2025 – Page 18

Torrential rains and powerful gusts of wind battered several areas of Puerto Plata on the north coast of the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, 24 June 2025, causing damages to roofs of homes and downing trees and signs, sparking fear among residents, CDN reported. Whascar García of the Civil Defense in Puerto Plata reported multiple incidents. …

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The Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the General Fine Arts Agency (DGBA) and the National Gallery, is inviting the general public to Arte en Bellas Artes, a special exhibition showcasing a representative selection of works from the Palace of Fine Arts’ permanent collection, N Digital reports. The exhibition opens Thursday, 26 June 2025, at …

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President Luis Abinader unveiled that a historic public-private investment of US$531.5 million has been invested recently in the Dominican Republic’s port infrastructure, describing it as a transformative step toward making the country a regional maritime and logistics hub. Speaking during his weekly press briefing La Semanal con la Prensa held at the Presidential Palace under …

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The President submitted a new bill to Congress for a new regulatory authority that would oversee all gambling and betting activities. Major gaming companies are said to be owned by past and present legislators and politicians in the country. The betting ventures have multiplied and are more common than grocery stores in the smallest of …

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The Dominican Republic is one of six Latin American countries that have joined the preliminary studies to implement a project for shared space-based telecommunications infrastructures. The DR joins Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and the 21 countries – 15 member states and six associate members – of the Caribbean Community (Caricom). The governments seek …

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Ruling political party government officials and politicians of the government party and opposition political parties have prematurely announced their intentions to seek their party’s candidacy. The next presidential election will be held in May 2028. The prohibition for candidates to campaign and parties to act in favor of choosing candidates is already in the Dominican …

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Find out about the new mass transport vehicles the Abinader administration is assigning to key routes in Greater Santo Domingo and the country’s second largest city, Santiago. The government has programs for expanding mass transit rail and skylift service and bus services. Follow the story:DR Transport 24 June 2025

The Dominican Republic’s public debt has surged by more than US$3.75 billion in the first four months of 2025, marking a 6.52% increase so far this year, according to official data from the General Public Credit Agency under the Ministry of Hacienda, N Digital reports. As of April 2025, the country’s non-financial public sector (NFPS) …

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On Monday, 23 June 2025, the Social and Economic Council (CES) has begun the meetings to discuss matters related to Haiti with representatives of different sectors in the Dominican Republic In a landmark session held at the Universidad del Caribe (Unicaribe), the Dominican Republic’s Economic and Social Council (CES) opened the national dialogue on the …

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The collapse of the roof of the JetSet Club in Santo Domingo on 8 April 2025, with 236 reported deaths and more than 180 seriously injured, has brought to the open the topic of how much the victims can expect to be compensated with. The case has left around 170 children orphaned. So far the …

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