2025 – Page 27

YouTube channel guru Jose Peguero toured the Las Parras jail with Roberto Santana, the consultant on jails to the Presidency, as the Abinader administration prepares the jail built by former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez to receive its first 2,000 inmates in be accommodated in the first of four quadrants at the large jail. Each …

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The Ministry of Public Works says that the collapse of four lightposts on the Francisco Rosario Sanchez Bridge (Puente de la 17) does not have anything to do with the repair works or the state of disrepair of the most northern bridge over the Ozama River. For safety purposes now, just take the Juan Bosch …

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Merchants are estimating their losses at RD$500 to RD$700 million as a result of a blaze that consumed an industrial building at the Merca Santo Domingo farm produce market in northern Santo Domingo on Sunday, 8 June 2025. The fire broke out after 5pm when the market had closed. As reported, most of the merchants …

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Prosecutors have concluded their presentation of evidence against suspended Tampa Bays’ slugger Wander Samuel Franco Aybar and Martha Vanessa Chevalier Almonte, the mother of a teenage victim of sexual abuse, wrapping up with the presenting of 165 pieces of evidence of wrongdoings. During the fourth day of the trial, which includes charges of child sex …

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The Public Ministry has requested a four-month extension to formally file charges against the defendants in the Intrant case, who have been held under coercive measures since October 10, 2024. The prosecution’s request was made on July 2 and will be heard on July 17. In the eight months that Judge Fátima Veloz granted the …

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The National Weather Institute (Indomet) is reporting the Saharan Dust is back turning the usually blue skies into a misty grey. Indomet expects the situation to prevail until this coming Sunday, 15 June 2025. The forecast is mixed with rains expected from the eastern province of La Altagracia to Samana in the northeast. Rains are …

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President Luis Abinader has traveled to Nice, France to attend the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), scheduled for 8-10 June 2025. The event, hosted by the United Nations focuses on advancing sustainable ocean governance, climate resilience, and the protection of marine ecosystems. The UN Ocean Conference follows the 2023 report by the UN Intergovernmental …

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The mid-week meeting of the Economic and Social Council (CES) saw President Luis Abinader and the three living former Presidents, Leonel Fernandez (1996-2000, 2004-2008, 2008-2012), Hipolito Mejia (2000-2004) and Danilo Medina (2012-2016 and 2016-2020), reach agreements on actions to be taken with regards to Haiti. According to the spokesperson at the Presidential Palace, the President …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic released data on inflation on Friday, 6 June 2025, in contradiction to the rising prices of food people are complaining about when visiting supermarkets. Inflation in May was just 0.08% over April, and the year-to-year inflation was pegged at 3.84%. These figures are in tune with the Central …

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For months there have been newspaper articles, television commentators, and many radio shows dedicated to the process of changing the ubiquitous national identification card known as the “cédula.” Now, the head of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Roman Jaquez Liranzo, has give the public a chronograph of what and when things will happen. First off, …

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