2025 – Page 198

Prosecutors of the Attorney General Office on Monday, 13 January 2025 requested coercive measures against seven individuals accused of being part of an alleged drug trafficking network dismantled during Operation Panthera 7, which took place over the previous weekend. The operation followed the seizure of 9.8 tons of cocaine at the Multimodal Caucedo Port in …

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President Luis Abinader called on Venezuelan authorities Thursday, 10 January 2025 to seize the opportunity to join the right side of history, urging them to open the door to a peaceful transition to democracy and restore freedom to Venezuela. President Abinader spoke on the occasion of receiving Venezuelan politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia who has the …

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Effective 15 January 2025, tolls at several of the leading roads in the Dominican Republic are going up significantly. These are the toll at Km 22 Las Americas Highway toll, near the Las Americas International Airport, that will increase from RD$60 to RD$100 effective 15 January. Other tolls increasing to RD$100 as of 15 January …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reports that remittances received reached a record high of US$10.756 billion in 2024, surpassing the institution’s projections. This represents a 5.9% increase or US$598.8 million compared to 2023. The forecast for 2025 is for remittances to continue to grow in 2025, reaching an estimated US$11 billion. However, …

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A lot of people do not realize that much of the fruits, flowers and vegetables sold in the nation’s supermarkets, markets, and colmados are produced right here in the Dominican Republic under controlled conditions. Not so long ago, items such as bell peppers, arugula, lettuce varieties, and spinach were scarcely available, and today they are …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) just released a statement regarding the statistics that cover civilian activities registered on their books in the Dominican Republic for the year 2024. It seems that marriages were more popular than divorces. Of course, these are the official numbers and do not cover all of the more casual numbers of …

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The Dominican Republic’s Society of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery has confirmed the presence of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) within the country. However, the president of the Society, Alfredo Matos Hoepelman, assured the public that its prevalence is low compared to other respiratory viruses, as reported in Diario Libre. “While there have been a few …

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The Dominican Nursing Professionals Association (Codopenf) has issued a urgent call for the government to implement a nationwide prevention campaign to curb the rising number of traffic accidents. Berta de la Cruz, president of Codopenf, expressed deep concern over the alarming rate of fatalities and injuries caused by traffic accidents in the Dominican Republic. She …

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The Ministry of Education confirms what is apparent – Haitians are studying in Dominican public schools every day more by the thousands. Dominican Republic’s educational landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, driven primarily by a surge in Haitian student enrollment. According to the Ministry of Education (MINERD), the number of Haitian students enrolled in Dominican …

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Within the vast Ministry of Public Health there is an entity known as the Alcohol Cluster, and this small agency has expressed its support for an initiative taken by the local newspaper Listin Diario that would curtail sales of alcoholic beverages throughout the country. Dr. Elias Tejada, the organizer of the cluster, points out that …

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