Dominican Republic

The World Baseball Classic: Where America Getting Creamed is a Good Thing, Apparently

According to Bud Selig, the main purpose of the World Baseball Classic is to be "our great vehicle to internationalize the sport." This was apparently intended as the silver lining to Team USA's 5-2 loss to Mexico on Friday. Translated from Commissioner-ese into English, it meant, "Hey, it's no fun ... More >>

JetBlue Uses America's Hatred Of Politicians For Publicity Stunt; Offers To Ship Disgruntled Voters Overseas

How's this for a PR stunt: you know that obnoxious friend of yours (or perhaps your overly Conservative mother -- hi mom!) who always says that, "if (insert politicians name here) wins the election, I'm moving to Canada?" Well, Queens-based JetBlue airlines wants to make that happen -- but they want ... More >>

Angel Gurity, Alleged Killer, Charged 19 Years After Bronx Murder

Angel Gurity, who fled to the Dominican Republic to avoid a murder charge 19 years ago, was charged yesterday here in the fatal stabbing of his then-24-year-old girlfriend Altagracia Valdez in March, 1993. Gurity, who was ordered held without bail, was indicted in 2010 based on DNA evidence, but it ... More >>

Jean Gentil

Immigrant Groups, Alongside Bill de Blasio, Push Dream Act with Fellowship

​When Yelky Ramos, a 20-year-old undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was filling out college applications, her counselor told her that she would have a rough time getting the scholarships she needed. "My counselor said, 'There's a lot of great opportunities out there, but unfortu ... More >>

More Mamajuana for Manhattan

​Smell that? It's the scent of Mamajuana wafting through Manhattan's streets. No, not that herbal aroma, that's something else entirely. Chef Ricardo Cardona (Sofrito) is taking his Dominican-Spanish cuisine and branching out from his original Inwood location. His second spot, on Amsterdam at 88t ... More >>

He's No Angel

The federal informant the government doesn't want you to know about

Death in a Glass? Morir Soñando at Jimbo's Hamburger Palace

Tastes better than it looks.Morir soñando, which in English means "to die dreaming," might be the most inappropriately named -- and delectable -- drink you've never heard of.The mocktail, a staple of Dominican Republic breakfast fare, actually doesn't kill you in your sleep. The concoction -- a ble ... More >>

Occupy Denver Encampment Broken Up; Flight 587 Memorial; Pacquiao Beats Marquez

​Police in Colorado broke up the Occupy Denver encampment, making 17 arrests in the process. The Denver Post reports "Police told the protesters they needed to remove anything that was blocking the sidewalk," and that, according to a spokesperson, "People are still allowed to sleep on the side ... More >>

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2011 Caribbean-American Labor Day Parade in Brooklyn, the Food and the Spectacle

​Scantily clad dude toasts the crowd from atop one of the semis that pulls the floats in the parade. Though its antecedents can be traced to Carnival parties in Harlem in the 1920s, the Caribbean-American Labor Day Parade (there is no official name) began in the mid-'60s. It resembles in alm ... More >>

Someone Left Four Pairs of Sneakers, Five Pounds of Cocaine at JFK Airport

Fresh​Nearly five pounds of cocaine were found hidden in the soles of sneakers in a suitcase at John F. Kennedy Airport last week, Customs and Border Protection Officers announced on Monday. No one ever picked up the luggage, which came from the Dominican Republic, perhaps because they thought ... More >>

Dick Nixon's Buddy Bebe Rebozo Comes Into the Watergate Picture

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 9, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 32 Covering up the cover-up? by Lucian K. Truscott IV In the days immediately following the break-in of Democratic National Party Headquarters at the Watergate in June 1972, Richard M. Nixon met repeated ... More >>

Coppelia Wants to Cuba Your Peru

Julian Medina's new place invents the Pan-Latin diner

Four Homeless New Yorkers Are on Twitter

​This afternoon, the Observer points us to Underheard in New York, an interesting, if misguided project in which three interns from Bartle Bogle Hegarty, an ad agency, gave four homeless men prepaid cell phones and set them up with Twitter accounts. How's it going?

26 Meals Cooks Through an Alphabet of New York Cuisines

26 Meals​At 5:30 on a Monday evening, ones thoughts naturally turn to going home, or failing that, procrastination. Which is why we're happy to have been tipped off to 26 Meals, a blog chronicling the attempts of two New Yorkers to cook their way through many of the cuisines New York has to of ... More >>

Gabbana Chef Ricardo Cardona: Alphabet City in the '80s, Caribbean Kibbe, Racism at the Ritz, and What Dominicans Really Eat

Chef Ricardo Cardona​Ricardo Cardona heads up the kitchen of the newly opened Gabbana, a modern Dominican restaurant in Corona, Queens. The chef is a veteran of New York kitchens, having worked his way up from frying falafel in the East Village to the Ritz Carlton, and finally developing his o ... More >>

JetBlue Passenger Goes Berserk, Causing Emergency Landing

​What's JetBlue pumping through their vents these days? Today, an "unruly customer" on a flight from Boston to the Dominican Republic caused an emergency landing in Washington D.C., according to Fox News. This is the second flier to go categorically and technically batshit this week, following our ... More >>

Charles Rangel Will Stand Trial for Ethics Violations

​New York Rep. Charles Rangel -- at 80, the fourth oldest person in the House and the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee -- will stand trial on 13 violations of congressional ethics and federal law statutes, despite efforts by Rangel's lawyers to negotiate a last-minute deal ... More >>

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Katie Schorr saves the world

Incredibly Cheap Eats--El Castillo de Jagua

At $8 for an order of roast pork, you might say, "Hey! I have had cheaper!" But the heaping pile of tender meat including several glistening crunchy skin-on pieces, can easily feed two. In fact, I got three meals out of mine. The free sides of crazy-buttery yellow rice and black beans are just as pl ... More >>

In-Flight Hanging Apparently False, But Stephen Fry Really Stuck in Lift

American Airlines flight 834, arriving this evening from the Dominican Republic, was met by emergency personnel because of a medical situation with a passenger -- not, American Airlines spokespeople insist, because the passenger had tried to hang himself, as persistent twittering had reported. The ... More >>

Mets Pitcher Allegedly Killed 2 Women, Turns Himself In

Clip Job: Village Lawyer to Probe de Galindez Disappearance

CARIBBEAN TANGO

Haitians and Dominicans cross borders

The Pedro Martinez Cockfighting Video

The Price of Sugar

Haitian cane-cutters in the Dominican Republic

Treasure Islands

The Brooklyn Museum hosts a broad exhibit of contemporary Caribbean art

The Ghetto Nerd

A decade after his breakout Drown, Junot Díaz returns with his first novel

'Princesas'

High Prices on Fordham Road

Who's an American? The people at Monday's immigration rally

Pub Crawl: Spring Break in New York?

The bar scene at Time Square’s casual dining chains

Mama Mia: A Bar That Feels as Cozy as Home But With Better Drinks

'Santo Domingo Blues'

We Are All New Yorkers

Bush makes war on the city's immigrant neighborhoods

Global Warming: Queens Heats Up With a Down-Home Fest

No Lambi Today

Haitian café in Kensington goes easy on the national dish

Close-Up on the Fashion District

Heavy Duty

A Collection of Fat Fiction Isn't as Weighty as It Could Be

The Latin Beat

Drag Racers and Salty Crooners

Close-up on Hunts Point

Three-Bedroom Apartment in 1970s Townhouse

Pilots’-Eye View

The Crash of Flight 587 Raises Questions About Training and Air Traffic Control

Age Before Beauty

Every Single Person on the Planet Is Not a Big Fan of the Baby Bombers, OK?

Loa Down

Comfort comidas

Pedro's Masterpiece Burns the Rocket

Ping-Pong Madness

At the Hub of the City's Table-Tennis Subculture

Uno Step Beyond