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Winter baseball is back!

The Dominican Professional Baseball Winter League (Lidom) kicks off on Wednesday, 15 October 2025 for the six-team 2025-2026 Lidom Championship. Dominican Winter Baseball, known as pelota invernal, resumes action after an eight-month hiatus. Following a thrilling tournament that saw the Leones del Escogido crowned local and Caribbean champions (Serie del Caribe) in one of the …
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Remittances boom, expats send home US$$8.9 billion so far this year

The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reports a significant surge in remittances sent by Dominicans living abroad. Remittances are the greatest injection of hard currency into the Dominican Republic. These are channeled to the country for investing in property, businesses and for the welfare of relatives and friends of those who have migrated. …
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Controversy over capital city monorail continues

Several past presidents of the Dominican Engineers and Architects Association (Codia) now say the recent Abinader administration decision to build a monorail in Santo Domingo instead of continuing with the metro lines is a planning mistake, as reported in N Digital. A coalition of former presidents from the Dominican College of Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors …
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Honoring Dominican expats, Augusto Taveras wins Oscar de la Renta Emigrant Award

Vice President Raquel Peña decorated Dominican community leader Augusto Taveras with the 2025 “Oscar de la Renta Emigrant Award.” This is the seventh edition of the prestigious award that is sponsored and organized by the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex). During the event, Taveras’s remarkable journey since arriving in New York in 1971 was presented …
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President Abinader honors Josefina Miniño and Sister Agripina Acosta at Senior Citizen of the Year awards

President Luis Abinader and First Lady Raquel Arbaje led the sixth annual Senior Citizen of the Year and Protector of the Elderly awards ceremony on Friday, 3 October 2025, recognizing the altruism and dedication of older adults throughout the year. The awards are a national tribute to the country’s elderly population. The Senior Citizen of …