2024

DR1 News is taking time off for the extended New Year holidays. Headline news from Friday, 27 December 2024 through Thursday, 2 January 2025, will be compiled for the 2 January news digest, the first in 2025. Remember that the DR1 Forums are open 24/7 at dr1.com for posting headline news and commentaries. DR1 thanks …

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The Presidency announced that President Luis Abinader traveled to the United States to spend the Christmas holiday accompanied by his wife Raquel Arbaje and three daughters. The Presidency says the President left on Christmas Day, 25 December and is scheduled to return on Monday, 30 December 2024. The Presidency did not share details on the …

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Diario Libre gives an overview of important events in the passing year. The year’st most important events were the municipal and presidential elections that resulted in the sweep by the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), and President Luis Abinader winning a second term of office. Some of the main themes throughout the year were reform, …

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The Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo) says 2024 was a year of sustained growth for the country’s exports, and 2025 should be the same. According to official figures, between January and November of 2024, exports reached RD$11.89 billion, representing an increase of 7.78% compared to the same period in 2023. Karel Castillo, president of Adoexpo, …

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The Presidency announced new appointments to the Dominican embassies in Panama, United Kingdom, Chile, UN in New York and Israel by Decree 704-24. The appointments need to be confirmed in the Senate by the ruling PRM majority party before Congress closes on 12 January 2025. Former National District Mayor Roberto Salcedo is named Dominican ambassador …

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The Abinader administration seems to be leaving it up to the US government to appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) after by presidential decree a tax has been levied on US rice imports to protect Dominican rice production. The tax is a violation to the DR-CAFTA Treaty that had given local rice producers 20 …

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Judge Domingo Gil has cast a dissenting vote against the recent Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court ruling that cleared the open skies agreement signed with the Biden administration of the United States. The judge expressed concerns that the deal could compromise the nation’s sovereignty. The US-DR Open Skies Agreement, signed on 2 August 2024 and now …

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El Caribe gives an overview of what should be the priorities of legislators when they resume work after the Christmas holidays in 2025. Journalist Abed-nego Paulino writes that among the key tasks are the passing of supplementary laws, the electing of the new members of the Chamber of Accounts (that is responsible for auditing government …

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A recent ruling by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has declared articles 152 and 157 of the Electoral Law 20-23 in violation of the Dominican Constitution, sending shockwaves through the country’s political landscape and setting the stage for yet another overhaul of the nation’s electoral regulations, Listin Diario reports. The contentious articles, which dealt with …

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The announced US State Department’s Special Envoy for Latin America for the Trump administration could be good news for the Dominican Republic. Trump has yet to announce his choice for the assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, but the special envoy is a position of influence. As reported in Diario Libre, the would-be …

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