Darializa Avila Chevalier has been targeted with false accusations about her ethnicity, as foes seek to portray her as an outsider hoping to usurp Dominican power in the district. By Jeffery C. Mays ...

The resort chain Viva Resorts has issued a statement following the death of a tourist at a Dominican Republic hotel over the weekend. The blaze broke out at the Viva Dominicus Beach by Wyndham in ...

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You can take a taxi to the base of Mount Isabel de Torres southwest of Puerto Plata, and from there, a cable car to the peak, 2,600 feet above the city. Awaiting you is a massive statue of Christ the ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Authorities have lifted the tsunami alert that had been issued for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic following a powerful earthquake off the coast of ...

Punta Cana.- A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck south of Boca de Yuma, in the Dominican Republic’s La Altagracia province, at 12:06 p.m. local time this Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Dominican authorities on Saturday were working to ensure that foreign tourists caught up in a massive fire that almost completely destroyed a luxury resort the day before could return to their home ...

Carlos Rodríguez has spent “his entire life” taking care of Don Franklin’s farm. In a small corner of the municipality of La Pelada in the heart of the Dominican Republic the 53-year-old farmer knows ...

Firstly, all visitors need a tourist card to enter the Dominican Republic for a maximum of 60 days. These are generally acquired at the airport on arrival for a fee of US$10 (cash only). For tourists ...