In the continuing saga of the Benítez brothers’ US$110 million Medicare scam, police last week arrested 24 year-old Elvis Benítez, son of José Manuel Benítez, at the Las Americas airport in Santo Domingo, as he entered the Dominican Republic on a flight from Cuba...

The Dominican press are on trial in a case that looks to set a new precedent. The case revolves around two journalists, Nuria Piera and Huchi Lora who were researching a story regarding the contracted supply of milk to schools...

Canada has committed to sending an additional $5 million worth of humanitarian aid to Haiti, where hundreds have been killed and thousands left homeless from flooding created by the recent tropical storms Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike...

Although the North Coast was relatively unaffected by the recent tropical storms, countrywide they have caused more than RD$1.1 billion in damages to the infrastructure and agriculture of the Dominican Republic...

Promises new housing for affected families.
President Fernández visited the country’s areas worst hit by the recent Hanna and Ike hurricanes last week. The tour took him through Ázua, San José de Ocoa and Barahona all of which suffered property damage due to flooding...