Dominican Republic News

On this day in 1939, former Red Art Jacobs made his first and last major league appearance.

Via Shanghai Daily , a Xinhua report datelined Santo Domingo: Haiti reports first suspected H1N1 death in 2013 .

A citizen of the Dominican Republic has been convicted of 12 counts, including making false claims of U.S. citizenship.

Merchants in the Dominican Republic have shuttered a large border market in protest over neighboring Haiti's ban on poultry and egg imports.

Stacey Vernon and her new husband, Nick Miele, just hours before he was arrested after a fight at the Bahia Principe Esmeralda resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

June 17th, 2013 The government of Costa Rica supports Nicaragua's effort to build a transoceanic canal that would dwarf the Panama Canal, calling it "positive," so long as the route wouldn't pose any risk to its territory, officials said on Friday.

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The Dominican Republic on Friday inaugurated in Santo Domingo a pilot project called Treatment under Judicial Supervision with support from the Organization of American States , as an alternative to incarceration for drug dependent offenders.

Stacey Vernon and her new husband, Nick Miele, just hours before he was arrested after a fight at the Bahia Principe Esmeralda resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Why it's worth it: Families travelling with two children or more can book a one-bedroom villa suite and receive a free upgrade to a two-bedroom villa suite.

A citizen of the Dominican Republic has been convicted of 12 counts, including making false claims of U.S. citizenship.

Miladys Ortega shows a photograph of her sister, Yoselyn Ortega, front center, taken some time between 1985 and 1990, at her home in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Oct. 27, 2012.

Today, Seminole County Commissioner John Horan endorsed Bob Cortes for Florida House District 30. Horan was first elected to the Seminole County Commission in 2010 and prior to that served on the Seminole County Charter Review Commission, the Seminole County Natural Lands Advisory Board, and the City of Winter Springs Planning and Zoning Board.

An aspiring actress has helped police track down a suspect in her father's 1986 slaying.

Stacey Vernon and her new husband Nick Miele just hours before he was arrested after a fight at the Bahia Principe Esmeralda resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Nicole Reyes, 37, has spent almost a year behind bars after her husband Jorge, 38, died in a road collision in the Dominican Republic on July 9 last year.

Two years after graduating from Lawrence High, Jessica Cruz said she realized how blessed she is to come from Lawrence.

The couple was married on May 4, 2013 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The ceremony was held on the beach with family and friends attending.

A Dominican official says Haiti erroneously reported that his country was suffering an outbreak of avian flu when it imposed a ban this week on the import of Dominican meats, chicken, eggs and other goods.