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President Abinader takes advantage of 80th UN General Assembly to promote Summit of the Americas CEO meeting

President Luis Abinader before taking off for New York City to participate in business and government affairs under the umbrella of the 80th United Nations General Assembly used about 10 minutes of his regular Monday press conference to highlight his agenda in New York. Throughout the meeting, he is accompanied by Minister of Foreign Relations …

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President Abinader says destruction of speedboat carrying drugs was not in Dominican territorial waters

Upon arriving Monday, 22 September 2025 in the evening to New York City for his participation in the UN General Debate, President Luis Abinader answered press questions. He clarified that the destruction of a speedboat in a joint operation of the Dominican Navy and the US South Command did not occur in Dominican waters. The …

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Government’s Ethics Department had given high ratings for transparency to Senasa, new findings show a very different situation

Former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, director of the General Directorate of Government Ethics and Integrity (DIGEIG), is being urged to reevaluate the indicators used to measure transparency in public institutions—particularly the performance of their official transparency portals, El Caribe writes in an editorial. The El Caribe call for scrutiny comes amid troubling revelations about …

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Users of prepaid cell phone plans need to validate their telephone numbers

Telecommunications companies Claro Dominicana and Altice are reminding all their prepaid customers to validate their identity before the 29 September 2025 deadline or risk losing the telephone number. This is in compliance with Resolution 064-2025 from the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel). This new rule is designed to ensure that every prepaid line is registered to …

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Dominican crypto kingpin sentenced to eight years for massive fraud

A court in the Dominican Republic has sentenced Jairo Joel González Durán to eight years in prison for orchestrating a sprawling cryptocurrency and foreign exchange scam that defrauded hundreds of victims out of millions of dollars, El Nacional reports. The Third Collegiate Court of the National District also ordered González to pay a fine of …

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Baseball superstar Juan Soto named ambassador for 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games

The head of the Organizing Committee for the Central American and Caribbean Games 2026, Jose Monegro, Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz and the president of Centro Caribe Sports Luis Mejia Oviedo were in New York for the official naming of Mets slugger Juan Soto as Sports Ambassador for the summer games slated to take place in …

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The Dominican Republic’s women’s B Team secures the bronze in the Final Six

The Dominican Republic’s women’s volleyball team, the B team with a new generation of players, fought their way to a bronze medal at the Norceca Final Six tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico. The team, affectionately known as the “Queens of the Caribbean,” relied on the breakout performances of Madeline Guillén, Alondra Tapia, and Massiel Matos and …

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