http://www.dominicantoday.com The first online newspaper in english language of the Dominican Republic. en-us Copyright 2008 DominicanToday.com Merit Designs ICM 60 News http://www.dominicantoday.com/rss/rss.gif http://www.dominicantoday.com The first online newspaper in english language of the Dominican Republic. http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/4/28550/Kola-Realsupports-Alberto-CortezsDominican-performance Santo Domingo.- Kola Real announced its support for the singer Alberto Cortez’s Dominican Republic performance on Friday 25 at Hotel Jaragua's Teatro La Fiesta and Saturday, July 26, in Gran Teatro del Cibao This and That Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:12:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/4/28550/Kola-Realsupports-Alberto-CortezsDominican-performance http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2008/7/3/28534/Terreros-Dominican-Chamber-of-Terror We can only imagine, without looking for sarcasm, what terror Mr. Andres Terrero had been the victim of in the Accounts Chamber since he was appointed its chief more than one year ago. Opinion Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:56:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2008/7/3/28534/Terreros-Dominican-Chamber-of-Terror http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/3/28531/PizzarellisSOS-for-500-Dominican-children Santo Domingo .- The restaurant chain Pizzarelli raised RD400,000 which will help maintain more than 500 children of Dominican Republic's aid program SOS Children's Villages. This and That Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:42:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/3/28531/PizzarellisSOS-for-500-Dominican-children http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/2/28520/Liceo-Club-Save-the-Children-Dominican-agree-joint-fund-raising Santo Domingo.- The Liceo club and Save the Children Dominican (FUDECO) signed an agreement to identify opportunities for raising funds and implement activities aimed at projects to improve the quality of life of children and their families. This and That Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:18:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/2/28520/Liceo-Club-Save-the-Children-Dominican-agree-joint-fund-raising http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/4/28549/Dominican-Accounts-Chamber-sinks-3-more-jump-ship 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 senator asked to also resign to avoid dismissal. Local Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/4/28549/Dominican-Accounts-Chamber-sinks-3-more-jump-ship http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/world/2008/7/3/28533/Depression-near-Cape-Verde-is-now-Tropical-Storm-Bertha MIAMI. - The Atlantic hurricane season’s second depression today became Tropical Storm Bertha, located southeast of Cape Verde Islands, said the United States National Hurricane Center (NCH). World Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/world/2008/7/3/28533/Depression-near-Cape-Verde-is-now-Tropical-Storm-Bertha http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28532/In-unprecented-hearings-Accounts-Chamber-judge-blames-the-gossip-mill 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 organism members on allegations of misconduct. "I believe the Accounts Chamber’s men are people who can react and save it, putting aside the gossip and engage in their work." Local Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:40:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28532/In-unprecented-hearings-Accounts-Chamber-judge-blames-the-gossip-mill http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2008/7/3/28530/Everton-starts-6000-meter-drill-program-in-the-Dominican-Republic 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 polymetallic targets on the El Llano, La Yautia, Fresso and Ampliacion Pueblo Viejo properties. Economy Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:25:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2008/7/3/28530/Everton-starts-6000-meter-drill-program-in-the-Dominican-Republic http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2008/7/3/28529/Dominican-16-year-olds-US425M-bonus-sets-baseball-record SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic again claimed the title of the world’s Major League Baseball's top talent factory on Wednesday, when the Oakland A’s signed Michael Inoa, a 16-year-old, 6-foot-7 right-hander who throws 94 mph, to a landmark $4.25 million bonus. Sports Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:16:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2008/7/3/28529/Dominican-16-year-olds-US425M-bonus-sets-baseball-record http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28528/Poverty-turns-Dominican-Southwest-into-a-desert-official-says 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 Environment minister Omar Ramirez yesterday. “That’s not to say that Dominican Republic is going to turn into a desert in the short term, rather in real terms the potentiality of becoming so in the country’s South zone from the climatic conditions it shows and the region’s type of ecosystem.” Local Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:56:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28528/Poverty-turns-Dominican-Southwest-into-a-desert-official-says http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28527/From-Accounts-Chamber-president-to-Dominican-medias-laughing-stock SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican morning talk shows are having a field day Thursday regarding yesterday’s impeachment proceedings by a Senate commission against the members of the Accounts Chamber’s (CC), where its president Andres Terrero, admitted having accepted five designations “won” in a raffle, and when asked why he didn’t reject them, said "because if I hadn’t I’ve would’ve been left without a post." Local Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:29:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28527/From-Accounts-Chamber-president-to-Dominican-medias-laughing-stock http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28526/Dominican-Government-congratulates-Colombia-on-Betancourts-rescue 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 were rescued. Local Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:49:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28526/Dominican-Government-congratulates-Colombia-on-Betancourts-rescue http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28525/UNESCO-taps-Dominican-great-Juan-Luis-Guerra-for-peace 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. Local Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:36:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28525/UNESCO-taps-Dominican-great-Juan-Luis-Guerra-for-peace http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/2/28522/Dominican-Manny-Perez-to-produce-film-around-hometown This and That Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:08:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2008/7/2/28522/Dominican-Manny-Perez-to-produce-film-around-hometown http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28524/Major-money-laundered-in-the-heart-of-Dominican-capital 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 a Dominican-Colombian money laundering and drug trafficking that according to the authorities moved millions of dollars out of the country in the last two years. Local Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:04:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/3/28524/Major-money-laundered-in-the-heart-of-Dominican-capital http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28523/Dominican-Accounts-chief-I-was-my-colleagues-victim SANTO DOMINGO.- Accounts Chamber president Andres Terrero today said he was the victim of a "mechanical majority" whose errands he had to obey, preventing him from exercising its internal leadership. Local Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:46:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28523/Dominican-Accounts-chief-I-was-my-colleagues-victim http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/tourism/2008/7/2/28519/First-2008-results-show-firm-tourism-demand-worldwide Madrid.- According to the June edition of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, the first results for 2008 suggest the relative stability of international tourism. In spite of uncertainties posed by the global economy, international tourist arrivals grew at around 5% between January and April 2008, compared to the same period of 2007. Tourism Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:37:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/tourism/2008/7/2/28519/First-2008-results-show-firm-tourism-demand-worldwide http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28517/Dominicanpediatriciansmull-advances 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, held last Friday and Saturday at Hotel Melia Santo Domingo. Local Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:44:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28517/Dominicanpediatriciansmull-advances http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28516/MoreDominican-Accounts-judges-resign-avert-impeachment 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 resignation to the Senate. CC vice president Henry Mejía resigned Tuesday, whereas Jose A. Maceo and Juan A. Lora did so Friday. Local Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:57:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28516/MoreDominican-Accounts-judges-resign-avert-impeachment http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28518/Dominican-drugs-czars-big-bust-pledge-comes-in-small-doses SANTO DOMINGO.- Local antinarcotics (DNCD) agents helped by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested the ringleaders of a Dominican-Colombian narcotics trafficking ring who for years received and traded cocaine in the country, and how had laundered millions of dollars in area businesses. Local Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:54:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2008/7/2/28518/Dominican-drugs-czars-big-bust-pledge-comes-in-small-doses