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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Dominican Republic News.Net http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/ en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:10:25 -0400 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:10:25 -0400 30 Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has expressed his happiness over the rescue of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other people held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgents and decried hostage-taking as unjustifiable. http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/story/378653 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:00:12 -0400 Dominican Republic News.Net http://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/story/378653 Santo Domingo.– The measures taken by the Dominican Central Bank have made doing business more expensive, said Manuel Diez Cabral, president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republi... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15985596&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:30:27 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15985596&cat=c46827fffedda695 New York.– The nominees for the 2008 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards, which will take place on July 20 and be hosted by Justin Timberlake, have been released. Skipping all the pleasan... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15985597&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:30:26 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15985597&cat=c46827fffedda695 At the recent metal workers' union congress in Havana little seemed to have changed since Fidel Castro, former Cuban president, became ill almost two years ago, temporarily handing power to his brothe... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15984857&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:25:53 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15984857&cat=c46827fffedda695 New South Wales, Australia.- 27 Greenpeace activists are taking non-violent direct action to stop climate-changing coal from being burnt at Eraring, Australia's most polluting coal-fired power plant. ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15984082&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:37:15 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15984082&cat=c46827fffedda695 July 5, 2008 When Americans think of '50s Cuba, they tend to picture Che Guevara with beard and cap, Fidel Castro ranting in tattered fatigues -- and maybe the romantic early days of the members of... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15983240&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:36:07 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15983240&cat=c46827fffedda695 A reader's curiosity about where that oil ends up - and who profits from its sale - inspired one of three questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to rea... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15981319&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:09:23 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15981319&cat=c46827fffedda695 The European Union has dropped diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, defying the US and ending the 'cocktail wars' with the communist island.The move is a victory for Spain, which overrode reservations f... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15981437&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:20:54 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15981437&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The civic movement Citizen Participation (PC) Wednesday demanded that the legislators decline a wage increase in the Chamber of Deputies, due to Dominican Republic's current social and... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15980986&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:26:53 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15980986&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. - Senate session to decide the fate of four Accounts Chamber members accused of committing irregularities in their functions began at 11:45 a.m., as Senator Ramón de la Rosa requested ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15980987&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:26:52 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15980987&cat=c46827fffedda695 Skipper Ricky Ponting will make an early exit from Australia's tour of the Caribbean on Friday after being ruled out of the last two One-day Internationals against West Indies with a wrist injury.&quo... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15979384&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:25:56 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15979384&cat=c46827fffedda695 Jamaica will start selling ethanol-blended fuel by the end of the year to reduce its dependence on oil.Energy Minister Clive Mullings says petrol mixed with 10% ethanol will be sold in petrol stations... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15979479&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:16:08 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15979479&cat=c46827fffedda695 Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez said Friday that the Cuban government is willing to negotiate with the United States on equal footing without compromising its principles. Perez made the remarks du... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15978661&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:18:24 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15978661&cat=c46827fffedda695 MANILA, Philippines -- The United Nations has recently awarded peacekeeping medals to Filipino troops and police officers serving in Haiti in recognition of the "dedication and spirit of sacrifice the... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15978662&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:08:07 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15978662&cat=c46827fffedda695 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it is stepping up efforts to assist Haiti, where the rise in food prices has compounded the suffering of millions and led to deadly riots earli... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15977235&cat=c46827fffedda695 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:17:28 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15977235&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- The Senate impeachment proceedings against the Accounts Chamber's (CC) members began to crumble with three more resignations, leaving only one of the original nine judges, whom a senat... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975925&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:41 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975925&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo .- Dominican Republic's progress in international connectivity got a boost with a new submarine cable between Puerto Plata and Jamaica, approved by the Dominican Telecommunications Insti... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15976670&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:41 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15976670&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santos Domingo.- Accounts Chamber (CC) judge Jose Gregorio today said a 'gossip mill' prevented it from working and led to its fall from grace, during the Senate's impeachment proceedings against the ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15976671&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:42 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15976671&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. - The Government and passenger and freight transport unions yesterday agreed on more than 20 compensation measures to reduce their operational costs, including a new subsidy on diesel a... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975529&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:39 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975529&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- Industry and Commerce minister Melanio Paredes yesterday proposed that the Gasoline Retailers Association (Anadegas) create a legal and technical commission to review for 15 days the l... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975528&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:40 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975528&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- As part of a business tour of Spain, Italy and Switzerland, Tourism minister Felix Jimenez met with major tour operators and media executives, to strengthen contacts and present the Do... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975527&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:41 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15975527&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- The Electoral Board (JCE) said it busted a "dangerous ring" which operated in several Peravia province (south) municipalities, which supplanted and forged birth certificates and identi... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15976674&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:02:38 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15976674&cat=c46827fffedda695 DominicanToday.com - The Dominican Republic News Source in English Dr. Jacinto Mañón #7, Piso 2, Ensanche Paraíso Tel. (809) 412-2830 / (809) 616-2801 Fax. (809) 616-2334 http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15969468&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:46:30 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15969468&cat=c46827fffedda695 NEW YORK. - Several New York-based international organizations yesterday picketed in front of the Dominican consulate, to protest the alleged mistreatment of Haitian immigrants who live and work in th... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15969469&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:46:28 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15969469&cat=c46827fffedda695 Cable & Wireless Jamaica has chosen a Swedish technology giant as its long-term strategic business partner to upgrade and expand its network. Ericsson's Systems Integration, the Stockholm... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15960687&cat=c46827fffedda695 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:41 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15960687&cat=c46827fffedda695 At least 16 Cuban dissidents have been released after police arrested them earlier in sweep targeting government opponents across the communist island, opposition sources said."At least 16 of around 2... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15958220&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:09:14 -0400 SBS http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15958220&cat=c46827fffedda695 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Police say they rescued 181 dogs, cats and birds from a farm in southern Puerto Rico where they were found sick and undernourished in dirty cages. Ponce police officer... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957996&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:06:22 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957996&cat=c46827fffedda695 JUBA, Sudan - They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cuba's Isla de la ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952663&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:59:36 -0400 The Jordan Times http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952663&cat=c46827fffedda695 With John McCain in Mexico Thursday and Barack Obama polling off the charts in Canada, the Caribbean is also weighing in on the U.S. presidential election, as a slew of Obama-inspired calypso songs ar... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952535&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:51 -0400 Politico http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952535&cat=c46827fffedda695 kevin@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana is not viewing US forensic help as the only means of solving the murders of the eight miners at Lindo Creek in the Berbice River, whose charred re... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952536&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:48:37 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952536&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thanks to America's "imperialist" determination to see a project (Peligre Hydroelectric Dam) completed and combined with Duvalier's infrastructure initiatives, you have a success story that ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952851&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:48:36 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952851&cat=c46827fffedda695 New York.– David Ortiz will be in New York for the All-Star Game, but he won't be playing in the game thanks to his injured wrist. Ortiz has been sidelined since the final week of May, having inju... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15955399&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:51 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15955399&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Doming .- Dominican actress Michel Rodriguez will hold her first press conference with Dominican media today, in Santo Domingo's Hard Rock Cafe. In the gathering, Rodriguez will provide detai... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15955401&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:55 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15955401&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Government congratulated the Colombian authorities Wednesday, for the rescue of the Colombian-French citizen Ingrid Betancourt, in an operation in which 14 other hostages... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957129&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:55 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957129&cat=c46827fffedda695 HAVANA (AP) — A spokesman for the U.S. mission here on Thursday denied Cuba's charge that American diplomats were instigating opposition protests linked to American independence day. http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952853&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:18:25 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952853&cat=c46827fffedda695 OTTAWA, - Everton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce the start of a 6000-metre diamond drill program in the Dominican Republic. This 40 to 50 hole drill program will test multiple gold and polymeta... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15954527&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:54 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15954527&cat=c46827fffedda695 Everlast Worldwide has announced an agreement to become the official equipment and apparel supplier of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rican National Boxing Associations as they head to the Olympic ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952592&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:22 -0400 Max Boxing http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952592&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. – Seventy percent of Dominican Republic's land is becoming a desert and more than 90 percent of that is in the Southwest, where the zone's poverty spurs deforestation, said Environmen... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957130&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:57 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957130&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- The United Nations UNESCO will designate Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra Artist of Peace in the coming days, said an ficial source. UNESCO directorKoichiro Matsuura besto... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957127&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:54 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957127&cat=c46827fffedda695 Madrid.– The World's Most Beautiful Flag Contest, an unofficial competition created by a user on 20minutos.es, has received hundreds of thousands of votes since it began in the beginning of June. ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15955400&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:52 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15955400&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) yesterday raided the exchange business Los Angeles in the heart of the Capital, and arrested three other people in connection with the bust of ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957128&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:53 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15957128&cat=c46827fffedda695 Latin American stocks fell Thursday, led by a more than 3% drop in Chilean stocks after a jump in consumer prices strengthened the prospect that the central bank will raise its key interest rate. http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952467&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:26:48 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15952467&cat=c46827fffedda695 Havana - Cuba has detained four more dissidents, according to human rights officials on Thursday. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National REconciliation reported that four men were seized e... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15951099&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:51:43 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15951099&cat=c46827fffedda695 U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain is in Mexico to hold talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. McCain arrived in Mexico City late Wednesday from Colombia, hours after Colombian ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15946903&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:13:34 -0400 VOA http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15946903&cat=c46827fffedda695 The First International Marketing Teleconference to be hosted from Jamaica will begin on July 15, 2008. It will address the 7 biggest challenges that can stymie business growth and show entrepreneurs ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15940098&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:27:56 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15940098&cat=c46827fffedda695 Michael Clarke has revealed Australia's intention to send a message to world cricket with a 5-0 series sweep of the West Indies.Already assured of a series victory after three convincing wins, Austral... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937326&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:15:13 -0400 SBS http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937326&cat=c46827fffedda695 The police with the assistance of their Cuban counterparts have captured another man on their list of most wanted men. Christopher Thomas alias ‘Charlie Wap' was nabbed by the Cuban pol... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937473&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:11:11 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937473&cat=c46827fffedda695 HAVANA (AP) — Cuba on Wednesday accused U.S. diplomats of instigating opponents of the communist-run government to hold public protests to mark American Independence Day. "There has been an es... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937453&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:08:43 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937453&cat=c46827fffedda695 Court documents did not identify the child, but a spokeswoman with the N.C. Medical Examiners Office in Chapel Hill said his name was Nigel Brown. The cause of death on the autopsy report was "child b... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937454&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:07:40 -0400 News & Observer http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15937454&cat=c46827fffedda695 Latin American countries congratulated Colombia on Wednesday for its military rescue of 15 hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),reports reaching here said. Brazilian Pres... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15934813&cat=c46827fffedda695 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:24:28 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15934813&cat=c46827fffedda695 Brazilian and Mexican stocks slid to their lowest levels in more than three months Wednesday, pressured by a triple-digit decline on Wall Street that left its key equity index in bear-market territo... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15934865&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:57:24 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15934865&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo .- The Dominican Pediatricians grouped in the CDPN analyzed during two days the advances of this medical area in the country and the world, during the First Day of Pediatric Pneumology, ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15934178&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:14:23 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15934178&cat=c46827fffedda695 Cuba has accused U.S. diplomats in Havana of encouraging dissenters to organize demonstrations to mark July 4, which is Independence Day in the United States.Havana's Foreign Ministry published a s... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15929002&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:45:51 -0400 VOA http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15929002&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo. - Banks superintendent Rafael Camilo yesterday said the monetary authorities will not vary the financial system's prudential norms and told those who complain of its rigor that that is ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15925928&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:51 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15925928&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican State-owned power companies grouped in CDEEE yesterday announced a plan to mitigate the rise in fuel prices, whch includes focusing the subsidy for the poorer population ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15925929&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:49 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15925929&cat=c46827fffedda695 Posted on: Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 12:00 CDT Cable & Wireless Jamaica has chosen Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as its long-term strategic business partner to upgrade and expand its network. Under the t... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15924394&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:38 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15924394&cat=c46827fffedda695 Kingston.– A Brazilian renewable energy company expects to buy the struggling Sugar Company of Jamaica to boost its ethanol production, according to Jamaica's agricultural minister. Minister Chri... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15925930&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:49 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15925930&cat=c46827fffedda695 Houses in the Rose Hall Estates development cluster on the hillside behind the historic Rose Hall great house; bordering the community is the Ritz Carlton's White Witch Golf Course. Restaurants a... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15924441&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:26:47 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15924441&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. – Just hours before an impeachment proceeding against the Accounts Chamber's (CC) 6 remaining judges was to begin today, Freddy Almonte Brito and Luis Yepez Suncar tendered their resi... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15928008&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:50 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15928008&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO.- Supreme Court president Jorge Subero said the many fugitives from Justice in the streets is a serious situation, "because we cannot have so many people who don't appear to respond befo... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15928009&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:49 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15928009&cat=c46827fffedda695 BERN, Switzerland – Millions of dollars frozen in Swiss bank accounts will be given to the government of Haiti if the family of former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier cannot... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15921392&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:22 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15921392&cat=c46827fffedda695 Federal court documents filed Wednesday show that Maxine Edmond Pardo was arrested over the weekend by Haitian officers in the town of Petionville. He is a native of Haiti who became a U.S. citizen in... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15921422&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:38:52 -0400 NBC 17 http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15921422&cat=c46827fffedda695 VIENNA, Austria (AFP): All eyes will be on Cuba during the Olympic boxing tournament in Beijing in August to see how the island nation has recovered from a spate of defections. Boxing is a national sp... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15917141&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:12:06 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15917141&cat=c46827fffedda695 SIMONE FACEY was the only mild surprise in Jamaica's 51-member track-and-field squad named by the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) yesterday for the Olympic Games in Beijing next month.Face... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15917370&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:46:17 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15917370&cat=c46827fffedda695 Cuban former leader Fidel Castro sent a message to the national baseball players who are training in the Netherlands for the Olympic Games in Beijing, the national press said on Tuesday. "To the ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15913675&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:16:23 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15913675&cat=c46827fffedda695 KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A U.S. Christian group said Tuesday it will find a new location for its goodwill trips to Jamaica after 39 young missionaries were robbed at gunpoint in the crime-prone... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15911485&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:56:01 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15911485&cat=c46827fffedda695 Latin American leaders on Tuesday voiced their "deep rejection" of the immigration policy adopted recently by the European Union (EU). Presidents of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur)... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15908373&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:35:56 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15908373&cat=c46827fffedda695 Haitian Vice President of the Senate Andris Riche Tuesday urged fellow deputies to take a decision on the designation of Michele Pierre-Louis as prime minister, who was nominated by President Rene Pre... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15908618&cat=c46827fffedda695 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:35:45 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15908618&cat=c46827fffedda695 CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — John McCain portrayed free trade Tuesday as a win-win proposition for the U.S. and its Latin American economic partners, but labor leaders said it's been a big loser ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15906468&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:26:31 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15906468&cat=c46827fffedda695 New York.– The New York tabloids have awakened from their Alex Rodriguez/Madonna hook-up snooze and are now in full-on attack mode against the Yankees' third baseman and the singer. The tabs are... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15904436&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31:23 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15904436&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.– The government of Taiwan will provide the Dominican Republic with medical equipment for the Azua Regional Hospital. According to Taiwanese Ambassador Isaac Tsai, the investments ... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15904435&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31:22 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15904435&cat=c46827fffedda695 The BMO stadium in Toronto has been confirmed as the venue where Jamaica's national senior footballers will kick of their 2010 World Cup qualifying semi-final round against host Canada on August... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15902265&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:46:55 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15902265&cat=c46827fffedda695 A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new Florida law that would have imposed a stiff bond and other restrictions on travel agencies and charter companies booking trips to Cuba. http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15899561&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:21 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15899561&cat=c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. – The Border Security Corp (Cesfront) has barely 500 of the 2,000 troop needed to safeguard the Dominican-Haiti border, so to speak of control in that region is an illusion, said a mi... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15898543&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:38:53 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15898543&cat=c46827fffedda695 Posted on: Tuesday, 1 July 2008, 09:00 CDT Stanford University's School of Education and Innovations for Learning, a Chicago-based nonprofit, have entered into a social entrepreneurship collaboration... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15893907&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:39:04 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15893907&cat=c46827fffedda695 Madrid.– Thousands of Dominicans living and working in Spain could be affected by the immigration policy currently being considered by some European countries. According to the Dominican consul in... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15896901&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:38:51 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15896901&cat=c46827fffedda695 Gathering herself over time, the young student worked her way through Hunter College, graduating with a minor in black and Puerto Rican studies and a major in psychology. "I studied psychology be... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15894273&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:27:26 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15894273&cat=c46827fffedda695 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA -- More than half of Cuba's agricultural land is idle or underutilized, prompting a series of government reforms intended to dramatically boost farm production, governme... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15884555&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:51:37 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15884555&cat=c46827fffedda695 A Jamaican youth activist in New York has filed a slavery genocide lawsuit in State Court in Brooklyn, demanding compensation for Barclays Bank's alleged role in enslaving his Jamaican ancestors... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15884589&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:27:43 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15884589&cat=c46827fffedda695 There is still no official word yet as to who the members of the Air Jamaica board will be. Last Wednesday members of the present board were asked by the Minister with portfolio responsibility fo... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15884557&cat=c46827fffedda695 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:27:41 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15884557&cat=c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) director Jose Rafael Vargas delivered equipment and uniforms to Moca firefighters, for a value of RD$100,000.The initiative is part of a RD$300,0... http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15883658&cat=c46827fffedda695 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:36:37 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.dominicanrepublicnews.net/?rid=15883658&cat=c46827fffedda695