SANTO DOMINGO — With economists from the World Bank, IMF and IDB forecasting a gloomy economic future for the Caribbean region, there seemed to some good news Tuesday as the number of…
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Dominican Republic Has 2,111 Cases Of COVID-19 and 108 Deaths So Far
SANTO DOMINGO —The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, passed 2,000 in one island alone Wednesday. An analysis of the latest reported number of cases by News Americas Wednesday…
Dominican Republic Continues To Lead Region In COVID-19 Deaths With 60
SANTO DOMINGO —The death rate from the new coronavirus, COVID-19, reached a new high across the Caribbean region Thursday as the number of confirmed cases also continued its steady uptick. The number…
Dominican Republic Has Half Of All COVID-19 Cases In The Caribbean … 40 Deaths
SANTO DOMINGO — In the one month it took the novel coronavirus COVID-19 to completely spread across the Caribbean, several islands have successfully managed to contain the spread of the virus, while other…
SATIRE FROM POKORNY: Here’s An Idea To Save GERS … Let’s Legalize Prostitution
Dear Editor: I do not support the Governor’s attempt to amend the law to allow recreational use of marijuana. I listened to the Special Senate Session yesterday – the whole darn thing….
TOURISM NEWS: Dominican Republic ‘Premier Caribbean Destination’ … Projects 6.5 Million Visitors in 2019
SANTO DOMINGO — Industry leaders at the 2019 Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) conference shared strong tourism numbers indicating the country continues to be the premier Caribbean travel destination. Paola Rainieri de Díaz,…
SPANKED! Dominican Republic Easily Holds Down Overmatched Virgin Islands Men’s Team In FIBA Basketball 99-89
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SANTO DOMINGO — The Virgin Islands’ senior men’s national basketball team tried its best but came up short against a stronger team, losing to the Dominican Republic 99-89 last night in…
VIPD Detains North Carolina Man Wayne Williams On Charges That He Grabbed An Underage Girl’s Butt In Front Of Her Parents
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A cruise ship passenger from North Carolina was taken into police custody when the Carnival Magic docked in St. Thomas after authorities said that he molested an…