2025 – Page 19

In the Dominican Republic, most people had never heard of Spanish author Irene Vallejo until she visited with the sponsorship of the Mar de Palabras movement led by literary activist Minerva del Risco. She recently was in Santo Domingo and delighted audiences with her call for reading print books, at a time when all seems …

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President Luis Abinader was in San Jose, California for two days (20-21 November 2025) to back private sector efforts to participate in the manufacturing chain for semiconductors. He attended the annual meeting of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) in San Jose, California, the sector’s most influential global event, where he asserted the Dominican Republic’s ambition …

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A bipartisan delegation of eight US lawmakers, led by Florida Republican Congressman Brian Mast, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, concluded a two-day visit to the Dominican Republic, underscoring the nation’s critical role as a strategic partner to the United States. A Presidency press release highlights that during the visit, Congressman Mast highlighted the …

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October 2025 was a banner month for Dominican exports, as the numbers went over US$1.25 billion, the highest in 13 years. This large number for October put exports for the year at nearly US$12.0 billion, which is a 10% increase year-to-year. A very happy Minister for Industry, Commerce and Small Business (MICM), Victor (Ito) Bisono …

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Juan de Mata Rodriguez Rodriguez, alias Tico, was sentenced to two years in prison and payment of a fine of RD$200,000 for illegally cutting down pine trees in Jarabacoa. The Third Criminal Chamber of the Court of the First Instance in La Vega passed this sentence for the violations covered under Environment and Natural Resources …

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The Vice President Raquel Peña, who is from Santiago, and the Santiago City Mayor Ulises Rodriguez have expressed their concern over delays in major road works in Santiago city. The Presidential Commission to Support Provincial Development had promised the merchants along Calle del Sol, the main street in the heart of downtown Santiago, that work …

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A group called Check Point Research is calling on folks to be very careful about purchases at online retail platforms, especially as Black Friday approaches. According to the research group, as the most hectic shopping day of the year comes closer, fake websites purporting to be legitimate, such as Amazon, Nacional Supermarkets, Zara, and other …

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The BHD Bank announced the winners of its 2025 “Women Who Change the World Contest.” The top honor of the 10th edition of the awards went to Nellys Margarita Heredia Agramonte, a community activist who has dedicated all her life to the people of the southwest of the country. She is known for her leadership …

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Dominican-born Firelei Baez recently became the Dominican artist with the record for an auctioned painting. Báez’s Untitled (Colonization in America, Visual History Wall Map, sold for US$1.11 million in a Christie’s New York auction, more than five times its high estimate of US$200,000. This broke the artist’s record, set earlier in the day at Phillips, …

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The three Dominican-born contenders for the Miss Universe – Miss Dominican Republic Jennifer Ventura, Miss Latin USA Yamilex Hernandez and Miss Turks and Caicos (Bereinice Dickinson) — failed to make the top 12 of the Miss Universe pageant held in Thailand that concluded on 20 November with the selection of Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch as …

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