February 14, 2020 Dominican convicted murderer who escaped prison twice is recaptured in Panama Panamanian police on Thursday recaptured a Dominican man convicted of kidnapping and murdering five young people of Chinese descent, two weeks after he escaped prison for a second time.
February 7, 2020 Canadian tourist, 42, dies in Dominican Republic after falling down stairs at all-inclusive resort: report A Canadian man vacationing with his wife in the Dominican Republic died Wednesday morning after sustaining a head injury during a fall at an all-inclusive resort just outside of Puerto Plata, reports say.
January 8, 2020 Bill Clinton visits Dominican Republic, says island 'on its way to full recovery' after American deaths Former President Bill Clinton says the Dominican Republic is “well on its way to full recovery” following a series of deaths of American tourists in the island country last year.
December 30, 2019 Mexican cartel violence, Notre Dame up in flames and Justin Trudeau blackface scandal: World in review 2019 There was no shortage of news from around the world that captivated headlines in 2019.
December 23, 2019 Family of US woman who died in Dominican Republic seeks answers after FedEx loses blood test sample For William Cox, this will be the first Christmas he celebrates without his mother Leyla after she died under mysterious circumstances during a June vacation to the Dominican Republic. He attempted to have a blood sample shipped to a U.S. laboratory to hopefully uncover answers, but it was lost by FedEx, which said it has done everything in their power to locate it.
December 14, 2019 Lindsay de Feliz, best-selling author, found dead in Dominican Republic in shallow grave: reports A best-selling British author has become the latest victim of deadly violence in the Dominican Republic, according to reports.
November 15, 2019 Dominican Republic police arrest 8 following death of American teacher, report says Police in the Dominican Republic reportedly have arrested eight people following the death of an American teacher who was discovered bound and strangled in her home there earlier this week.
November 14, 2019 American teacher found dead in Dominican Republic was tied up, suffocated, investigators say The brutal murder of a former Michigan elementary school teacher discovered bound and strangled in her Dominican Republic home is being investigated as a potential robbery-gone-wrong, officials told Fox News on Thursday, emphasizing police were working diligently to “solve this case as quickly as possible."
October 4, 2019 Dominican Republic doctor helps impoverished community he grew up in: 'God answered my prayers' Today, Dr. Jose Frank Piña, 30, has a wife and a daughter in his native Dominican Republic. He is a medical missionary who shares medical advice every Saturday on television.
September 15, 2019 Retired MLB star David Ortiz recounts being shot in Dominican Republic: 'I want to find out who did this' Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz gave his first English-language interview since he survived a near-fatal shooting at a bar in his native Dominican Republic in June.
