Dominican Republic News

An Air France plane from the Dominican Republic to Paris had to turn back shortly after takeoff due to a problem with the air conditioning, the company said Friday.

Santo Domingo, Jul 1 Angry demonstrators blocked roads north of Santiago de los Caballeros in demand for social improvements and a reduction in the daily eight-hour power cuts.

Men and women in the Dominican Republic will soon have access to genetic tests for predicting the risk of male or female hair loss : thanks to a distribution agreement announced today by pharmacogenomics research and development innovator PharmaGenoma, Inc.

SANTO DOMINGO, Jun 30 - Among the colourful houses in the neighbourhood called Vietnam in East Santo Domingo, many families have at least one family member among the 1.5 million Dominicans living abroad.

AMResorts will open the 53-suite Zoetry Agua Punta Cana this fall. It will be the first Zoetry hotel in the Dominican Republic.

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Dominicans have been protesting against the proposed construction of a cement factory in the protected area of Los Haitises National Park.

Flights to the Dominican Republic are featured in this new sale from American. Fares start at $298 round-trip for travel through October.

The two-day Interoperability Conference is sponsored by the U.S. Southern Command.

A 50-year woman has died of swine flu in the Dominican Republican, becoming the second person to die of the A virus in the Caribbean nation, Health Minister Bautista Rojas said.

Pedro Martinez and his wife Carolina Cruz de Martinez are pitching in for a better Dominican Republic.

The probable source of all that is wrong with baseball today. Did you need a reason to wish the Globe to death today? Sports columnist Bob Ryan has one for you: Untrammeled bigotry! Sure, Boston in general and Boston baseball in particular have a proud history of hating just about anything that isn't white and pasty, but those days are behind us, ...

In the wake of this week's revelations about Sammy Sosa , the Boston Globe's Bob Ryan wonders what's the point of making a fuss , suggests this is old news, even if he didn't report it at the time and finally, drops the following passage which is at least as clumsy as it is tongue-in-cheek. One of the worst aspects of the PED mess is that just ...

Dominican authorities say two suspected drug dealers have died of smoke inhalation after trying to burn cocaine before police could find it.

Medical Mission to the Dominican Republic Organized by Doctors and volunteers of the Cuban Association of the Order of Malta.

George A. King III at the Post reports that there is a good possibility that the Yankees will sign a Dominican catching prospect named Gary Sanchez.

Cocoa bean is the dried and roasted seed from the cacao pod of the indigenous "Cacao tree or Cocoa Plant". Approximately, there are 20 to 50 soft almond-like beans per pod.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, JUNE 11, 2009 .- The Dominican Republic Congress approved a statement defining marriage as being between a man and a woman.

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