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Scots drug smuggler ties the knot with woman he met while serving 10 years in Caribbean prison

Paul Cairns enjoyed a traditional Scots wedding to Dominican Republic native Carmen Rosa, with an accomplice his best man.

Daily Record

Mariners ‘pleased’ Luis Castillo won’t pitch for Dominican Republic in WBC

SEATTLE — Burned by injuries the last time the World Baseball Classic was played, the Mariners were understandably reluctant to let their staff ace pitch in the event this year.

Tribune News Service

Guatemala to require visa for Dominicans amid spike in migrants

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'Who doesn't want to be a Padre right now?' Ethan Salas, 16, eager to start pro climb.

SAN DIEGO — As he bounced from his native Venezuela to watching his brother play in the Arizona Fall League to the Padres' complex in the Dominican Republic to his introduction to Petco Park on Tuesday, one thing was as essential as the clothes and catching gear stuffed in Ethan…

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Gold mining, a blessing or a curse for the Dominican Republic?

Latin America's largest gold mine is at the centre of a contentious debate. The Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic produces nearly 50 percent of the country's gold. But fifty years of industrial mining have transformed the once-isolated village of Cotui into a massive open-air mine. And the expansion…

France 24

YSL trial: Juror who left the country must write 30-page essay, judge rules

ATLANTA — A potential juror who traveled to the Dominican Republic on a business trip instead of returning to Fulton County court has been ordered to write a 30-page essay on the importance of jury service.

Tribune News Service

Livingston hope to have new defender signed up in next few days

The Dominican Republic centre-back is currently training with the club as they await work permit approval.

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Golfweek’s Best 2023: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands and Central America

The 2023 Golfweek's Best ranking of tropical courses include plenty of water views.

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Two bodies found in undercarriage of Avianca airplane in Bogota

The bodies of two young men, who were possibly from the Dominican Republic, were found in the undercarriage of an Avianca airplane during maintenance in Colombian capital Bogota, the airline and the attorney general's office of Colombia said on Saturday.

Reuters

Report: Court Convicts 10 People for 2019 Attack on David Ortiz

The Hall of Famer was shot at a bar in the Dominican Republic.

Sports Illustrated

Dominican court convicts 10 accused of attack on David Ortiz, reports say

A court in the Dominican Republic convicted 10 of 13 people accused of attempting to murder former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in Santo Domingo in 2019, according to reports.

Tribune News Service

Lucas Giolito pitches in to clean up beaches in the Dominican Republic. ‘We have one planet,’ the Chicago White Sox starter says.

When Lucas Giolito arrived in the Dominican Republic earlier this month for a beach cleanup project, he noticed a group of young baseball players going through agility drills with a trainer.

Chicago Tribune

Brickbat: For(ced) Rent

The New York City Special Commissioner of Investigation's office has confirmed it is looking into claims by public school teachers brought from the Dominican Republic that they are forced to live in an illegal boarding house owned by several school administrators. The teachers told the New York Post they were…

Reason

Mum left 'dangerously ill' after food poisoning at 'nightmare' five-star TUI holiday resort

Samantha Broadbent, 49, forked out £4,500 for the trip to the Dominican Republic with her teenage son Ben, as a celebration of his finishing primary school

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Globe-trotting dogs rack up over 80,000 air miles as they join owner on epic travels

Maya, Lily, Charlie and Marvel are four Samoyed dogs who travel the world with their owner Oxana Nabokova and have visited Mexico, Aruba, France, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Belgium, Slovenia, the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic and Turkey

France 24

In the Dominican Republic, a 'hunt' for Haitian immigrants

Thousands of Haitians have been deported from the Dominican Republic in October and November 2022, despite a call from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to stop the expulsions amid an ongoing health and security crisis in Haiti. Rights groups in Haiti have denounced the deportations and accused Dominican…

Axios

Scoop: Dominican Republic snags first MLB players union office outside U.S.

The announcement comes as the league and union work to enhance their presence in the Caribbean and Latin America.

The Independent UK

Dominican Republic expels 1,800 children to Haiti: UNICEF

A U.N. agency says Dominican authorities have expelled at least 1,800 unaccompanied Haitian migrant children this year back to their crisis-stricken country

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Dominican sugar imports tied to forced labor rejected by US

The U.S. government says it will detain all imports of sugar and related products made in the Dominican Republic by the country's largest sugar producer amid allegations that it uses forced labor

France 24

Haitians deported from Dominican Republic in 'cage-like' trucks

Authorities in the Dominican Republic deported 15,000 Haitians in October 2022 alone, despite the call of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to halt these forced removals because of the precarious health and security situation in Haiti. One group in Haiti that provides help to deportees says that Dominican…

The Guardian - US

US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown

Haitian migrants are being deported from Caribbean country and authorities seem to be targeting people based on their appearance

Daily Mirror

Heartwarming moment man breaks down as 26 loved ones surprise him at airport

Friends and family of Carlo Carrington turned up at Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex to join the birthday boy on a big trip to the Dominican Republic for his fortieth

Miami Herald

US warns darker-skinned Americans may be profiled, detained in the Dominican Republic

The government of the Dominican Republic is pushing back against a U.S. embassy warning to dark-skinned American tourists that stepped-up enforcement against Haitian migrants in the Caribbean nation could lead to their being racially profiled or detained.

The Independent UK

Dominican Republic rejects criticism of Haitian deportations

The Dominican Republic said it “profusely rejects” the denunciation of its crackdowns on Haitian migrants by a growing number of countries and human rights agencies

Chronicle Live

North East mum still suffering from horror illness two months after TUI 5-star holiday nightmare

TUI customer Samantha Broadbent is looking for answers after being struck down with a bacterial infection while on holiday in the Dominican Republic

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