Most likely, the large number of tons confiscated is indicative of the larger still volume of drugs smuggled into the area.

The Houston Astros acquired outfielder Jesus Sanchez in their drive for the World Series. Over in the National League, the ...

Generalized dissatisfaction with what the PRM-majority Congress had delivered as its version for a modernized Penal Code had many asking President Luis Abinader to veto the bill. The bill was rejected ...

The US$16 million project was financed through the Fondo Cerrado de Desarrollo Reservas I, composed of private institutional capital. Its operations are managed by Panama-based Grupo TX, a firm with ...

And finally, both chambers approved a loan from the Latin American and Caribbean Development Bank for US$35 million, to be used to shore up and improve the water system for Santo Domingo, especially ...

With the appointment of new vice ministers, the Abinader administration advanced with the merger of the ministries of Economy and Hacienda. President Luis Abinader earlier had named Magin Diaz as the ...

This change marks a departure from the now-repealed Law No. 340-06, which did prohibit contracting up to the third degree of kinship. The legal and ethical implications of this modification deserve ...

Fernandez Lazala writes that the situation is not new. He writes that for over 250 years, the majority of Haitians have struggled —or failed entirely— to obtain a legal ID. At the heart of the issue ...

The Abinader administration’s Transportation Cabinet has decreed the start of the Third Phase of the No-Left-Turn program aimed at reducing traffic jams in the Greater Santo Domingo area. All this is ...

The Presidency in its announcement says that the new legislation —backed by the country’s major political parties— ushers in a contemporary framework for criminal justice after 141 years under the old ...

The new facility will give young people invaluable hands-on experience while creating immediate employment opportunities. The aircraft MRO center in Punta Cana will increase the region’s connectivity, ...

Efforts to reduce traffic accidents in the Dominican Republic have not yet made a difference. Meanwhile, the Abinader administration is investing heavily in trauma hospitals to give emergency care to ...