September 2, 2022 The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare and Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents offloaded 330 pounds (150kgs) of seized cocaine last week in San Juan, Puerto…
Category: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican Republic Struggles to Curb Rampant Sex Trafficking
August 12, 2022 The dismantling of a large transnational human trafficking network in the Dominican Republic has revealed how dozens of women from Colombia and Venezuela continue to be lured…
Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in office
June 7, 2022 The Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources — the son of a former president — was shot to death in his office by a…
BPL expands options for patients in the Dominican Republic with marketing authorization for Coagadex®
May 31, 2022 Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), a leading manufacturer of plasma-derived protein therapies, based in Elstree, UK, announced today the issuance of a marketing authorization for Coagadex® in the Dominican Republic.…
Dominican Republic to Support Digitalization of Artworks from the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA)
May 20, 2022 The Dominican Republic will donate digital photography equipment to the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) of the Organization of American States (OAS) to digitalize works of…
Norwegian cruise ship with thousands on board runs near Dominican Republic
March 18, 2022 Officials hope Norwegian Escape, stranded off the north coast of the Dominican Republic, can be refloated at high tide. Officials in the Dominican Republic have confirmed that…
Dominican Republic to Host the Regional Dialogue on Transparency and Integrity
November 12, 2021 PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LUIS ABINADER; SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) MATHIAS CORMANN; CHAIR OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL DELIA FERREIRA RUBIO; IDB INVEST…
DR Music legend Ventura leaves a rich legacy of meringue music- Goodbye to “El Caballo Mayor!”
August 17, 2021 Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano aka “Johnny Ventura” passed away last month leaving behind a rich legacy of music in the Dominican Republic. Johnny Ventura, born March…
CAHFSA advises tightened measures as African Swine Fever detected in Region
August 3, 2021 The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHSFA) is advising Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States to intensify protective measures against the African Swine Fever (ASF) which…
Researchers denounce revived theory of Caribbean cannibalism
April 16, 2021 In January 2020, a prestigious scientific journal published a paper that revived a long-discredited theory, first suggested by the explorer Christopher Columbus: A group of marauding cannibals…
Ancient DNA reveals details about the Caribbean’s first settlers- They nearly wiped each other out 1,000 years before the Spanish arrival.
By: Staff Writer January 1, 2021 A new study by a Harvard professor along with Bahamian researchers have found that not all indigenous Arawak and Lucayan Indians were killed by…