Dominican Republic

Judicial documents that The Associated Press has obtained state that the childhood friend accused of fatally shooting the Dominican Republic’s Minister of Environment and Natural Resources this week allegedly did so because he was denied environmental permits he was seeking on behalf of various companies.

Officials say the Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his office by a close friend.

Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they board rickety wooden boats painted sky blue to blend with the ocean to try to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.

An aviation company says the small plane it operates crashed while attempting to land minutes after beginning a flight to Florida.

Human rights activists accuse the government of targeting vulnerable populations, separating children from their parents and racial profiling. They’ve deported Haitians born in the DR to Haitian parents but denied citizenship and even Black Dominicans born to Dominican parents whom authorities mistake for Haitians.

The number of unbanked Americans is at an all-time low, but the Covid-19 pandemic may push those numbers back up, the FDIC said.

A New York man has been arrested for allegedly making online threats targeting the president of the Dominican Republic leading up to and during the United Nations General Assembly that kicked off last week in Manhattan, court documents and a source say. The man, identified in court papers as Enrique Figueroa, is believed to have past emotional problems and has…

Unvaccinated travelers are gravitating to Caribbean islands that will let them in, while the vaccinated want places that keep the unimmunized out.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team advanced to the semifinals after shutting out the Dominican Republic 3-0.

The United States’ baseball team held on to a 3-1 win over the Dominican Republic in the knockout stage of the baseball tournament.  Scott Kazmir pitched five shutout innings in the win as Triston Casas and Tyler Austin homered for the Americans.  Kazmir ran into trouble early in the first inning. An Erick Mejia double, a dropped fly ball...

A man fled Italy after a magistrate ordered his arrest for alleged drug trafficking in 2014. The man fled to the Dominican Republic and managed to avoid police for a few years until cooking videos on YouTube blew his cover.

Ultra luxury villas come with palatial grounds, private chefs and nightly rates that equal many people’s monthly mortgage payments.

After bringing heavy rain and wind to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Isaias has strengthened into a Hurricane and is moving toward Florida.

Health officials in the Dominican Republic and France have reported the first confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean

Waterbury police say a body found in Wolcott Tuesday is that of 26-year-old Janet Avalo-Alvarez, who has been missing since Nov. 12, and the death has been ruled a homicide.

Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested six people in connection with the death of American teacher Patricia Ann Anton, who was found strangled in her apartment last week. Anton, 63, was robbed and killed in Puerto Plata, on the country’s northern coast, Dominican national police said. Police announced her death Nov. 12. National police on Sunday said six men,...

A 63-year-old Michigan woman working with a children’s education charity in the Dominican Republic was found strangled to death with her arms and feet bound, according to police.

Hector Muñoz owns a coffee farm in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, and hurricanes aren’t the only natural disasters he’s worried about. “If a drought comes it could be catastrophic,” he said. He has reason to be concerned. Powerful El Niños are expected over the next decade and they typically bring drought conditions. Adding to the challenge is the possible impact...

A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the United States by requiring those immigrants to prove they can afford health care before they get visas. Seven U.S. citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit in Portland, Oregon, over the rule that’s set to...

A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the United States by requiring those immigrants to prove they can afford health care before they get visas. Seven U.S. citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit in Portland, Oregon, over the rule that’s set to...