DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader has ordered the National Health Insurance (Senasa) to constitute as a civil party in the corruption case detected within the institution. As reported in El Dia, the move is intended to ensure the recovery of “up to the last peso stolen from public assets,” according to the presidential order.By constituting Senasa as a civil actor, the government aims to use legal means to claim damages and restitution of the misappropriated funds, maximizing efforts to recover public money in the ongoing investigation.

State prosecutors announced the arrest of government officials and business people on Sunday, 7 December. The prosecutors now have 48 hours to present charges. The most prominent arrested in the case is Santiago Hazim Albainy, former general manager of the state health insurance plan from 2020 to when he was replaced in August 2025 by Edward Rafael Guzmán Padilla after the scandal hit the media. The other high profile arrest is that of businessman Eduardo...