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President Luis Abinader was the keynote speaker at the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon on 25 March 2025 and addressed the challenges and opportunities of trade and investment with the United States.
President Luis Abinader stated that the Dominican Republic is stronger, more prosperous, and better prepared for the future than ever before. In his remarks, the President urged Dominicans to be confident, celebrate the country’s achievements, and continue working passionately for a better future. “We know that future development will not come on its own. Development is built, and we have already started,” he emphasized.
“Today, I invite you to see our reality with new eyes. If the economy is growing, investment is expanding, and there are more jobs and opportunities, why do many Dominicans still believe the opposite? It’s time to shake off pessimism and recognize...
President Luis Abinader declared on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 that the Dominican Republic has become the “ideal” partner for the United States. Speaking at the Latin American Cities Conference hosted by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS-COA), Abinader highlighted two key factors that support this claim: the country’s “enviable” geostrategic location and its “outstanding” connectivity, making it an attractive destination for companies looking to relocate through nearshoring.
“The Dominican Republic’s location in the heart of the Caribbean, just two hours by air and two days by sea from the United States, opens a wealth of advantages for US businesses that need to meet tight consumer deadlines and seek cost-effective delivery options,” Abinader emphasized.
The President also underscored the country’s robust logistics infrastructure, noting that it provides access...
Francesca Rainieri / Diario Libre
Francesca Rainieri, a prominent figure in the Dominican Republic’s business sector and chief financial officer at the Puntacana Group, has made history by becoming the first woman elected to preside the board of the American Chamber of Commerce. This appointment follows in the footsteps of her father, Frank Rainieri, who held the same position from 1986 to 1988.
She had held the number two position at the board under outgoing Edwin de los Santos, whose tenure concludes on 2 April 2025. He has served two terms.
Rainieri began working with the Puntacana Group in 2001 as a strategic planning manager and progressed to director of Hospitality in 2004. Currently, she is the chief financial officer at the Puntacana Group. Her career at Puntacana Group includes significant contributions to the organization’s various business units and the...
On 17 March 2025, the Second Collegiate Court of the National District rejected a request by Alexis Medina Sánchez, Magaly Medina Sánchez, and 11 other defendants in the Anti-Pulpo case, seeking to dismiss criminal charges against them. The Anti-Pulpo case looks into corruption charges for the brother and sister of former President Danilo Medina taking advantage of their relation with the President to secure multiple government contracts and carry out activities in violation with the law.
Francisco Álvarez Valdez (Pancho) of the civic movement, Participacion Ciudadana commented on the positivity of the decision by the court, saying it is fully justified, especially when considering the procedural conduct of the accused.
Álvarez Valdez presented the fourth report of the Observatorio de Casos de Corrupción Administrativa by Participación Ciudadana.
The civic movement Participación Ciudadana (PC) praised the recent trend in the Dominican Republic’s judicial system, where...
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) continues to socialize its plans to issue a new ID card. The president of the JCE Roman Andres Jaquez Liranzo met with the Conference of the Dominican Episcopate (CED), the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. He presented the overview of the plans to and importane of the new ID and the importance of the project that includes a widespread audit to the civil registry. The JCE has already detected possible irregularities around three million of the ID cards issued by the organization. The new IDs calls for a purge of those who cannot sustain their identity. The purge is expected to bring major resistance by those who have irregularly acquired their identity cards.
During the meeting with the episcopate, Monsignor Hector Rafael Rodriguez, metropolitan bishop of Santiago, who presides the CED, recommended that the JCE plenary...
Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre, announced on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 that security in the Bavaro area known as El Hoyo de Friusa has been strengthened with the deployment of over 100 personnel from the Armed Forces and the National Police, who are now patrolling the area as part of a permanent operation, as reported in Noticias SIN.
Fernández Onofre emphasized: “We will ensure that the march scheduled for Sunday, 30 March 2025, takes place peacefully and without incidents. Everything is coordinated to prevent any problems.”
He further stated: “All security units in the area have been reinforced, including Sutran, Comipol, and Politur, as well as ongoing support for the Migration Agency.” He added: “The security presence in Friusa has been increased with over 100 additional Armed Forces and Police personnel, and this increase will...
Coinciding with the militarizing of the El Hoyo de Friusa in Bavaro, the Haitian government has announced a ban on the entry of foreign goods through the Dominican Republic, a measure set to take effect along the entire border starting Monday, 7 April 2025, as reported in El Dia.
According to an official circular from Haiti’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, signed by Minister Alfred Fils Metellus, foreign goods will only be allowed to enter Haiti by sea, under the control of national customs authorities.
This decision directly impacts the traditional overland trade flow at major border points between the two countries, such as Dajabón, Elías Piña, Jimaní, and Pedernales. Going forward, Haitian customs offices at these points will no longer be authorized to receive foreign goods coming from the Dominican side, until further notice.
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The Dominican Republic’s largest international food, tobacco, and beverage fair, Agroalimentaria 2025, will be held from 28 to 31 May 2025 at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel & Casino in Santo Domingo.
Organized by the Dominican Republic Export and Investment Center (ProDominicana) and the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD), the event is a key meeting point for professionals and consumers in the food, tobacco, and beverage sectors.
Over 200 exhibitors will showcase a diverse array of products, including fresh produce, processed foods, cigars, and beverages.
In announcing the event, Pro Dominicana director Biviana Riveiro highlighted the agricultural sector’s significant contribution to the Dominican Republic’s economy, with over US$3,275.5 million in exports in 2024, representing a 17.7% year-over-year growth.
Dominican agricultural products reach 150...
Pandora magazine of El Caribe newspaper, shares its list of the best dressed in the Tuesday, 25 March 2025 Soberano Awards, the grand gala of show business in the Dominican Republic. The leading newspapers have been publishing their selections of the best dressed during the leading entertainment business awards ceremony.
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The Abinader administration announced it is borrowing US$190 million from the World Bank to carry out a comprehensive program to strengthen the public health system.
The initiative, a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Housing and Buildings (Mived), and the National Health Service (SNS), will focus on modernizing public medical facilities, enhancing digital health infrastructure, and providing specialized training for healthcare professionals.
The program’s launch was spearheaded by Health Minister Víctor Atallah, Mived Minister Carlos Bonilla, SNS Director Mario Lama, and Alexandria Valerio, the World Bank’s representative in the country. The World Bank is the primary funder of the five-year project.
The program calls for the rehabilitation of 250 primary care centers. Likewise, the funds...
President Luis Abinader dedicated the first half hour of his Monday, 24 March 2025 weekly press conference to explain about the substantial increase in credit now available for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
He highlighted the administration’s commitment to bolstering this vital sector of the Dominican economy. The Ministry of Industry & Commerce is in charge of the Promipyme programs that provide financial services and non-financial services, like training to small businesses. Promipyme also offers interest rates that are well below the market averages to MSMEs.
During this week’s press conference, President Abinader revealed that the MSME credit portfolio has grown by RD$4.16 billion, and loan disbursements have tripled in the last four years. When taking office in 2020, the Promipyme loan portfolio was RD$5.57 billion, and it has now grown 74.62% to RD$9.74...
Dominican exporters have been prompt to fill in demand for eggs from English, French-speaking and Dutch-speaking Caribbean islands that previously imported these in bulk from Miami, Florida. Now that the United States is impacted by avian flu and is undergoing major problems with egg production, the Dominican Republic has stepped in.
A recent report published in El Nacional also reports that egg exports to Cuba have also been increasing. A spokesperson for the Dominican Poultry Association (ADA) said in the past month, egg exports to Cuba surpassed 30 million units, a value exceeding US$20 million. This significant growth underscores the nation’s rising prominence in the regional market, a result of collaborative efforts between producers, the government, and commercial supply chains.
Miguel A. Lajara, a member of the ADA, revealed these figures during the “Advances...
The Dominican Republic and the French Development Agency (AFD) have solidified their partnership by signing the 2025-2027 Cooperation Roadmap this Monday, 24 March 2025 in Santo Domingo. The agreement aims to bolster economic and social development within the Dominican Republic through a series of strategic programs and projects.
The roadmap focuses on key sectors vital for social and ecological transition, including transportation, urban development, climate action, biodiversity conservation, education, water and sanitation, healthcare, governance and renewable energy.
The document was signed by Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez for the Dominican Republic and Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and French Nationals Abroad Laurent Saint-Martin and Virginie Díaz Pedregal, director of AFD Santo Domingo. Also signing for the...
Laurent Saint-Martin / Acento
During his recent visit, French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and French Nationals Abroad, Laurent Saint-Martin, announced a significant investment of over €200 million annually in the Dominican Republic. The funding, channeled through the French Development Agency (AFD), will focus on transportation, environmental, and health projects.
Saint-Martin was in the Dominican Republic for the signing of the 2025-2027 Cooperation Roadmap with the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
During his visit, Saint-Martin toured the Santo Domingo cable car and Metro Line 2, emphasizing the nation’s potential for multimodal transportation development. He highlighted discussions with President Luis Abinader regarding expanded cooperation in infrastructure, particularly urban mobility systems in Santo Domingo and Santiago.
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The National Vehicle Retention Center (Cenarve), a project under the Ministry of Housing (Mived), has begun operations on the Santo Domingo bypass in West Santo Domingo. There are still ongoing constructions and furbishings going on at the site. This facility aims to replace the vehicle retention depot on Monumental Avenue, infamously known as El Coco Canodrome.
Listin Diario reports that in recent weeks, Cenarve has started housing impounded vehicles, alleviating overcrowding at other retention centers located on Independence Avenue, Villa Mella (La 28), La Victoria, and Marbella (Northeast Highway). These centers had absorbed the overflow from the Monumental Avenue facility.
Originally slated for completion in the last quarter of 2024, the project has been pushed back twice, now still aiming for an inauguration the first half of 2025...
Wellington Bencosme and António Guterres / Presidency
Wellington Dario Bencosme Castaños presented credentials to the Secretary General of the United Nations this week. Previously, Bencosme Castaños had served as ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Suriname, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was the dean of diplomats when serving in Trinidad.
Bencosme Castaños is an international affairs, trade and development, and government relations veteran with over 20 years of professional experience working on behalf of government and private clients, as senior diplomat and advisor, providing strategic counseling in various fields and industries, at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels.
Bencosme Castaños advised and advocated in the negotiation, ratification and implementation of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free...
The president of the Dominican Baseball League (Lidom) Vitelio Mejía says that until there is a baseball stadium with capacity for 25,000, the Caribbean Series will not be hosted in the Dominican Republic when it is the country’s turn in 2028. The Quisqueya Ball Park has capacity for 14,469 seated persons. The Cibao Stadium in Santiago has capacity for 18,077.
The Lidom approved that the Caribbean Series that would have been played in Santo Domingo will be played at the LoanDepot Park of Miami. That stadium has capacity for 37,442. That stadium is the third smallest of MLB sanctioned ball parks in the United States.The profitability of the show is what is most important for the league.
The Roberto Clemente ball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico has capacity for 12,500 spectators.
The last time the Caribbean Series was held in Santo Domingo was in 2022. To prepare for that event...
Evelyn Rodríguez / Diario Libre
The Premios Soberanos, the annual showbusiness awards ceremony, has traditionally been an opportunity for the Dominican fashion industry to show off the work of the best Dominican designers.
Diario Libre shares its list of the best galas. The selection included Yubelkis Peralta in an Art Deco-style dress designed by Yusef Sanchez. Celinee Santos in a masterpiece by Luis Dominguez. Nahiony Reyes wore a Suzette Taveras red gala. Evelyna Rodriguez and Charytin Goico wore long gowns by Giannina Azar. Amara La Negra wore a creation by Suzelle Taveras. Zoe Saldaña chose a design by Dominican designer Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim for Monse Maison. Jhoel Lopez wore a light blue men’s gala by Jose Jhan.
This year, Pamela Sued, broke the years long tradition, and wore a creation by an unnamed Vietnam designer. She won the best...
Zoe Saldaña / Que Pasa Media Network
Zoe Saldaña received the Grand Soberano Award towards the end of the 2025 Soberano Awards telecast from the National Theater on 25 March 2025. She is the first actress to win the award. She also won the best actor abroad award.
In her short speeches accepting the awards she spoke of her strong ties and Dominican roots and how proud she was for herself and her family to receive the awards. She dedicated the award to her late father, Aridio Saldaña. The Dominican awards mark the end to an unprecedented season of recognitions honoring the first Dominican artist to win an Oscar.
The Soberano Awards recognize the best in the entertainment business as voted by the members of the Arts Chroniclers Association (Acroarte).
The winners during the 40th edition of the Soberano Awards were:Classical Category
Classical or Modern...
The Chamber of Deputies has moved to overhaul the nation’s auditing body, the Chamber of Accounts, by selecting pre-candidates and excluding all current members who sought to stay. This decision signals a potential shift in the oversight of public funds, following a period marked by internal conflicts and perceived ineffectiveness within the existing Chamber.
A committee within the Chamber of Deputies finalized its selection of 25 individuals, forming five distinct groups of candidates. These names will now proceed to the Senate for final approval, where five individuals will be chosen to lead the Chamber of Accounts.
As reported in Diario Libre, the selection process involved a review of nearly 193 applicants. Notable among the selected candidates is Emma Polanco Melo de Mercedes, former rector of the UASD.
The Chamber of Deputies will now narrow the list down from...
The First Chamber of the Santiago Court of Appeals upheld a two-year prison sentence for the driver who struck and killed 16-year old baseball prospect Imanol Manuel Cruz in August 2022.
The court rejected appeals from both Eduardo Enrique Guzmán Valdez’s defense and the legal representatives of former La Romana PLD congressman Plutarco Pérez. Pérez was ordered to pay a three million peso indemnity to Cruz’s parents because the vehicle involved had been imported with a tax exemption granted by him.
Judge Alexandra Whebe Guzmán ruled that Eduardo Enrique Guzmán failed to take necessary precautions for pedestrian safety and condemned his decision to flee the scene after hitting the teenager.
Guzmán Valdez, owner of the black Porsche Panamera, was driving at high speed when he struck Cruz, who died hours later during surgery at a Santiago hospital. The accident occurred...
The township of Friusa was born with the construction of the first resorts in the Punta Cana area. The constructions attracted the flow of thousands of undocumented workers from Haiti who found low cost housing in this central area that would grow and now has been described as one of the most dense congregations of Haitians anywhere.
In recent years, the peaceful worker community has evolved to have a reputation as a no-man’s land, with reports that drug dealership and criminals have set up their networks and homes there and that the area is controlled by Haitian leadership, in the Haitian-style.
Now the Antigua Orden Dominicana is organizing a peaceful walk through the community on 30 March 2025 to enforce that this area cannot be off limits for Dominicans. The walk was notified to the Ministry of Interior and Police. The Antigua Orden Dominicana protests what...
The National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant) has begun to carry out aleatory doping and alcoholic level tests to public transport drivers. The director of Intrant, Milton Morrison, says that the authorities will retain the licenses of those who test positive. Morrison says the intention is to extend the tests to motorcyclists and other vehicle drivers.
Transport syndicate owner, senator for Santiago Rodriguez province, Antonio Marte, has said that if drivers were tested, several public transport routes would have to be discontinued.
The measure comes as the population protests the epidemic of traffic accidents as a result of the lack of effective measures and consequences for traffic law violations on behalf of the authorities.
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The Premios Soberanos, the most important show business awards ceremony held annually in the Dominican Republic, is happening tonight. The event takes place at the National Theater in Santo Domingo and this year features the participation of Zoe Saldaña, the first Dominican to win an Oscar.
The Premios Soberanos will take place on Tuesday, 25 March 2025 with the red carpet show starting at 7pm. The awards are telecast by Color Vision, Channel 9 for the country.
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Minister of Tourism David Collado announced the government will fund the construction of a new tourist pier in the municipal district of Caleta, La Romana province. Caleta is a public beach and restaurant area that primarily caters to the local population. The project, with an investment of RD$30,773,790, aims to boost tourism and fishing in the area.
Collado emphasized that the modern pier will have a significant economic impact on the development of tourism and fishing in Caleta and its surrounding areas. “With the construction of this pier, we are addressing a long-standing and justified demand from this municipal district,” Collado stated. “We are fulfilling our initiative to revitalize coastal areas and move away from neglecting the sea.”
The pier’s design includes a 3-meter-wide walkway, extending 30.15 linear meters over the sea. At its southern end, the pier...
The Abinader administration is investing billions to create the Cabo Rojo beach destination in southwestern Pedernales. The first resort hotel, the 580-room Iberostar, is well-advanced. Two others are also under construction – the Dreams and Secret resorts, Bill Lockward reports in recent footage.
Tourists staying in the Cabo Rojo resort area will be about 100 meters from the Cabo Rojo beach, but also a short boat trip from the Bahia de las Aguilas, the main draw of the southwestern area. Bahia de las Aguilas is a picture-perfect desert-like shallow and transparent beach with white sands but without coconut trees. Coconut trees are not native to the Caribbean.
Bill Lockward also reports on Cabo Rojo Port, the cruise ship terminal, that is already receiving cruise ships. Since opening last year, several cruise ships have arrived as cruise ship companies...
Air Europa has increased its flights from several airports in Spain to Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic’s leading airport.
Air Europe is promoting its attractive fares for roundtrip travel this spring and through fall. The flights to Punta Cana are:Madrid (MAD) to Punta Cana (PUJ) from 26/03/2025 to 02/04/2025 from EUR525Palma de Mallorca (PMI) to Punta Cana (PUJ) 26/03/2025 to 02/04/2025 from EUR537Valencia (VLC) to Punta Cana (PUJ) 24/03/2025 from EUR 540 EURMalaga (AGP) to Punta Cana (PUJ) 26/03/2025 – 02/04/2025 from EUR541Barcelona (BCN) to Punta Cana (PUJ) 26/03/2025 – 02/04/2025 from EUR548Tenerife (TFN) to Punta Cana (PUJ) 26/03/2025 – 02/04/2025 from EUR606Gran Canaria (LPA) to Punta Cana (PUJ) from 30/09/2025 to 06/10/2025 from EUR723A Coruña (LCG) to Punta Cana (PUJ) 08/10/2025 – 17/10/2025 from EUR739
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Journalist Katherine Hernandez reports on her Instagram account on Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic’s capital city, and the advanced plans for a major transformation under the “Comprehensive Plan of Santo Domingo,” a sweeping initiative focused on urban development, sustainability, and improved mobility. Recently unveiled by the Presidency of the Republic and the National District City Hall, the project aims to modernize key infrastructure, expand green spaces, and enhance road connectivity, ultimately creating a more organized and functional city.
Key elements of the plan include the revitalization of the Santo Domingo Malecón (boardwalk) and the ambitious “Santo Domingo del Mar” project. This initiative will feature continuing renovations of the 14 km long Caribbean-sea facing park towards the Paseo 30 de Mayo on the western side and including a 50,000...
Sports tourism is “in” around the world, with tourists attracted both by passive and active sports involvement. Passive sports tourism — people traveling to watch matches, races or tournaments, and combining this with more conventional touristic pursuits is on the rise. But also participatory trips are increasingly in demand.
Sports are now seen as a new engine of tourism. The Dominican Republic is riding the crest of the international sports tourism wave at a time when the sector is expected to continue to increase in leaps and bounds. Among the reasons is that women’s sports tourism is on the rise. More women’s sports have a major following, widening the scope of sports tourism around the world.
The capital city is already getting a big boost with the renovation of sports venues in Santo Domingo, the capital city, for the celebration of the 25th Central American...
President Luis Abinader celebrated the election of Punta Cana as the host city for the 146th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in 2027, emphasizing that this decision confirms the trust the world places in the Dominican Republic, N Digital reports. “We continue to project a nation that is organized and capable of hosting world-class events,” said the President, highlighting the country’s commitment to the development of tourism, sports, and international diplomacy.
El Caribe reported that the DR received a positive vote of 93 countries to two against. The DR competed against destinations in Czech Republic, Montenegro, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
As stated by President Abinader, the importance of the designation is that Punta Cana has been hard working since the pandemic in 2020 to consolidate itself as a major destination for sports...
The government of Canada wants to become a closer collaborator with the Dominican Republic in the exploitation of the country’s rare earth elements. The Dominican government in August 2024 announced the incorporation of Emidom, a so-far government-owned company for the exploration and exploitation of the rare earth element mining in the southwest.
The Canadian Embassy last week held a Canadian Mining Seminar: Towards a Sustainable Future, seeking to foster this collaboration. The workshop came on the heels of the recent announcement of US Secretary Marcos Rubio during his visit in early February of the interest of the United States in supporting the same exploration and exploitation. So far, the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) has been participating in the research to determine the local inventories. The ERDC are assisting the Ministry of...
The president of the board of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Guido Gómez Mazara has confirmed that the technical aspects of blocking cell phone calls from prisons have been resolved, as part of a joint effort with the Office of the Attorney General.
Mazara asserted that this measure will curb the increase in criminal activities originating from prisons, explaining that 36% of thefts involve cell phones, and 90% of fraudulent calls are made from prisons using stolen phones. “I guarantee the country that this year, the blocking of cell phone calls from prisons will be resolved, as we are already checking [the system], but we cannot disclose which prisons,” Mazara stated during an interview with Pablo McKinney on his program “McKinney,” broadcast on Color Visión, Channel 9.
He further noted that when the Las Parras prison...
On the Senate floor, senator Hector Acosta asked Milton Morrison, the head of the Intrant agency, the one that controls traffic and transportation in the Dominican Republic, why there were traffic cops directing traffic when the traffic lights were working perfectly.
Morrison was testifying with regards to the very large numbers of traffic fatalities that have placed the Dominican Republic number one in the world in “Fatalities per 100,00 km of highways.” In January and February 2025, over 350 persons died on the nation’s roadways. The question posed to Morrison has always been on the minds of millions of commuters when stuck in traffic jams.
Morrison did not have an answer to the question. He said that he frequently asked himself the same question before becoming the head of the National Institute for Traffic and Transportation (Intrant). He noted that in the agency he...
Despite the crisis in Haiti, Dominican border trade with Haiti has solidified its position and continues to be an economic driver, serving as the backbone of the region between Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and its sister city Ouanaminthe over the border in Haiti. Over a thousand small-scale traders converge every week in Dajabon, facilitating a weekly economic flow of over RD$400 million, according to Dajabón’s mayor, Santiago Riverón.
Each morning, the bustling movement of vehicles and people signals another day of commercial exchange. On Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, before sunrise over the Masacre River, thousands gather at the border bridge connecting the two towns. Diario Libre reports that this binational market is more than just a trading hub; it symbolizes life, struggle, and hope for thousands of merchants from both nations.
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The United States Embassy issued a notice on 21 March 2025 indicating the temporary suspension of passport and notary services at the Punta Cana Consular Agency in the province of La Altagracia. The office was opened to serve the millions of US tourists who travel to Punta Cana resorts every year. The reason for the suspension is not given.
In the notice, the US Embassy says that interested customers can make appointments for these services at the US Embassy in Santo Domingo or the Puerto Plata Consular Agency via the US Embassy website.
The Embassy will issue advance notice if limited appointments become available at the Punta Cana Consular Agency.
The Embassy explains that all emergency appointments, including requests for an emergency passport, are being handled at the US Embassy in Santo Domingo.
Colonel William Batista Castillo / Antena 7
National Police director Ramon Antonio Guzman Peralta announced the appointing of Colonel William Batista Castillo to replace Colonel Abiu Aaron Zilberberg Cabral at the Jarabacoa Operational Department. Zilberberg Cabral was suspended after an investigation following his placing obstacles to a noise-cancellation operation by the Alcohol Control (Coba) division of the Police in Jarabacoa, La Vega, the mountain vacation town. The incident was recorded and went viral.
Following the announcement of Colonel Abiu Aaron Zilberberg Cabral’s suspension, National Police Director Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta appointed a new commander for the Jarabacoa Operational Department.
On Friday, 21 March 2025, Guzmán Peralta implemented several changes in the operational and administrative areas of the law enforcement agency, including...
The Dominican Republic is celebrating the life of theater icon, Ivan Garcia Guerra. He passed away on Saturday, 22 March 2025. He was 87 years old.
Garcia was an actor, high school and university professor of acting and creativity, narrator and media professional. He is best known for his excellence in acting, writing and directing theater. He was the director of the Bellas Artes public arts system. In 2015, he won the highest distinction granted by the Soberano Awards, the leading show business awards in the country.
In an interview with El Dia in 2018, he recalled how in 1965, speaking from a radio booth of the only station operating at that time, he had opposed the American invasion in the April 1965 War. “We knew that at any moment they could come in and take our lives. That situation showed me to be a person who does what he has to do,” he said emotionally at the time...
The Dominican National Carnival held on Sunday, 23 March 2025 captivated the hearts of hundreds of Dominicans who gathered along Avenida George Washington, Santo Domingo’s Malecón. Despite the intense heat and shining sun, the event showcased sustainability and the nation’s vibrant culture, music, and traditions, as reported in Listin Diario, Hoy, El Caribe El Dia and Diario Libre.
The parade, started around 3:30pm and featured 162 costumed groups (comparsas), with a special focus on San Cristóbal province, this year’s dedicatee. Diario Libre reported that 13 comparsas paraded for San Cristobal alone.
The traditional Pintaos of Barahona, the diablos cojuelos of the La Vega Carnival, the guloyas of San Pedro de Macorís, and taimáscaros of Puerto Plata also participated, highlighting the country’s cultural diversity.
Hoy reported how the Malecón was packed with...
The capital city fairgrounds known as the Ciudad Ganadera are once again the scene of the National Farm Fair 2025. This is a big event that will run until Sunday, 30 March 2025. The Feria Ganadera is a popular annual attraction.
Jose Mallen, the head of the Cattlemen’s Association that is hosting this year’s fair, noted that the event is one where technologies and business advancements are presented.
Like fairs in many parts of the world, this is the time and place where Dominican farmers and suppliers show off their wares and achievements. There are activities for young and old, such as the tour of milk production that helps people understand the milking process all the way to the final products sold in stores.
And there are auctions, equipment demonstrations, and the sale of produce, eggs, and other farm products, as well as the equipment and products that contribute...
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