2025 – Page 189

Who’s traveling in the DR? The tolls paid leave a trail of information on how many are commuting. Toll collections in the Dominican Republic reached a record high of RD$9.03 billion in 2024, according to data provided to Listin Diario by the Ministry of Public Works and RD Vial Public Trust. That compares to RD$8.02 …

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Long-time Dominican commercial airline pilot Francisco Diaz writes in Diario Libre about a new non-profit that brings together Dominicans working as pilots abroad to promote improvements in local aviation and ensure keeping to the international best practices. The association is named the Asociación Dominicana de Aviación General (ADAG). Diaz has been spearheading efforts by local …

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Dominicans arrested in US states or Puerto Rico have the option of voluntarily seeking to return. This avoids the latter being marked by a criminal record that would happen if they wait out the deportation process, Diario Libre reports. As reported in El Nuevo Dia of Puerto Rico, 11 Dominicans of 12 that were detained …

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Too frequently, the media shares videos of the incredible feat accomplished by people smugglers that are known to pack a small sedan with more than 12 persons. Recently, Hoy shared a video of 15 Haitians packed into a Hyundai Sonata. Hoy newspaper shares photos of a public transport bus carrying 17 Haitians with irregular status. …

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While the situation is more common with recent Haitian migrant arrivals, the lack of legal documentation also affects hundreds of thousands of persons who have lived in the Dominican Republic all their life and generations of their families, too. Hoy newspaper carries a report of the community of El Berrinche where many long time residents …

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The Centro León, the leading cultural institution in Santiago, the country’s second-largest city, has inaugurated a new exhibition space in its Anthropological Hall. The new space, titled “Mestizaje: Encounters and Disencounters,” is part of the museum’s permanent exhibition, “Signs of Identity,” Acento reports. The exhibition explores the complex history of the Dominican Republic, highlighting the …

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Ling Almánzar lists in N Digital 15 reasons why the recently ended Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship was memorable and one of the most exciting of all times. He shares videos in his review to substantiate his points. Almanzar writes that the recent Licey-Escogido series in the Dominican Baseball League (Lidom) was nothing short of …

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The Escogido Lions have announced their roster for the 2025 Caribbean Series to be held in Mexicali, Mexico, from 31 January to 7 February. Players from the Toros del Este (TE), Tigres del Licey (TL), Gigantes del Cibao (GC) and Estrellas Orientales (EO) are added to the roster. Key players include outfielder Socrates Brito, along …

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The National Institute of Transit and Ground Transport (Intrant) has unveiled a new public awareness campaign: “Sé Consciente RD,” (Become Aware DR), aimed at significantly reducing the alarming rate of traffic accidents in the country. The initiative was launched on 28 January 2025 amidst the staggering statistic of 3,114 fatalities in 2024, with a disproportionate …

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Construction has begun on the underground tunnel that will skirt around the Plaza de la Bandera to not affect the arch of the important public space designed by Dominican architect Christian Martinez. Works are advancing at a good pace on the intersection of Isabel Aguiar and 27 de Febrero avenues, the long-time traffic bottleneck that …

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