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Santo Domingo.- For 58% of Dominicans the economy is on the right path, whereas 41 percent consider it going in the wrong direction, according to poll by Penn, Shoen & Berland disclosed Tuesday....

Santo Domingo.- The National Weather Office (ONAMET) forecasts continuing scattered showers with thunderstorms for all regions starting noon Tuesday until early evening hours....

Santo Domingo.- U.S. ambassador James Brewster and his husband Bob Satawake attended a reception for a group of Americans of Dominican descent named in various posts in the Obama Administration, hosted by Dominican ambassador in Washington, Anibal de Castro. ...

Santo Domingo.- National Police Chief Manuel Castro on Tuesday admitted that there’s a large number of agents who get paid even without doing any work....

BARAHONA, Dominican Republic (ARMY.MIL).- U.S. Army South marked the official start of Beyond the Horizon-Dominican Republic 2014, during a ceremony in here May 6, where U.S. military engineers and medical professionals arrived to conduct real-world training, while providing needed services to communities throughout the country....

Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Tuesday expressed condolences to family members, executives and local and foreign employees of Mexican cement-maker, CEMEX, for the death of its president and CEO, Lorenzo Zambrano, at 70. ...

Santo Domingo.- "The female population knows that we have data on married men who have sex with other men in secret, often for pay and it’s regrettable, since this leads to transmitting the disease HIV-AIDS to their wives."...

Santo Domingo.- Former president Leonel Fernández would be the best bet for Dominican Republic’s ruling party (PLD) to retain the Presidency in the 2016 election against any candidate fielded by the opposition party (PRD), says the Penn, Shoen & Berland survey disclosed Monday....

Santiago.- Santiago archbishop Ramón Benito de la Rosa y Carpio on Monday warned Dominican legislators to expect more pressure from powerful nations to approve a same-sex marriage law, as part of their plans to dominate culture....

Santo Domingo.- Pensions superintendent (Sipen) Joaquín Gerónimo on Monday said the pension fund has topped RD$261.4 billion (US$607.9 million), or 10.3 percent of GDP....

Santo Domingo.- National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso’s allegation that Instruction Court judge Margarita Cristo received US$2.0 million from a convicted drug trafficker has not only unleashed the biggest judicial scandal in recent history, but has also managed to drive a wedge between attorneys and magistrates....

Santo Domingo.- Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez on Sunday said he’s concerned with the rise in contract murders, noting that killing people for pay has never been this country’s tradition. "I deeply regret this and I’m ashamed as a Dominican that this is happening. Killing for pay? That had never been seen here."...

Santo Domingo.- Properties worth hundreds of millions of dollars seized from drug kingpins José Figueroa Agosto and Quirino Paulino will be auctioned 10am Thursday at the Justice Ministry, including 9 luxury condos worth more than RD$120 million located in upscale sectors of the capital. ...

Santo Domingo.- Economist Bernardo Vega on Monday announced the release of the latest survey by pollster Penn Schoen, Berland, on Dominican Republic’s political panorama....

Santo Domingo.- The Civic Movement Citizens against Corruption on Monday filed a complaint against judge Margarita Cristo, for alleged disciplinary misconduct in the hearing where of preliminary investigation in the money laundering and embezzlement case against former Public Works minister Víctor Díaz Rúa....

Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) seized 330 bricks of cocaine at the port of Haina Oriental, Santo Domingo....

Santo Domingo.- The uproar over the charges and counter charges pitting National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso against Instruction judge Margarita Cristo during last Friday’s hearing could subside if several sectors succeed in their efforts to quell the scandal....

Santo Domingo.- The watchdog organization Dominican Anti-Corruption Alliance (ADOCCO) affirmed Monday that former El Salvador president Francisco Flores, a fugitive charged with embezzlement in his country, might be hiding in Dominican Republic’s eastern region....

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican-Venezuelan mining company Company (DOVEMCO), which exports bauxite from Pedernales (southwest) on 11:30am Tuesday will face questions by a Senate panel on alleged lack of security, investment and use of Cabo Rojo Port, leased to the cement plant Cementos Andinos Dominicanos, of Colombian capital....

Santo Domingo.– Medical groups and experts from the Health Ministry are working together to develop a management plan against the chikungunya epidemic that has spread to several parts of the country. The Rominican Republic's Society of Internal Medicine president Fausto Hiraldo Zabala said guidance will allow a more effective approach in cases of the virus. He noted that febrile patients may also be...