2025 – Page 181

Interior and Police Minister Faride Raful had the satisfaction to announce a record low in the homicide rate to 7.7 per 100,000 residents during the weekly press conference on Monday, 10 February 2025. This is down from the previous record low of 8.4 last month. During a press conference following the 78th meeting on the …

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Energy and Mines Minister Joel Santos announced on Sunday, 9 February 2025 that exploration activities are advancing to determine the extent of rare earth element resources this year, with the first reserve declaration anticipated by 2026. This involves mineralogy studies, drilling, and testing to assess the depth and quantity of resources. Two sites in Pedernales …

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President Luis Abinader announced during the 10 February 2025 press conference that the government would soon be ready to have an emergency alert system that will reach all who have a Dominican-issued cell phone. Even the very poor have access to cell phones in the Dominican Republic. The President made the announcement on Saturday, 8 …

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In a significant move to combat HIV/AIDS, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Public Health (MSP) has announced that it will assume full financial responsibility for the purchase of antiretroviral medications and essential supplies for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. This decision comes at a time when USAID has suspended its HIV program in the Dominican Republic. …

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What the heck are top government officials thinking when they announce relocating their offices to the already very congested Polígono Central? During the La Semanal press conference, a journalist asked President Luis Abinader about the situation and his answer was that the government would in no way contribute to more chaos. Yet, the reality is …

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National District senator Omar Fernandez met with Amazon executives to motivate these to make the Dominican Republic among the first to receive the Project Kuiper broadband low cost Internet service in Latin America, as reported in Listin Diario. Project Kuiper is Amazon’s initiative to provide fast, affordable broadband to communities around the world that are …

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The growth of the formal shopping sector in the Dominican Republic has been hampered by informality, according to executives of the National Organization of Commercial Enterprises (Onec), as reported in Hoy. [The Onec executives did not directly pinpoint during the published interview the impact of Chinese invcestments here. Yet, the reality is that mega stores …

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Spain’s King Felipe VI awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic to Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra at a ceremony held at the Spanish Embassy. Attending the event were the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, and his wife, Raquel Arbaje. In a statement, Spanish Ambassador Antonio Pérez-Hernández praised …

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The United States Secretary of State, the recently confirmed senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, concluded his Central American and Caribbean tour (Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemela and Dominican Republic) with a short visit to Santo Domingo on 5 and 6 February 2025. In his remarks wrapping up the meetings of the short visit of …

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During his wrap up of the official visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the Dominican Republic on 5 and 6 February 2025, President Luis Abinader said the focus had been security, migration and trade, in that order. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the other hand, opened his remarks making it …

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