 Customs warns metal exporters must prove source |
| Customs director Rafael Camilo affirmed Sunday that the ban on copper exports continues, as a measure to halt the theft of telephone cables and power lines, as well as any metallic materials whose origin cannot be justified based on official requirements........ |
| Read more | 10 May 2011 |
| Dominican Government to keep poor people ignorant and at the bottom of society, Update 2 |
Dominican Republic is among the worst countries in Latin American and Caribbean when it comes to spending money on education. This is a well planed strategic by President Leonel which ensures, that only the rich families keeps prospering and can share the country's resources between them. By not giving access to education the only chance of a bright future with money is to be corrupt........ Update 2 - U.S. Embassador gives his comments on the education system as DR students got the worst results in math, reading and science among 16 Latin American countries and second worst among 67 countries in the International Student Evaluation Program!
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| Read more | 26 May 2011 |
| More Dominicans traffic drugs to Europe, Europol says |
| Increasing participation in cocaine trafficking by criminals from the Dominican Republic. “The role of Dominican intermediaries would be leading to an increase in the violence between drug mafias which try to illicitly deal cocaine in Europe.”........ |
| Read more | 05 May 2011 |
| Delegation of Dominican students tours cut short after money for DC trip is stolen |
| 12 high school students traveling as the Dominican Republic Juvenile Parliament planned to visit Washington, D.C., to address the Organization of American States when they flew into JFK Airport on April 21. “But their trip was blown off course when they discovered that the Dominican Government official who had arranged their visas had allegedly pocketed the US$2,000 (around RD$60,000) that each student paid for hotels and meals.”......... |
| Read more | 05 May 2011 |
| Corruption is Dominican Republic’s major hurdle to development |
| Dominican Republic ranks 117 among 139 countries in competitiveness, according to the Global Competitiveness Index (GPI) 2010-11, examined by World Economic Forum, which calls the high degree of corruption...... |
| Read more | 05 May 2011 |
| Beware of title-forging lawyers, Cadastre chief warns |
| Rings of lawyers who forge property titles operate in all of the Dominican Republic, scamming people, companies and even the Government, National Cadastre director Bolivar Marte affirmed yesterday....... |
| Read more | 05 May 2011 |
| 5 percent of criminal aliens in US prisons are Dominican |
| The U.S. government is spending more than $1.5 billion each year to jail illegal immigrants throughout the country, according to a new report by the investigative arm of Congress...... |
| Read more | 04 May 2011 |
| Mayor William Lantigua in trouble over helping criminals, Update 2 - Illegal activities |
| Mayor William Lantigua of Lawrence wrote “to whom it may concern’’ on mayoral stationery, calling a criminal “a hard-working individual with a strong set of values and high ethical standards.’’ In another case, shortly after his inauguration, Lantigua wrote a letter on behalf of a second criminal. Lantigua himself is facing state and federal investigations into possible corruption and other potential wrongdoing at City Hall........ |
| Read more | 29 Jun 2011 |
| Black In Latin America: Dominicans Are "In Denial" Of Their Color |
| They were called "whites of the land" and Santo Domingo, being the oldest Spanish colony in the Americas, held onto its "most Spanish" reputation, despite the fact that most everyone on the island was anything but European....... "Between the 17th & 19th centuries more than 11-million Africans were taken to Latin America as slaves — 25-times the number sent to the United States.".....!! |
| Read more | 22 Apr 2011 |
| 66 Dominican fishermen fined for illegal fishing in Bahamian waters, AGAIN! |
| First group were found in possession of 40 pounds of undersized crawfish, 41 pounds of undersized grouper, 740 pounds of parrot fish and 606 pounds of crawfish tails......, Second group were found in possession of 30 pounds of undersized crawfish, 30 pounds of undersized grouper, six spear guns, nine air compressors, 642 pounds of assorted scale fish, 528 pounds of crawfish tails and 730 pounds of whole crawfish...... |
| Read more | 22 Apr 2011 |
| Dominican police and soldiers are increasingly getting in the drug trade(Update) |
More than 5,000 Dominican police officers and soldiers have been fired in the past three years over widespread corruption, including widespread drug trafficking...... |
| Read more | 04 May 2011 |
| Ex-Wife of the "Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean" Surrenders Herself to Police |
| Public prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso said five Spanish agents escorted Leavy Nin Batista, 33, from Madrid to the Las Americas International Airport in the Dominican capital late Saturday......., So now when all the small fish are in prison, where is the list of Dominican generals and TOP government officials protecting this drug network for 10 years? |
| Read more | 19 Apr 2011 |
| Big Sugar: Sweet, White And Deadly |
| Big Sugar explores the evil history and modern power of the world's reigning sugar cartels and how present-day consumers are slaves to a sugar-based diet. Appalling working conditions on plantations in the Dominican Republic, where Haitian cane cutters live like slaves. Workers who live on Central Romano, a Fanjul-owned plantation, go hungry while working 12-hour days to earn $2 (US)....... |
| Read more | 18 Apr 2011 |
| US officials help investigate possible new drug cartel in Dominican Republic |
| Agency spokesman Ramon Rodriguez described the group as extremely dangerous and said they work with cartels in Mexico and Colombia. The Caribbean nation is a popular location to ship drugs to North America and Europe........ |
| Read more | 16 Apr 2011 |
| Fanjuls cash in while U.S. taxpayers foot $1.8 billion bill for destruction of the Everglades |
| The Fanjuls own 40 percent of Florida’s sugar industry. Put another way, the industry that is almost entirely responsible for both the historical destruction of the Everglades and continual pollution of the ecosystem thanks to fertilizer runoff is footing less than 20 percent of the bill to clean up the mess....... |
| Read more | 22 Apr 2011 |
| Gang turf war in Boca Chica leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt |
| The Police struggled to control the streets as many families fled to other places seeking protection from the gunfire during the clashes. Some Police agents are also blamed for some crimes including murders, armed robbery, and sexual offenses, among others...... |
| Read more | 14 Apr 2011 |
| Washington’s “corrupt” label could cost Dominicans US$200M |
| Violation of human rights, killings and torture by police, subhuman prison conditions, a marked increase in people trafficking, violence against women, discrimination against minorities and a little enforcement of labor laws, stresses "instances in which security forces acted independently of civil control" last year, the list just goes on and on and on........ |
| Read more | 14 Apr 2011 |
| U.S. Statewide Heroin Distribution Network Dismantled in “Operation Black Widow” |
| According to the grand jury, the primary supplier for this drug distribution network was Warner Mieses-Guzman, also known as “Picua” or “Picu,” a citizen of the Dominican Republic illegally residing in the United States...... |
| Read more | 11 Apr 2011 |
| U.S. Repatriates 69 Criminal Immigration Violators to Dominican Republic |
| The flight included individuals who had been convicted of homicide, attempted murder, felony drug trafficking and possession, sexual assault, aggravated assault, weapons and stolen property possession, fraud, grand theft, armed robbery, illegal re-entry after deportation, resisting arrest and burglary....... |
| Read more | 10 Apr 2011 |
| Increase in malaria deaths concern Dominican health authorities |
| After reporting six deaths due to malaria this year, Dominican health authorities launched an education campaign to fight the spread of the disease......USAtoday, Challenges of Tourism in the Dominican Republic.......
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| Read more | 25 May 2011 |
| Dominican Fugitive Wanted in Brutal Robbery Returned To Rockland From Dominican Republic |
| Jose A. Martinez, 24, is part of a group of four men who the Rockland County District Attorney's Office says followed a man and his wife to their home and attacked them...... |
| Read more | 09 Apr 2011 |
| Vegetable exporters again warned on excessive pesticides |
If the excessive use of pesticides on crops in the country’s Oriental vegetable exports isn’t solved, Dominican Republic risks losing the European market, warned the European Union’s ACP Policies Adviser for the fruit and vegetable sector. Highly toxic pesticides used in the Dominican Republic..!!.....
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| Read more | 09 Apr 2011 |
