DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The devastating JetSet Club tragedy, claiming over 226 lives, serves as a too painful reminder of the urgent need to move beyond a deep-seated culture of wishful thinking and negligence in the Dominican Republic towards proactive prevention. The prevailing culture manifests itself in the reliance on divine protection rather than diligent enforcement of standards to prevent disasters.

The ghostly or divine coincidences of the victims of the 8 April 2025 JetSet Club tragedy presents an opportunity to rise to the challenge and save hundreds of thousands of lives in the future.

The collapse of the concrete roof of the JetSet Club took with it the lives of two offspring of the founder of the Banco Popular, one of the most powerful banking groups in Latin America. It took with it the life of the governor of Montecristi, Nelsy, sister of Nelson Cruz, who is...