Dominican Republic News Archives

“We are very pleased with the progress made by our employees, our partner Goldcorp Inc. and, importantly, the government of the Dominican Republic”

Barrick Gold Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. , Canada's two largest gold producers, have taken the next step towards developing their US$2.7-billion Pueblo Viejo gold mining project in the Dominican Republic. via CANOE

“I wasn't drunk, but may have suffered amnesia because of the shock of what's happened. "The doctors have said that because there are scratches on my back as well, my injuries could be consistent with a fall on rocks.”

Comments A British tourist was found by his fiancee in their Caribbean hotel room with his penis almost sliced off. via Daily Mail

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican RepublicCanada's Barrick Gold Corp. will spend $2.6 billion to reopen a formerly state-owned mine in the Dominican Republic, the company and the Caribbean country's president said ... via The Toronto Star

Gambling, a.k.a., gaming, is one of the most popular reasons why people travel to the Caribbean, and the Dominican Republic is one of the Caribbean's top gaming destinations . via About.com

“It's the first time this has happened. It can happen anywhere in the world. There are good and bad people everywhere.”

Panicked Canadian couples who fear they fell for a wedding scam in the Dominican Republic can breathe a sigh of relief. via The Toronto Star

“He has until Wednesday [tomorrow], we have not issued an arrest warrant”

THE bitter feud over the Quadracci family fortune has taken a bizarre new turn with billion-heir Richard Quadracci lodging crazy and unsubstantiated claims against his estranged mom. via New York Post

“They're now bringing hundreds of thousands if not millions of doses (of yellow fever vaccine) into . . . that area”

Medical authorities are warning travellers heading to parts of the Dominican Republic after a Quebec woman caught malaria in the popular resort destination of Punta Cana. via MyTELUS

“Luckily he had that beacon on him. That was a really good decision on his part”

A British man was rescued and in stable condition after his plane went down in waters off the Dominican Republic during a solo flight, the U.S. Coast Guard said. via CANOE

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic : Investigators have uncovered what they suspect is a wedding scam involving more than 200 British and Canadian couples who paid hundreds of dollars for Dominican marriages ... via International Herald Tribune

Afghan men watch a cock-fighting tournament on a cold winter's day in Kabul, February 1, 2008. via The Epoch Times

“Shelley and Guillermo, they were incredible”

When Sheboygan chiropractor Dave Holtrop arrived in the Dominican Republic last month for a four-day humanitarian mission, he was without his portable treatment table, and he didn't know the last names, the ... via WisInfo

Hells Angels, despised for street wars in Quebec, find acceptance in Dominican Republic Hells Angels from Quebec, who are reluctant to wear their colours back home after 200 people died in the bike gang's ... via Toronto Sun

“I was invited by my idol, Juan Marichal, to attend the event as a spectator, not as a participant.”

Now it's New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal who are being denounced for animal fighting.

A video of Martinez and Marichal at a cockfight was posted this week on YouTube and it showed the two laughing before releasing the roosters. They took part as honorary 'soltadores,' the word used to describe the person who puts the animal to fight.

The fight takes place in their home country, the Dominican Republic, where cockfighting is legal and popular. It is banned throughout the United States. Read more

“As soon as the Dominicans treat the animals they have and it is approved by the international community, Haiti will have no problem”

Dominican merchants closed a popular border market that caters to Haitians on Monday, punishing their impoverished neighbor for banning Dominican poultry and egg imports following an outbreak of avian flu. via Press of Atlantic City

“As part of the initial phase of international climate change negotiations in 2008, there needs to be a focus on designing the mechanisms to support and enable action by developing countries, no least by countries in your region”

The top United Nations climate change official today highlighted the crucial role that Latin America and the Caribbean countries - which scientists believe will bear the brunt of the effects of global warming ... via United Nations

Author: Mao tse-tung Published: 1966 Book Contributor: dudeman5685 Keywords: communism ; China ; maoism ; anti-Americanism Statements Supporting the American Negroes and the Peoples of Southern Vietnam, Panama, ... via Internet Archive