2025 – Page 25

Barrick announced the reaching of agreements to benefit community members that need to be relocated for the company to build the authorized second tailings dam for the continued operations of the Pueblo Viejo gold mine in Sanchez Ramirez province. A press release from the company establishes: “Pueblo Viejo, the Government of the Dominican Republic, and …

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Small banana producers cannot afford the high cost of producing for European export markets and as a result there is a 44% drop in exports over the past three years, spokespeople for the Dominican Association of Banano Producers (Adobanano) explained to Fresh Fruit Portal. The sector is also impacted by a decrease in foreign manual …

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A recent report in Diario Libre by journalist Adalberto de la Rosa exposes the systemic challenge informal parking entrepreneurs represent to the general public. He looks into how they exploit public infrastructure without legal accountability. While authorities acknowledge the issue, they do little. Their responses to the inquiries for the Diario Libre story were that …

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Two months after the 8 April 2025 collapse of the roof of the very popular tropical music JetSet Club, the government designated Onesvie (The National Office for Seismic Assessment and Vulnerability of Infrastructure and Buildings) sent its report on the happening and possible causes to the Attorney General Office that is carrying out the investigations …

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With his term soon to end, Indian ambassador Rabu Abaggani in an interview with El Nuevo Diario expressed his gratitude to the country where he learned Spanish. Abaggani has served since January 2022 to present. He has praise for the country’s “charming warmth”. In the interview he highlighted how he traveled all around the country, …

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Socorro Castellanos, the well-known trailblazing communicator and broadcaster, passed away on 11 June 2025, after battling with lung cancer for many years. She was 84 years old. She is regarded as one of the most iconic voices in Dominican radio and television. Born in Santiago de los Caballeros in 1941, she began her career in …

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Netflix has aired Air Cocaine, a documentary that looks into the story of four Frenchmen and 700 kg of cocaine in 26 cases found on board a private jet at Punta Cana International Airport. The mini-series of three episodes tells the story of the aborted shipment, who could have been involved, the sentenced Frenchmen and …

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What does a team without the same budget do to compete with the big boys of Major League Baseball? The Milwaukee Brewers has consistently competed with baseball’s big boys in recent years but has yet to win a World Series. The team’s strategy now is focused on their state-of-the-art baseball academy in the Dominican Republic. …

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The Dominican Republic senior soccer team will be playing in its first Gold Cup on Saturday, 14 June, earning the slot after a perfect campaign in League B of the 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League. The team is under Argentinian manager Marcelo Neveleff. The Concacaf Gold Cup is the premier men’s senior national team soccer tournament …

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President Luis Abinader says that the government of France is willing to finance the larger part of the cost of the next phases of the Greater Santo Domingo mass transit plan. The city of Santo Domingo is practically collapsed under major traffic bottlenecks. The ambitious Metro Train project for Santo Domingo aims to alleviate congestion …

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