Provides the latest RSS feeds for Dominican Republic News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Dominican Republic News.net http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/cat/c46827fffedda695/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 13:37:38 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:37:38 -0400 30 Three-time Olympic gold medallist and four-time World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will lead about three dozen Caribbean athletes in the Adidas Grand Prix here next week. The Grand Prix, the third meet of the glitzy, multi-million dollar Diamond League, will be held May 25 at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island here, reports CMC. It will feature dozens of international superstars, including ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214598979/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:02 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214598979/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- A Central Electoral Board (JCE) committee, led by its president Roberto Rosario Marquez, met yesterday with President Danilo Medina to talk about the financial and budgetary situation of the entity.After the meeting, Rosario Marquez said the encounter was requested by the JCE last week, and "answered promptly by President Medina, who received him and talked a lot."In ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214602551/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:37:43 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214602551/scat/c46827fffedda695 Flourishing turtle tourism is providing good livelihoods for people in formerly dead-end farming towns, with the Trinidad-based group Turtle Village Trust saying it brings in some $8.2 million annually. The inflow of visitors, both domestic and foreign, to Trinidad's northeast coast jumped from 6,500 in 2000 to over 60,000 in 2012. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214602460/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:08:46 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214602460/scat/c46827fffedda695 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -; Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601294/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:45:51 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601294/scat/c46827fffedda695 - Whether by accident or coincidence, recent days have seen a variety of Caribbean leaders and journalists question whether the region is failing to pursue leadership roles within international organisations – and thus losing its voice in global issues like trade, climate change, and peace and ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601297/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:36:59 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601297/scat/c46827fffedda695 La Romana, DR.- Casa de Campo, the 7,000-acre luxury resort on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, invites guests to enjoy the best of Dominican culture at Casa de Campo's first annual Spring Festival from May 23-26 at Altos de Chavon.The artist village was modeled after a 16th-century Mediterranean village, complete with an art gallery, an archeological museum with one of ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601440/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:34:09 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601440/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santiago, DR.- Luis Felipe Baba Suarez, 15, who was missing since Wednesday, was found by police in a hotel room in La Rotonda hotel in Santiago.The teen was located at 5 pm by officers from the Criminal Investigation Police, after receiving a call from the hotel staff.According to the employees, the teen had checked in Thursday afternoon and fed only with chips, juice and soda.Police commander ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601439/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:34:09 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214601439/scat/c46827fffedda695 LlamaRepublicaDominicana.com announces a promotion on top ups to Viva mobiles in Dominican Republic. Between May 16th - 23rd, a mixed bonus of free minutes and unlimited SMS applies to all mobile recharges to Viva Dominican ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214599068/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:12:32 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214599068/scat/c46827fffedda695 International tourist arrivals to the Caribbean region are projected to reach 30 million by the year 2030, according to the Tourism Towards 2030 forecast from the UN World Tourism Organization. The Caribbean received a total of 21 million tourist arrivals in 2012. That was announced this week at the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas, which is being held in San Jose, Costa ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214596255/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:45:38 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214596255/scat/c46827fffedda695 Buildings line the shore of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, Friday, May 17, 2013. Richard Branson, the adventuring CEO and founder of the Virgin Group of companies is co-hosting a two-day meeting at Necker Island, his home in the British Virgin Islands, where he has developed an ultra-exclusive eco-resort that showcases renewable energy technology, reintroduced flamingoes, imported ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214595559/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:21 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214595559/scat/c46827fffedda695 The top finance job at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is in new hands.The world’s second-largest cruise ship company announced Thursday that Brian Rice, who is retiring in spring of 2014, would no longer serve as chief financial officer, a job he has held since 2006. With 24 years at the company, Rice will remain vice chairman until he retires. In that role, he supervises finance, ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214593157/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:14 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214593157/scat/c46827fffedda695 CANNES, France.- Dominican Republic's flag waves high at its Cannes Film Festival pavilion, where it promotes the country as an international film destination and where contacts and ties with world-renown producers have been forged. Presidency Film commissioner Ellis Perez said the impact on many producers unaware of the country's tax breaks was good, as well as the locations and ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214590685/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:14 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214590685/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The labor unions on Friday proposed a salary increase of 17 percent for this year and revised to negotiate another hike in 2014, according to the inflation and the cost of basic staples. Jacobo Ramos, spokesperson of the labor unions grouped in the CNTD, said employers have offered three "ridiculous and unacceptable" salary increases of 8%, then 9%, and yesterday's ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214590684/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:14 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214590684/scat/c46827fffedda695 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The U.S. government has pledged $23 million to help improve security and fight drug trafficking and other crimes in the eastern Caribbean region. The narcotics affairs director of the U.S. Embassy in Barbados says the money will go toward the Regional Security System, a co-operative of police forces across the eastern Caribbean. Kurt van der Walde says the money will be ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214590686/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:02 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214590686/scat/c46827fffedda695 Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol told the Tribune on Friday that he has not been distracted by his ongoing legal issues stemming from an off-season accusation of domestic abuse by a woman in the Dominican Republic. "Not really. Like I said before, I didn't do anything," Marmol said. "I am not going to trust anybody, though." Marmol previously said he gave a girl a ride in ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214589586/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:56 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214589586/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- Navy Chief of staff Edwin Dominici on Thursday announced that the military branch will take participate in the naval exercise "Tradewinds 2013," to be held in St. Lucia from June 3. He said a Navy commission headed the sendoff at the Sans Souci Naval Base for the crew of the Coast Guard boat "Orion," which will represent the Dominican Navy in the exercise. ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214587907/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:10 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214587907/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government bestowed Thursday the Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Medal of Merit on U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre, for his effort to strengthen commercial, political and cultural cooperation between Santo Domingo and Washington . President Danilo Medina Decree No. 125-13 bestows the Dominican Government's highest honor on Yzaguirre, as head of the U.S. ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588091/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:10 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588091/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- For the 4th straight week the Industry and Commerce Ministry posted unchanged prices for all fuels from May 18 to 25, when premium gasoline will still cost RD$249.70 per gallon and regular will cost RD$229.70. Regular diesel remains at RD$205.70 per gallon and premium will cost RD$212.40; avtur will cost RD$155.80 per gallon, kerosene will cost RD$194.90; propane gas will ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588248/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:09 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588248/scat/c46827fffedda695 Sanchez, Dominican Republic.- Dozens of onlookers gathered at the shore in Snchez township, northeastern Saman province to observe a beached humpback whale, reportedly rescued by local fishermen. Twitter traffic was frenzied as the authorities were contacted to prevent the whale's death, by helping it to return to deeper water. According to a @ WilRafD tweet, local fishermen managed to ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588249/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:09 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588249/scat/c46827fffedda695 and intervening with the U.S. government to help Melgen's Florida clinic when it was charged with overbilling. Now the FBI is trying to figure out who plotted to bring down Menendez with the fake sex story in the first ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588250/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:37:06 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588250/scat/c46827fffedda695 FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 file photo Ching-Kuo Wu, of Taiwan, is congratulated by well-wishers after he was elected new president of the International Boxing Association in a election during the XVI AIBA Congres in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. C.K. Wu of Taiwan has notified IOC President Jacques Rogge, Friday May 17, 2013, he will be a candidate to succeed him as head of the ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588251/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:58 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214588251/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- Two Dominicans were arrested Thursday on charges of selling cocaine hidden in pizza slices of the chain Papa John's, delivered to the ??homes of addicts who ordered them. In a statement, the Special Anti Narcotics Prosecutor said Ramon Rodriguez and Jonathan Martinez were arrested in an undercover investigation launched in 2011. It said Rodriguez was caught red-handed ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214586830/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:30 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214586830/scat/c46827fffedda695 MYRTLE BEACH - A 40-year-old Myrtle Beach man told police he sent $2,300 to the Dominican Republic as part of a scam that tricks people into thinking their grandchild is jailed there, according to a police report.The victim told officers on Thursday afternoon that he received a call from a woman, who claimed to be a lawyer in the Dominican Republic, police said.The victim said the woman told him ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214586831/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:17:18 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214586831/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo. - The Customs Agency on Friday accused Canadian citizen Christopher Peter Jetter with smuggling 295,000 euros into the country at Punta Cana International Airport, and was charged in the La Altagracia Province Office of the Prosecutor. Customs spokesperson Abinader Fortunato said the confiscation was the result of a joint operation by Customs, military and Airport Security ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214585003/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:10:31 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214585003/scat/c46827fffedda695 Barcelona.- Thirteen Dominicans, five Spaniards and four Colombians have been arrested for trafficking cocaine in Barcelona, where 4.5 kilos of the drug were also seized, authorities said. Most of the cocaine was hidden inside containers full of cosmetics, according to the source quoted by local ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214585501/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:09:52 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214585501/scat/c46827fffedda695 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Uncommon Caribbean, an innovative travel and lifestyle website updated daily with fresh, original content showcasing the best of the West Indies, has designated May 20-26 @GoDomRep Week! Throughout the weeklong celebration, all Uncommon Caribbean content will highlight experiential travel adventures, cuisine, libations, music and attractions travelers can ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214584965/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:39 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214584965/scat/c46827fffedda695 A Council Rock graduate teaching elementary students in the Dominican Republic was killed Tuesday in a car accident that injured three other people in a town about 90 minutes north of the nation's ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214583534/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:41:19 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214583534/scat/c46827fffedda695 SD. The special commission from the Chamber of Deputies which is charged with investigating the problems that have arisen between members of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) will meet next Monday at 10:00 in the morning with eh Plenary of the Board.The chairman of this commission, Henry Meran, said that after this visit to the JCE headquarters, they would hold separate meeting with each of the ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214582071/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:36:12 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214582071/scat/c46827fffedda695 SD. Soon the Government will issue a decree so that all housing that is sold at prices under RD$2.0 million will be exempt from the payment of the Tax on the Transfer of Industrialized Goods and Services (ITBIS).The measure will be temporary until October when it is expected that the regulations for Law 189-11 on Developing the Mortgage and Trust Market will go into effect.This issue was talked ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214582073/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:36:11 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214582073/scat/c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) declared a green alert for four provinces in the country due to the rains that are falling on them as a result of a low pressure trough.The provinces on alert are Monsignor Nouel, San Pedro de Macoris, Hato Mayor and El Seibo. For the residents in high-risk areas of these provinces, such as those living close to rivers and streams, the COE ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214582072/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:36:11 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214582072/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The Government has decided to violate Santo Domingo's zoning law by allowing the construction of a pedestrian walk over the seaside boulevard El Malecon, to the point of having deployed Dominican Army soldiers to prevent National District City Council from demolishing the columns of the structure. The unprecedented measure is the first signal from president Danilo ... http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214580775/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:22:41 -0400 http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/index.php/sid/214580775/scat/c46827fffedda695