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/opinion/2012/2/8/42599/Non-Invasive-cosmetic-procedures-trend-continues-this-2012 According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS), about 12 million plastic surgery procedures are performed each year. More women than men have plastic surgery, but numbers are up for both sexes. As we head into 2012, cosmetic procedures involving the use of non-surgical techniques ranging from non-ablative lasers to light-based therapies are likely to continue to be in demand as prices drop and it becomes easier to get a touch-up before that next party. Opinion Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:12:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2012/2/8/42599/Non-Invasive-cosmetic-procedures-trend-continues-this-2012 http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2012/2/8/42598/Smoking-Dont-get-burned Cigarette smoking is still very common despite the known hazards to one’s health. One of the primary objectives of this column is to reduce the occurrence of the devastating health conditions and reduce healthcare costs associated with the conditions caused by smoking. If your health is not enough to encourage you to quit, perhaps the health of your family and friends will play a part in the decision process. Opinion Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:06:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2012/2/8/42598/Smoking-Dont-get-burned http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2012/2/6/42572/Las-Terrenas-announces-5K10K-marathon-for-March Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.- The III Edition of Las Terrenas 5K·10K will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2012, starting at 8:00 AM from Punta Popy and the Las Terrenas-El Limón road, on the circuit certified by the International Associations of Marathons and Distance Races, AIMS, with the backing of the Dominican Federation of Athletics Associations, and with the full support of the Las Terrenas community, local and national businesses. Sports Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2012/2/6/42572/Las-Terrenas-announces-5K10K-marathon-for-March http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2012/2/6/42571/Take-America-Saves-Week-to-heart After four years of coping with a stagnant economy, probably the last thing you want to hear is how important it is to sock away money for a rainy day – you already know that. But hear me out, just in case. Opinion Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:09:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2012/2/6/42571/Take-America-Saves-Week-to-heart http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/8/42601/US-funded-NGO-changes-director-hours-after-top-officials-rebuke Santo Domingo. - The NGO Citizen Participation (PC) noon Thursday announced the designation of Francisco Alvarez as its new general coordinator, just hours after Interior and Police minister Jose Fadul disqualified the entity to send observers to the May 20 presidential election, affirming that its previous coordinator, Samir Chami Isa, “was at the service of opposition PRD party presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia.” Local Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:49:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/8/42601/US-funded-NGO-changes-director-hours-after-top-officials-rebuke http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2012/2/7/42582/Minewilproduce-more-than-10M-Oz-of-gold-yearly-Barrick-CEO-says Santo Domingo.- Barrick Corporation president and CEO Aaron Regent arrived in the country Tuesday to tour the miners’ operations in the Pueblo Viejo (central) gold mine, in its final stage of construction. Economy Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:32:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2012/2/7/42582/Minewilproduce-more-than-10M-Oz-of-gold-yearly-Barrick-CEO-says http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42581/Convicted-ex-banker-denies-pardon-bid-diariolibrecom-reports SANTO DOMINGO.- "I’ve neither signed any request for a pardon, nor have I authorized anybody else to do so in my name. Apparently, I was included by error, because I would hate to think that the appearance of my name in a supposed list of applicants has been the result of ill will," said convicted ex banker Manuel A. Pellerano Tuesday morning, quoted by diariolibre.com. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42581/Convicted-ex-banker-denies-pardon-bid-diariolibrecom-reports http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42580/Local-man-woman-face-75-years-in-prison-in-IRS-tax-fraud-worth-millions NEW YORK.- Federal authorities have charged a Dominican man and woman of defrauding the IRS out of millions, and face as much as 75 years in prison if found guilty. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:06:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42580/Local-man-woman-face-75-years-in-prison-in-IRS-tax-fraud-worth-millions http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42579/Low-chance-of-rain-coastal-advisories-continue Santo Domingo.- The high pressure system over the Atlantic coast continues to limit cloud formation and rain activity, but some widely scattered showers can be expected in the northeast, southeast and Central Mountains, from the prevailing east wind. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:12:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42579/Low-chance-of-rain-coastal-advisories-continue http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42578/Prominent-entity-also-demands-the-Fist-Lady-leave-her-post Santo Domingo.- The vice president and spokesman of the prominent Institutionalism and Foundation Justice (Finjus) on Monday said it would be healthful for the electoral process if the First Lady takes a leave of absence from her functions, and concentrate on her campaign. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:57:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42578/Prominent-entity-also-demands-the-Fist-Lady-leave-her-post http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42577/Convicted-bankers-seek-Presidential-pardons Santo Domingo.- Manuel Arturo Pellerano and Andres Aybar Báez, convicted of fraud in two of the country’s three worst ever bank failures, figure on a list with 371 inmates who’ve asked a recently created Pardons Commission to be taken into account in the traditional yearly Presidential clemencies issued every February 27, to mark Independence Day. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:35:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42577/Convicted-bankers-seek-Presidential-pardons http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42576/Months-old-flap-ends-1st-ever-presidential-candidates-debate-looms SANTO DOMINGO.- Several months of griping by the opposition PRD party on the designation of Franklin Frias as head of the Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) Informatics center came to an Monday when the president of the ruling PLD agreed to urge the entity to create a “collegiate informatics managementm,” and paves the way for a debate between the two parties’ presidential candidates. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:50:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42576/Months-old-flap-ends-1st-ever-presidential-candidates-debate-looms http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42575/Boatpeople-confirmed-dead-22-at-least-29-still-missing Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic.- Rescuers found the bodies of two women and a man noon Monday, two of which couldn’t be identified because of their advanced decomposition. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:09:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42575/Boatpeople-confirmed-dead-22-at-least-29-still-missing http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2012/2/7/42574/Dominican-Republic-wins-Caribbean-Baseball-Series Santo Domingo,- Dominican Republic, represented by the capital’s Leones del Escogido, won the 54th Caribbean Baseball Series 2012, with several games still to play. Sports Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:49:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2012/2/7/42574/Dominican-Republic-wins-Caribbean-Baseball-Series http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42573/Major-ring-shipped-drugs-from-icon-Dominican-resort Santo Domingo. - The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) yesterday busted an international drug trafficking ring based in the country’s icon resort Casa de Campo, La Romana (east), seized 122 kilos of cocaine on a boat headed to Puerto Rico. Local Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:36:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/7/42573/Major-ring-shipped-drugs-from-icon-Dominican-resort http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/6/42569/Weve-dried-up-the-Dominican-market-top-drug-cop-says Santo Domingo.- Antinarcotics Agency (DNCD) president Rolando Rosado on Monday said “there’s no drug in the country,” to specify that the purity of that narcotic which enters Dominican Republic is between 17 and 21 percent. Local Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:23:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/2/6/42569/Weve-dried-up-the-Dominican-market-top-drug-cop-says http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2012/2/6/42568/Utility-seeks-1500MW-from-coal-natural-gas-plants-worth-US30B Santo Domingo. - The State-owned Power Companies (CDEEE) Monday announced that it has the bases for the call for tenders to buy energy generated with natural gas or coal, on its Website www.cdeee.gob.do. Economy Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2012/2/6/42568/Utility-seeks-1500MW-from-coal-natural-gas-plants-worth-US30B http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2012/2/6/42567/IDB-announces-US1300M-loan-to-fund-ambitious-road-grid WASHINGTON, - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Monday announced a US$130.0 million loan to the Dominican company, Vías Concesionadas, to finance the reconstruction, construction, operation and maintenance of a linked network of toll roads known as Viadom, AP reports. Economy Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:24:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2012/2/6/42567/IDB-announces-US1300M-loan-to-fund-ambitious-road-grid http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2012/2/8/42600/Golf-Federation-announces-National-Tour-competition-this-weekend SD. - The second and third stops of the National Men’s Golf Tour, in the A and overall categories, will be staged this weekend, February 11 and 12, in the National Links at Las Lagunas, of the capital Santo Domingo. Sports Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:22:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2012/2/8/42600/Golf-Federation-announces-National-Tour-competition-this-weekend http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/poverty/2012/2/8/42597/Dominican-Republic-boatpeolp-tragedy-34-dead-and-counting Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic.- Five more bodies were found near noon Thursday, and total add eight recovered in Samaná Bay today, in the wake of the makeshift boat that sank Saturday with 60 boatpeople headed to Puerto Rico. Poverty Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:09:00 GMT http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/poverty/2012/2/8/42597/Dominican-Republic-boatpeolp-tragedy-34-dead-and-counting