Dominican Republic News on War, Hurricanes, Earthquakes & Natural Disasters

The National District Sentencing Judge this morning issued a warrant for the arrest of Bancrédito bank’s former president and vice-president, sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud against the collapsed entiy’s depositors, whose conviction was upheld by the Supreme...

Santo Domingo.– Five people, including a mother and her daughter from the United States, were killed and two others injured Sunday in a multi-vehicle accident on the highway betwen Azua and Bani in the southern Dominican Republic, the press reported....

Santo Domingo .- Six universities in the country undertook to promote, encourage and strengthen the ecosystem of entrepreneurship through the creation of centers for venture university, as part of a cooperation agreement with the National Competitiveness Council and the Higher...

The Emergency Operations Center (COE) warned small craft in the areas of the Atlantic Coast, Samaná Bay and the Mona Channel to remain in port, due to higher-than-normal surges. COE’s alert coincides with the National Meteorology Office bulletin predicting marine...

One of the defense lawyers for the ex main executives of the bank Bancrédito called “judicial populism,” the guilty sentence against his clients Arturo Pellerano and Juan Felipe Mendoza, sent to spend 8 years in prison in the US$900 million...

Jesus Sanchez was a desperate man who killed former roommate Fernando Bayesteros in 2007 because he needed money, Ada County prosecutors told a jury Wednesday. “Desperate men do desperate things,” Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Jonathan Medema told the jury during...

The Environment Ministry yesterday handed out RD$6.5 million to 119 families who were evicted from the Los Haitises National Park, after that protected area’s creation in 1992. It’s the second delivery this year and adheres to a mandate of a...