Dolores Vicioso

President Luis Abinader will meet with former Presidents Danilo Medina (2012-2016 and 2016-2020), Leonel Fernández (1996-2000, 2004-2008, 2008-2012), and Hipólito Mejía (2000-2004) on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 at 4pm at the Ministry of Defense. The meeting comes in response to Abinader’s formal invitation sent on 30 April 2025, which was accepted by all three former …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) reported that the First Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Minister of Kenya, Musalia Mudavadi, arrived on 9 May 2025 to Santo Domingo for talks with Dominican government officials. The visit is after he met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, DC on 7 May. Mudavadi will meet …

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Starting Monday, 12 May 2025, Haiti announced it will be enforcing a new regulation that prohibits the entry of foreign goods through its land border with the Dominican Republic, Diario Libre reports. The measure, announced by Haiti’s Customs Agency (AGD), has sparked concern among importers, transporters, and traders on both sides of the border. It …

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In the wake of tragic events in recent days where Haitians have been alleged perpetrators of violent acts, hundreds of people from the community of Estero Hondo in the northern province of Puerto Plata have united to march against the illegal trafficking and migration of Haitians, Listin Diario reports. Dressed in black as a sign …

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Since the beginning of the year, President Luis Abinader has traveled abroad at an average of once per month, Listin Diario reports. In early January, he traveled to Puerto Rico for the inauguration of new governor Jennifer Gonzalez. In February, Abinader traveled to Guyana in South America for the second time to attend an energy …

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President Luis Abinader witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding Friday, 9 May 2025 between the Dominican government, represented by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and DP World Dominicana, a Dubai, United Arabian Emirates company calling for an investment of US$760 million to expand the DP World Economic Zones Dominicana free zone park …

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During the first four months of 2025, the cost of the basic food basket increased slightly across the different wage segments. The average cost of food was pegged at RD$46,728 overall in April. This represented a 0.66% increase since January. For the lowest income quintile, the cost was set at RD$27,828.58 in January, and this …

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The Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril) has launched an educational campaign titled “Don’t fall for it” (No caigas en gancho) to alert affiliates of family health insurance plans regarding some shady practices of local health service providers called Administrators of Health Risks (ARS). The idea behind this campaign is to alert affiliates to …

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Dominican Republic’s SOS (Sea-Land Symbiosis) is included in the finalists for the Institute of Food Technologists and Seeding The Future Foundations’s Growth Prize. The competition gathers proponents of solutions to some of the biggest issues impacting the global ag/food space today. SOS is working on solutions to dealing with seaweed that is impacting fishing and …

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President Luis Abinader expects new Pope Leo XIV to visit the Dominican Republic soon. It would be his third visit. It is now known that Robert Francis Prevost, on 11 September 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, of Spanish-speaking parents, and an Augustinian priest, has been at least twice to the Dominican Republic and is said to …

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