2025 – Page 17

The Dominican Republic’s flagship literacy initiative, the Permanent Literacy Service (SEPA), is facing heavy criticism after an investigation revealed a surging payroll and minimal results, fueling concerns that a key educational program has devolved into a mechanism for political patronage, Noticias SIN on Channel 9 reports. Investigative journalist Alicia Ortega is looking into the millions …

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Minister of Interior and Police Faride Raful and the director general of the National Police, Major General Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta were not available this Monday, 6 October 2025 for their customary post-Security Joint Task Force meeting press conference. The unusual no-show comes amid explosive revelations in the “La Barranquita case,” where five individuals were …

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Out in the eastern province of La Altagracia, a man was driving his children to school and his wife to work when he came across a very exotic animal, an ant-eater, wandering the streets of the municipality of Veron. Eventually, the man called the authorities at the National Zoo in Santo Domingo, and the animal …

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The Dominican Republic’s sprinting superstar, Marileidy Paulino, will contest her final race of 2025 this Friday, 10 October at the Athlos event in New York City. Paulino is the defending champion in the race in the 400m. The two-time Olympic medalist (Paris 2024 gold and Tokyo 2021 silver) and World medalist is looking to finish …

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr delighted his fans when adding four runs to the 13-7 defeat the Canadian team landed on Sunday 5 October 2025 when playing the New York Yankees. The teams are playing in the American League Division Series, the round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs where two best-of-five series …

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The Dominican Weather Institute (Indomet) reports conditions of high surf will continue on the north coast if the present system moving to the west towards Dominican Republic continues on this path. The north coast has been affected by recent storms that have been delivering high surf for the past two weeks. The broad area of …

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Who said the Dominican people are not interested in reading? The Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo 2025 (FILSD 2025) proved the contrary. FILSD 2025 closed on Sunday, 5 October with record-breaking sales and attendance. That the Dominican people are avid to read and learn was apparent to all who attended. The Ministry of Culture …

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President Luis Abinader extolled the main assets of the Dominican Republic that make the country a prime location as a logistic, sustainable and democratic reference point in the Caribbean when speaking at the principal session of the World Government Summit-Latin America and the Caribbean Dialogue held in Punta Cana. Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican …

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Seizing emerging opportunities and enabling private sector solutions would allow the Dominican Republic to pivot toward a more competitive, inclusive, and resilient economic trajectory, according to a new report published recently by the World Bank. The Dominican Republic Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD), jointly prepared by IFC and IBRD, identifies policy actions to reduce cross-cutting constraints …

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The Dominican Republic is set to aggressively court high-value foreign direct investment (FDI) with a new cooperative agreement between its Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and MSMEs (MICM) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The two entities formalized a US$400,000 cooperation agreement on 18 September 2025 aimed at strengthening …

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