Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic, (Spanish: República Dominicana, IPA [re'puβlika domini'kana]) is a country located on the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti. Hispaniola is the second-largest of the Greater Antilles islands, and lies west of Puerto Rico and east of Cuba and Jamaica. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative rule lasted for much of the 20th century; the move towards representative democracy has improved vastly since the death of military dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in 1961. Dominicans sometimes refer to their country as Quisqueya, a name for Hispaniola used by indigenous Taíno people meaning "high land", referring to the highest portion of the hisponiola island. The Dominican Republic is not to be confused with Dominica, another Caribbean country. Read more at Wikipedia

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Alleged 44m Fraud: Azubogu Challenges Oteh to Prove her Claim

Posted on 2013-05-26 04:42:00 from THISDAY LIVE

...the sum of $4095 dollars each, being estacode given to them by the Security and Exchange Commission to travel to the Dominican Republic in October, 2011 for a capacity building conference on capital market. But Azubogu asked: “Why is Aruma Oteh who made a...

Triunfel's new-found patience is paying off

Posted on 2013-05-26 03:16:00 from MLB.com

...in 2007. That's enough experience to know why the Mariners promoted Triunfel from Triple-A Tacoma. The native of the Dominican Republic, considered a top Mariners prospect a few years ago, hit .300 in 44 games with the Rainiers. That was before Triunfel flew...

Deaths elsewhere: Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer-winning journalist

Posted on 2013-05-26 00:28:00 from TwinCities.com

...1969, he already had an impressive journalistic portfolio, having covered military engagements in Vietnam, India and the Dominican Republic. In the early 1960s, he wrote a series about African-American life in Washington that became the basis for his first...

Jeff Kobernus arrives in Washington, Yunesky Maya designated for assignment

Posted on 2013-05-25 22:59:00 from The Washington Post

...signed to an ill-fated four-year, $6 million contract, soon after he defected from Cuba and became a resident of the Dominican Republic. Over 367 2/3 minor league innings over four seasons, he has an underwhelming 4.41 ERA. And in 59 major league innings,...

Biden heads to the Caribbean, Latin America

Posted on 2013-05-25 22:03:00 from Miami Herald

...the U.S. also is expected to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. The administration has asked for the Dominican Republic to be a part of the Tuesday meeting in Trinidad, and the agreement is aimed at galvanizing trade and investment activities...

ULM police investigating burglary

Posted on 2013-05-25 20:56:00 from The Monroe News Star

...University of Louisiana at Monroe pharmacy students worked in the Dominican Republic for one...- 12:23 pm University of Louisiana at Monroe Police detectives are searching for an unidentified black male...- 2:57 pm Morehouse Parish authorities are searching...

Washington Nationals Designate "First Major International Signing" Yunesky Maya For Assignment

Posted on 2013-05-25 20:04:00 from Federal Baseball

...recently during the World Baseball Classic and we had multiple reports on him and we scouted him very in-depth in the Dominican Republic once we got over there." A little over a month later, after just a few minor league outings, Maya made his major league...

Dominican Republic: Trafficked Haitian children in Dominican Republic get assistance from IOM

Posted on 2013-05-25 18:30:00 from Humanitarian News

...International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it is working with authorities in the Dominican Republic to assist a group of 52 Haitian children recently rescued from a ring of traffickers. According to the agency, the unaccompanied children were being...

Police: 'Thong Cape Scooter Man' not breaking law

Posted on 2013-05-25 18:22:00 from The Monroe News Star

...University of Louisiana at Monroe pharmacy students worked in the Dominican Republic for one...- 12:23 pm When the West Ouachita Lady Chiefs needed a leader, they looked to Allie Medlin.- 12:35 am Going into this season, West Monroe senior softball pitcher...

ULM pharmacy students perform medical outreach

Posted on 2013-05-25 18:22:00 from The Monroe News Star

...Mandeville, Nichole Witmyer of West Monroe and Abbi Wright of Whitehouse, Texas. We stayed in a hotel that a woman in the Dominican Republic created specifically for mission teams, said Jones, now in her fourth year. It was above her convenience store. We...

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Vanished: The cruise ship disappeared as it was being towed to the Dominican Republic (pictured) to be scrapped - Published on 2013-05-25 12:02:00 by Daily Mail - UK

Vanished: The cruise ship disappeared as it was being towed to the Dominican Republic (pictured) to be scrapped

Published by Daily Mail - UK on 2013-05-25 12:02:00

Portrait of Toronto Blue Jays scout Epy Guerrero during photo shoot in his office. in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic in 1986. - Published on 2013-05-23 13:54:00 by Toronto Star

Portrait of Toronto Blue Jays scout Epy Guerrero during photo shoot in his office. in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic in 1986.

Published by Toronto Star on 2013-05-23 13:54:00

Flag of the Dominican Republic - Published on 2013-05-22 17:23:00 by WETM 18 - NY

Flag of the Dominican Republic

Published by WETM 18 - NY on 2013-05-22 17:23:00

In this May 4, 2013 photo, workers build a sailboat on the beach of Leogane, Haiti. The 30-foot-long boats are purchased by smugglers for around $12,000 and then taken to northern Haiti to find passengers. There are no official statistics on how many Haitians have successfully made their way illegally to Puerto Rico, or how many have traveled on to the U.S. mainland. But the trend worries officials in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, with both countries reporting that arrests of Puerto Rico-bound Haitians have soared. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

- Published on 2013-05-06 14:05:00 by Boston.com

In this May 4, 2013 photo, workers build a sailboat on the beach of Leogane, Haiti. The 30-foot-long boats are purchased by smugglers for around $12,000 and then taken to northern Haiti to find passengers. There are no official statistics on how many Haitians have successfully made their way illegally to Puerto Rico, or how many have traveled on to the U.S. mainland. But the trend worries officials in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, with both countries reporting that arrests of Puerto Rico-bound Haitians have soared. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Published by Boston.com on 2013-05-06 14:05:00

Upper Manhattan is celebrating May 15 in honor of Juan Rodriguez, a sailor who came to New York from the island now known as the Dominican Republic in 1613. Graphic illustration by Delano Franklin/Organic Magnetics
- Published on 2013-05-02 21:32:00 by New York Daily News

Upper Manhattan is celebrating May 15 in honor of Juan Rodriguez, a sailor who came to New York from the island now known as the Dominican Republic in 1613. Graphic illustration by Delano Franklin/Organic Magnetics

Published by New York Daily News on 2013-05-02 21:32:00