2025 – Page 23

Cuesta Brava board of residents is on a media tour to tell about the blatant environmental violations taking place as developers seek to build a major residential project in area off limits. Cuesta Brava is a northern Santo Domingo province residential area located with magnificent views of the Isabela River. The residents complain that the …

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An overload of the roof of the JetSet Club resulted in its collapse killing at least 236 persons and injuring more than 180 others on 8 April 2025, the technical report is presented by National Office for Seismic Assessment and Infrastructure and Building Vulnerabilities (Onesvie) that was commissioned by President Luis Abinader. 7 Dias publishes …

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The Attorney General Office issued a press release that concludes the managers of the JetSet Club knowingly acted with negligence and lack of responsibility, yet despite the severity of the evidence, the prosecutors give a category of involuntary homicide to the collapse of the roof that killed at least 236 persons and injured another 180 …

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The Brazil-Caribbean Summit that took place 13 and 14 June 2025 in Brasilia concluded with a significant pledge of US$290 million for Haiti and renewed promises of international support for the beleaguered Caribbean nation. Haiti’s deepening economic, political, social, and humanitarian crisis was a central focus of the discussions. During the event, several heads of …

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After a week spent traveling in Europe and Brazil, President Luis Abinader returned to the Dominican Republic. On this trip he was accompanied by First Lady Raquel Arbaje. During the time spent in Europe, the Dominican President met with French President Emmanuel Macron and Jordan’s King Abdala II, as well as the heads of the …

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The Dominican Republic and Brazil solidified their commitment to enhanced bilateral cooperation with the signing of several agreements during the visit of President Luis Abinader and Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez to Brasilia, Brazil for the Brazil-Caribbean Summit on 13 and 14 June 2025. The two governments signed two memorandums of understanding aimed at bolstering public …

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María Isabel Castillo Báez, the newly appointed ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States, officially presented her credentials to President Donald J. Trump in a formal ceremony held in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, 11 June 2025. This presentation formally enables Ambassador Castillo Báez to fully assume her duties …

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According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic stats, industrial free zone exports were 60.7% of all exports, just slightly below the totals for 2023. These numbers are a reflection of the competitiveness of this model of manufacturing versus the more traditional models. This is evidenced by the fact that local manufacturing produced only …

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Sisalril, the acronym for the Superintendent of Labor Health and Risks, has over 7,500 cases of prostate cancer diagnosis on record. Since January, there have been 1,000 new cases registered. This data was released last week as part of the commemoration of World Prostate Cancer Day. According to the information from the Family Health Insurance …

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Many workers in the Dominican Republic have more than one place of employment. And this is becoming more and more common. The numbers offered by the Ministry of Economics, Planning, and Development (MEPyD) show that the tendency to have more than one job grew 15.6% since last year. The health sector, local manufacturing, transportation, and …

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