2025 – Page 185

The influx of Haitians via land crossings continues. Cramming people into SUVs and vehicles is a frequent practice, with drivers usually securing contacts on the road to let them pass. Every once and a while, and more commonly in recent months, the finding of vehicles packed with Haitians makes news. The media recently reported on …

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With more inter-regional differences coming to the surface with the change in the US administration, there is doubt whether US President Donald Trump and other heads of government will attend the 10th Summit of the Americas set for Punta Cana in November 2025. During his past term, US President Donald Trump canceled his trip to …

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Coastal Petroleum Dominicana (Propagas), the private supplier of 60% of the propane (LPG) supplies in the Dominican Republic, denied there is a gas shortage and shared the programming of shipments. Refidomsa, a Dominican government entity, imports the remainder 40%. During the 3 February 2025 weekly press conference, said that it was fake news that Refidomsa …

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The Dominican Association of Shoe Manufacturers (Adocalza) alleged this Tuesday, 4 February 2025 that the majority of bidders in the National Institute of Student Welfare (Inabie) tender for the manufacture and acquisition of school shoes are not actual manufacturers, which violates the Procurement and Contracting Law, Diario Libre reports. Through a press release, the manufacturers …

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Students from the Loyola Polytechnical Institute in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, have embarked on the first phase of a unique training program in collaboration with the prestigious Spallanzani Institute (IIS-spallanzani) in Castelfranco, Italy. The initiative, known as the “Wine and Vineyard” project is designed to integrate the school, campus, and business sectors of the Dominican …

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Six 11th-grade students from the Abraham Lincoln School in La Romana, part of the Central Romana Corporation, have achieved a remarkable second-place victory in the prestigious “Future Leaders” competition organized by Hult International Business School and the renowned fashion house Dolce & Gabbana. The contest challenged participants to develop an innovative product for the Italian …

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“The game’s not over until it’s over,” applied to the game between Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayaguez and the Dominican Republic’s Leones del Escogido on Tuesday, 4 February 2025 in the Caribbean Series. The DR started off with a 5-1 lead over Puerto Rico in the first inning of the game, the Indios caught up …

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Crime continues to decline in the Dominican Republic, says the Ministry of Interior & Police. Interior and Police Minister Faride Raful has announced that January 2025 saw the lowest homicide rate in the country’s history, with a cumulative rate of 8.42 per 100 inhabitants. Raful attributed this success to the effective security strategies implemented in …

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President Luis Abinader said during the weekly La Semanal press conference on Monday, 3 February 2025 that on his agenda for his upcoming meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Santo Domingo is the advances in the organization of the 10th Summit of the Americas in November 2025 in Punta Cana. The event …

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Boston-based investment banker Mark Hall is calling attention of the US administration to retake the issues tackled in 2019 by a Center for Strategic and International Study (CSIS) report that looked into ways to stop the profiteering by military and government in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic that he writes has delayed real solutions …

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