2025 – Page 2

The Dominican Republic’s sprinting superstar, Marileidy Paulino, will contest her final race of 2025 this Friday, 10 October at the Athlos event in New York City. Paulino is the defending champion in the race in the 400m. The two-time Olympic medalist (Paris 2024 gold and Tokyo 2021 silver) and World medalist is looking to finish …

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr delighted his fans when adding four runs to the 13-7 defeat the Canadian team landed on Sunday 5 October 2025 when playing the New York Yankees. The teams are playing in the American League Division Series, the round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs where two best-of-five series …

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The Dominican Weather Institute (Indomet) reports conditions of high surf will continue on the north coast if the present system moving to the west towards Dominican Republic continues on this path. The north coast has been affected by recent storms that have been delivering high surf for the past two weeks. The broad area of …

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Who said the Dominican people are not interested in reading? The Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo 2025 (FILSD 2025) proved the contrary. FILSD 2025 closed on Sunday, 5 October with record-breaking sales and attendance. That the Dominican people are avid to read and learn was apparent to all who attended. The Ministry of Culture …

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President Luis Abinader extolled the main assets of the Dominican Republic that make the country a prime location as a logistic, sustainable and democratic reference point in the Caribbean when speaking at the principal session of the World Government Summit-Latin America and the Caribbean Dialogue held in Punta Cana. Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican …

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Seizing emerging opportunities and enabling private sector solutions would allow the Dominican Republic to pivot toward a more competitive, inclusive, and resilient economic trajectory, according to a new report published recently by the World Bank. The Dominican Republic Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD), jointly prepared by IFC and IBRD, identifies policy actions to reduce cross-cutting constraints …

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The Dominican Republic is set to aggressively court high-value foreign direct investment (FDI) with a new cooperative agreement between its Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and MSMEs (MICM) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The two entities formalized a US$400,000 cooperation agreement on 18 September 2025 aimed at strengthening …

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Three Supreme Court Justices were not confirmed as the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) moves forward to appoint new judges starting Monday, 6 October 2025. President Luis Abinader would appear to be on the way to increase his influence in the Supreme Court of Justice. At present most of its justices were elected during …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has been working overtime to obtain a renewal of the HOPE/HELP laws that had granted special, dutyfree, status of products originating in the unique factory of Codevi in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. The factory is a partnership of Dominican and Haitian enterprises that is now the largest employer of with around 20,000 …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has formalized a significant agreement with the Emdoc consortium to kickstart the nationwide renewal of the country’s national identity and electoral card, the Cédula de Identidad y Electoral. The contract, valued at RD$3.36 billion, covers the supply of necessary equipment, materials, and services to overhaul the foundational identity document, which …

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