Lea en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the Dominican Republic to protect its citizens’ right to information as the country prepares for the final month of a divisive presidential campaign. The frontrunners in the election, scheduled for May 20, are Danilo Medina Sánchez of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (DLP) and […]

Read in English El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) ha instado hoy al gobierno de la República Dominicana a proteger el derecho de sus ciudadanos a informarse en el último mes de una dividida campaña electoral presidencial. Los principales candidatos para las elecciones del próximo 20 de mayo son […]

The Dominican Republic’s first lady, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, has filed criminal forgery charges against a television commentator who alleged that she stashed millions of euros in a Danish bank account. According to Dominican media, Fernández’s attorney, Luis Miguel Pereira, on Tuesday officially accused the journalist, Marco Martínez of Canal 55, of falsifying documents in […]

Police in the Dominican Republic last Friday used a SWAT team to raid the home and offices of a prominent journalist as part of an investigation into an alleged spying scandal targeting high-ranking public officials. The journalist in question, Guillermo Gómez, producer of the television program Aeromundo and owner of the digital newspaper El Siglo […]