. Silvestre’s sister told local news outlet El Siglio 21 that he was beaten and kidnapped outside his house in La Romana by four men, who fired shots as they took […]
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•The Dominican Republic is on high alert for the Tropical Storm Emily, which is to pass through the island of Hispaniola early tomorrow morning. •According to prensa-latina.cu, hundreds of people have begun to vacate the areas of high alert. •The Dominican Armed Forces have initiated plan Relámpago (plan Lightning) to protect ports and airports. •Emily […]
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Dominican journalist Jose Silverio was found dead in La Romana, Dominican Republic after his family reported him missing reported La Estrella. Authorities located his body near the Soco river with a shot wound in the stomach. Silverio was known for his reports of suspected links of public prosecutors and drug trafficking on a local radio […]
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According to ElComercio.pe Peruvian National Police raided a club in Lima on Saturday July 9th, finding 62 women being sexually exploited as prostitutes after being lured to Peru via the Internet. Police report the majority of women were from Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, while a group of them were from the Peruvian jungle. The […]
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A North American tourist, later identified as Larry Keith Zimmerman, was found dead in his hotel room in the tourist area of Boca Chica according to Dominicanshoy.com. Zimmerman was last seen Monday the 18th, until employees found him in his room two days later. An investigation has launched to determine whether the incident was a […]
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Dominican authorities reported on Thursday were returned to their families the bodies of the pair of Hialeah brutally murdered in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. Novoa Milagros Caridad and her husband, Augustine Novoa, were shot in the chest and abdomen at the hands of two men who entered his summer home in the tourist area […]
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•26 narcotics traffickers in the services of Henry de Jesús López Londoño alias Mi Sangre have been captured. •The captures were part of Operación Tormenta (Operation Storm) which the Colombian Police performed with the DEA. •According to El Tiempo, one of the traffickers, Sanmartín Giraldo, was responsible for transporting cocaine in commercial airplanes from such […]
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The national electricity system in the Dominican Republic has suffered in the past few days due to bouts of heavy rain, according to hoy.com.do. Parts of Santo Domingo and other inland communities experienced blackouts yesterday as a reported 40 circuits and electrical lines were damaged. Electrical companies in the south (Edesur) and East (Edeeste) have […]
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According to LaRepublica.pe Maximo Villoslada Angulo, a retired coronel from the police forces of Peru and the Dominican Republic was arrested on drug and illegal arms charges in Santo Domingo, D.R with another Dominican citizen. Angulo was living on the D.R Air Force Base. Police say after a vehicle search, where military exclusive weapons and […]
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Tourism continues to consolidate in the Dominican economy, registering in the first quarter its strongest growth for the past three years to reach the sum of 1,634,776 visitors via the air. Read Article
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Canadian left to die in Dominican Republic Hospital Faced with the choice between a comfy bed and a hearty meal after spending more than seven weeks in a Dominican hospital, Max Ronayne opts for blueberry pancakes. Wasaga Beach resident Megan Ratnam obliges, taking him out for a midnight breakfast in Toronto while waiting for his […]
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Tourist dies after taking stimulant and having sex with prostitute Police reported that a 67 year old German tourist has died according to police. Unofficial reports stated he died after ingesting Viagra, taking a stimulant drink, and having sex with a 20 year old prostitute. The victim was identified as Ernest Homyer who was staying […]
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tice Department arrested another person tied to the Cibao Cartel, an international network recently dismantled and whose main members exported more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine over the last 11 months from the Dominican Republic to the United States. Read Article
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Former lieutenant Elias Enmanuel Núñez accused his supervisors of protecting drug dealers and stealing dope. He was fired, threatened with death, and officially logged as one of the 5,000 crooked police officers, soldiers or anti-narcotics agents sacked in the past three years, the United States newspaper Miami Herald reported. Read ArticleR
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A 53-year-old Canadian man sought by Interpol on pedophilia charges has been arrested at the Gregorio Luperon International Airport, in Puerto Plata, 215 kilometers from Santo Domingo. According to a press release, Gerald Genest will be turned over to Canadian authorities. Read Article
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75 year old American,Simon David Boozer, drowned on a swim to Isla Catalina. His wife informed authorities that the he had been suffering from heart problems. He was a guest at the Hotel Albatros. Authorities believed he may have suffered a hear attack and an autopsy is being performed. Read Article
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Miches, Dominican Republic – What started as a singular effort by a team from Columbia University to establish measures to conserve natural assets in the zone of Miches, today gathers force with representatives from local, national and international technical institutions, and experts with a long track record in development and conservation. Read Article
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The U.S. denounced today deaths and tortures at the hands of the police forces, and the terrible conditions persist in Dominican Republic’s prisons in 2010. In its annual report on the world’s human rights situation, the State Department affirmed that people trafficking, violence against women, discrimination against minorities and little enforcement of the labor laws […]
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The Justice Ministry and the National Registrar of Titles busted a network in the real estate jurisdiction of Higuey (east), which allegedly swindled several people and companies out of more than RD$1.0 billion, elcaribe.com.do reports. The arrests come after years of complaints by locals and foreigner of scams in the millions in the Higuey jurisdiction, […]
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The state intelligence agencies track the investments you have the Russian mafia in the region east of the country and other tourist attractions in order to place them due to subsequent confiscation. Diario Libre is reporting that the presence of bosses is an especially Russians in the east where they have brought high-profile scandals, including […]
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The Director of Immigration, Jose Ricardo Taveras, said that institution in coordination with state security agencies investigating the existence in the Dominican Republic for an alleged Russian mafia. Read Article
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A Canadian tourist died after a fight outside a nightclub at a beach resort in the Dominican Republic and police said Sunday that four other Canadians and an Algerian are accused of taking part in the brawl. Read Article
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Police authorities in the last hours deepen investigations into the death of a German citizen, whose body was found stabbed on Wednesday at the International Airport General Gregorio Luperon “in this jurisdiction. Erich Zipfel, 45, was found near the counter of the Dutch airline Martinair, the terminal located in the community of La Union (crabs), […]
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Dominican Republic police are investigating the death of German touritst, Erich Erich Zipfel, age 45. He was found dead with mutliple knife wounds in a vacant area of the Puerto Plato airport. El Nacional.com.do
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The number of cholera cases has jumped to 111 in Venezuela as more people tested positive after attending a wedding with contaminated food in the Dominican Republic, the country’s health minister said Friday.The patients were all receiving treatment, and 27 were hospitalized, Health Minister Eugenia Sader told the Caracas-based television network Telesur. Read Article
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