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 Haiti Sun.com http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/cat/c46827fffedda695/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:05 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:05 -0400 30 Santo Domingo. - Opposition deputy Esther Minyety on Friday said she submitted the bill to create the "red light district" to the lower Chamber, because the originally proposed legislation had expired. The PRD party legislator said she's confident the bill aimed at establishing norms for streets near historical places where women offer sexual services will pass. She said the ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214744084/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:12:24 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214744084/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo. - The country will host the 10th International Mango Symposium from June 6 to 9 in Bavaro, Punta Cana (east), where representatives from 30 countries already confirmed attendance. The event is expected to draw international attention to Dominican Republic's mango production, with exports to US$7.5 million, with Europe as the main destination. Agriculture minister Luis Ramon ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214742474/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:58 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214742474/scat/c46827fffedda695 Epy Guerrero , the famed MLB scout in the Dominican Republic who is credited with dozens of high-profile signings, has died. He was 71. Guerrero began his career with the Houston Astros, where he famously signed Cesar Cedeno out of his home country. "He was a good friend and great scout, great ambassador for baseball and a great evaluator of talent," Smith said. "He and Pat ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214742749/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:49:07 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214742749/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo. - A U.S.-based business group on Friday announced it will buy all farm and livestock products from the projects financed by the Special Agricultural Development Fund (FEDA), to sell in that country's markets. During a meeting headed by Feda director Antonio Lopez and leaders of associations and cooperatives, the business group also announced they'll establish a trade ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214740757/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:42:54 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214740757/scat/c46827fffedda695 Last week, Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, wrote to the leaders of all of the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies*. The letter formed a part of the UK Government's attempt to have the leaders of all G8 nations - the grouping that brings together the world's wealthiest countries - agree a concrete action plan to tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214739357/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:31 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214739357/scat/c46827fffedda695 Nearly 6 million people die every year via cancer, heart disease, lung disease and other chronic, long-term health conditions associated with smoking. Over the course of the 21st century, tobacco use could kill up to a billion people unless urgent action is taken. "Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. The global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214739135/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:31 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214739135/scat/c46827fffedda695 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Epy Guerrero, a pioneer of Dominican baseball and the most influential scout in Blue Jays history, died yesterday morning in the Dominican Republic at the age of ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214739461/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:39:51 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214739461/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo. The National District (DN) and another nine provinces are on a green alert because of the possibility of flash flooding, overflowing rivers and streams as well as landslides, because of the heavy recent rains.The provinces that are on alert are Monsignor Nouel, San Pedro de Macors, Monte Plata, San Cristbal, especially Villa Altagracia; Snchez Ramrez, Azua, Santo Domingo, San Jos ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737779/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:04 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737779/scat/c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. More than a hundred Dominicans are being sought "like needles" by the International Police to face charges for rape, money laundering, traffic violations, bank fraud, homicides and other crimes. On the list are Rafael Andrs Montero Montero and Williams de la Cruz accused of homicide, Adan Francisco Daz Abreu, for violating the laws on checks, Ramn R. Rosario for cocaine ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737778/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:04 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737778/scat/c46827fffedda695 SD. The Senate of the Republic sent the legislative proposal for the Organic Law of the National Police to a joint commission. The proposal had been returned to Congress last Wednesday by the Executive Branch.The joint commission is chaired by the senator from Santiago, Julio Cesar Valentin, from the Permanent Commission on the Interior and the Police and Public Safety. The deputy chair will be ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737781/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:03 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737781/scat/c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. The Ministry of Public Health instructed the directors of the public hospitals to watch out for cases of an influenza-type grippe that come into these facilities due to the reappearance of the AH1N1 influenza strain that affected six person last month, including the confirmed death of a pregnant woman, according to the epidemiological bulletin number 19.Likewise, Freddy Hidalgo ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737780/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:03 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214737780/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- In the heels of the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) report that Xstrata Nickel Falcondo's plan to mine Loma Miranda isn't feasible, civil society groups were quick to demand its designation as a National Park. The report against the planned mine marks the third major victory for the country's environmental movement, after the ban on development of ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214736942/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:09 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214736942/scat/c46827fffedda695 "Dominican Republic Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. This report provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and restraints of investing and operating in the market. It provides insights and forecasts of refinery capacities (CDU, coking, FCC, HCC) ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214736268/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:02:41 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214736268/scat/c46827fffedda695 Royal Caribbean International plans to base a third ship at Port Canaveral Explorer of the Seas for the winter of 2014-201 Royal Caribbean International plans to base a third ship at Port Canaveral Explorer of the Seas for the winter of 2014-2015, Florida Today reports. The ship has been sailing for the last eight years from Cape Liberty Port in Bayonne, N.J. Once based at Port Canaveral, ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214736101/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:53:38 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214736101/scat/c46827fffedda695 4 de mayo de 2013, 00:01 Santo Domingo, May 24 (Prensa Latina) National Black Light Theatre Prague will perform again in Dominican Republic next June 8, with the show Aspects of Alicia, reported local media. The play, to be exhibited at National Theater Eduardo Brito, is a version of Alice in Wonderland, the legendary creation of Lewis Carroll. Under the direction of Czech Pavel Marek, the public ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214733633/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:08 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214733633/scat/c46827fffedda695 Glencore Xstrata Plc (GLEN) at a mine in the Dominican Republic is incomplete and ferronickel exploration at the site should be reconsidered. Glencore's environmental study at the Falcondo Lomo Miranda mine failed to consider the social and environmental impact of extraction at the mine, UNDP said in ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214732792/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:03:59 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214732792/scat/c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic : Dominican authorities have arrested four men from Sri Lanka accused of smuggling at least 60 migrants from India and the Middle East into the U.S. and Canada using fake ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214732289/scat/c46827fffedda695 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:11:08 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214732289/scat/c46827fffedda695 Simpson Bay, St. Maarten - Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) became the first Caribbean airport to receive the International Transport Award given by the Global Trade Leaders' Club (GTLC) since the award was established 15 years ago. It was also the only airport to receive the award this year out of a total of 15 awardees. Receiving the award on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Madrid, ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214730172/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:34:07 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214730172/scat/c46827fffedda695 The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast Thursday for an active or extremely active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, in its hurricane season outlook, forecast a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) -- of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214728871/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:43 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214728871/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- While buying ice cream at a store outgoing U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre didn't notice that several 1,000 peso bills had fallen out of his pocket, when a Dominican waiting in the line picked up the money and handed it to him, without realizing who benefited from his good will. Yzaguirre, who said it was just one of many gestures etched in his memory as ambassador of the ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723298/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:16 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723298/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The Executive Branch on Wednesday backtracked and maintained the Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) under its control, after initially transferring it to the Justice Ministry, in the draft for the National Police Statutory Law. In a statement, Presidency chief of staff Gustavo Montalvo said that instead of a president in the DNCD, its central director would be from the Police ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723297/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:16 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723297/scat/c46827fffedda695 New York.- Several Dominicans arrested and charged in Berks County Pennsylvania, moved, according to prosecutors, hundreds of thousands of dollars each week dealing heroin, cocaine and marijuana in various villages and towns. The authorities said the organization was headed by Michael Vazquez (Rambo) who investigators accuse of recruiting and planning crimes with other suspects. In a statement, ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723299/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:16 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723299/scat/c46827fffedda695 New York.- The Association of Dominican Classical Artists (ADCA) will honor Dominican composer, percussionist, and educator Dante Cucurullo in a tribute concert celebrating his extraordinary contributions to the development of contemporary Dominican music. The concert, which is co-sponsored by The City College of New York and City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, will take place Friday, May 24, ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214722915/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:16 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214722915/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) maintains seven provinces under alert after Wednesday afternoon's downpours from a tropical wave now south of Haiti. The vast area precipitation has drenched most of the country while forecasts call for more rain during the next few days. COE director Juan Mendez said flash flood warnings continue for the Monseor Noel, San Pedro, Monte ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723300/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:16 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723300/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- 20 of the country's 32 senators on Wednesday said they'll defend the national interest and asked President Danilo Medina to preserve the mountain Loma Miranda, as heritage of the Dominican people. "Regardless of any decision regarding Loma Miranda from the report by the United Nations Development Program, we as citizens and senators represent the feelings and ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723302/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:16 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723302/scat/c46827fffedda695 Miami.-The Dominican Republic is among Latin America's fastest growing trade partners of China and South Korea, according to an analysis by online publication Latinvex based on figures from the International Monetary Fund and the Korean government. Dominican Republic exports to China last year grew 40.8 percent to $411 million. That was the fifth-highest increase in Latin America. Total ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723113/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723113/scat/c46827fffedda695 Lobster poachers will make our native species lobsters extinct in a very short time, if nothing is done about this.Off season illegal fishing is the norm, and the divers even capture pregnant lobsters with thousands of eggs, with no respect to continuation or propagation of the species.DR fishing boats are caught repeatedly by authorities in Grand Turk island, and their cargo impounded and boats ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723301/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723301/scat/c46827fffedda695 College Park, Md.- The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and other tropical storm-prone areas had better get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast Thursday, AP reports. NOAA said there'll be 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. It ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723114/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723114/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) on Thursday rejected the planned mine at Loma Miranda (central) by the Canadian company Xstrata Nickel Falcondo. "The deficiency in the environmental impact study concludes that the project doesn't meet the country's environmental and social requirements," said UNDP local representative Velerie Julliand. The ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723115/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214723115/scat/c46827fffedda695 International scout Epifanio "Epy" Guerrero, who signed Cesar Cedeno for the Astros out of the Dominican Republic in 1967, has died. He was 71. A native of the Dominican Republic, Guerrero began his scouting career with the Astros as a part-time scout. He followed his good friend Pat Gillick from Houston to New York and eventually Toronto. He is believed to have signed more amateur ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214720125/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:26:27 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214720125/scat/c46827fffedda695 From Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico, the hike will be $980 per 20-foot container and $1,400 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718386/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:24:14 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718386/scat/c46827fffedda695 LAST month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest a string of charges, some stemming from alleged use of his government credit card in American casinos. His next date with the judge is in June. But in a general election on May 22nd voters delivered their own verdict: with most votes counted, it seemed they had re-elected Mr Bush to the West Bay seat ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718387/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:46 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718387/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The National District Office of the Prosecutor on Thursday requested an extension of the deadline to file evidence and motions in the Bahia de las Aguilas land fraud case. The trial against former Dominican Agrarian Institute director and main suspect, Jaime Rodriguez Guzman is slated to start June 6. His wife and his brother are also accused of defrauding the State out of ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718567/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:35 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718567/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- Gun business leader Eulalio Peralta on Thursday denied an alleged RD$28.0 million fraud stemming from an Accounts Chamber audit on weapons the Armed Forces Ministry bought from his company. "Such strange news published by Acento.com and picked up by newspaper Hoy creates suspicion because on November 23, 2010, around three years ago, these weapons were delivered to the ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718566/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:35 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214718566/scat/c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) declared a green alert for seven provinces due to the rains falling over recent hours. The rains were caused by the effects of a tropical wave located to the Southeast of Haiti and a low pressure trough located over the Windward Passage.The provinces under alert are Santo Domingo, Monsignor Nouel, San Pedro de Macoris, Monte Plata, San ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715435/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:54:09 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715435/scat/c46827fffedda695 SD. The cemeteries of the country suffer from the deterioration of their infrastructures, insecurity, lack of lighting, an abundance of weeds, the presence of refuse and garbage, a lack of vigilance, streets in poor condition and other problems.This was the opinion of the Foundation for the Rescue and Cleanup of the Country's Cemeteries, an entity that hopes to help the city councils in the ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715436/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:54:09 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715436/scat/c46827fffedda695 SD. The government revealed yesterday the modifications introduced to the Organic Law of the National Police (PN) where they excluded the National Directorate for Drug Control as an agency assigned to the Attorney General.Paragraph 1 of article 23 which instructed the President to choose the director general of the PN from a list of the first five generals on the promotion list was ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715434/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:54:08 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715434/scat/c46827fffedda695 SANTO DOMINGO. When they have in their hands the check for December of this year, the political parties will have receives the tidy sum of RD$8,260,288,466.17 (eight billion, two hundred and sixty million two hundred and eighty eight thousand, four hundred and sixty six pesos with seventeen cents) from the contributions from the state since 1998.In 16 years, the political parties have received a ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715437/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:54:07 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214715437/scat/c46827fffedda695 Santo Domingo.- The National Investigations Department (DNI) arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti. DNI chief operating officer Fidel Paulino identified the Sri Lankan- Canadian Karunanithy Nallathamby as the group's leader, arrested in ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214713917/scat/c46827fffedda695 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:39 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214713917/scat/c46827fffedda695