Mao, Dominican Republic News

A 5-year-old boy gunned down a 54-year-old man in San Francisco de Macoris, a city in the northeastern Dominican Republic, police said.

Like many young Dominicans, Federico left for the US when he finished school to look for work, ending up in a Spanish store in New York.

A Canadian has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the beating death of 19-year-old Barrie, Ont., man in the Dominican Republic last year.

One man has been acquitted and another given 10 years in prison in connection with the beating death of Barrie teen Jordan Morrison at a resort in the Dominican Republic.

Ever eat in one of those humble mom-and-poppers with terrific ethnic food and think, "Man, this place would really be awesome if only ..." and then you click off a mental checklist of creature comfort improvements that include good booze, table service plus roomier and more stylish digs? Yeah, I do that all the time, too.