2025 – Page 4

Dominicans who renewed their passports as of 2020 during the Abinader administration may find themselves with passports where the front cover lettering is fading. Tenders for passport booklets at the Passport Office with the change of government had fallen under multiple complaints. The present administrator of the Passport Office, Lorenzo David Ramirez has gone on …

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The Minister of Environment Paino Henriquez has told Diario Libre that the Botanical Gardens will not be impacted by roadworks. But strong rumors are that the expansion to enable flow of more traffic from the Avenida de Colombia will chop off 11,000 from the National Botanical Gardens or at least the outside sidwalks. The rumors …

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After a grinding five-hour session where each of the 413 articles contained in the legislative proposal were read out loud, the Senate gave a standing and unanimous approval to the reformed Penal Code last week. It is expected that on Tuesday, 15 July 2025 there will be a second reading and approval, and the proposal …

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During his term, former Minister of Labor Miguel de Camps gave priority to hosting talks for the reform of the Labor Code. Labor, unions and government more or less reached an agreement on changes. This version was sent to Congress. The business people says the version will impact small business and will continue to stimulate …

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A broad coalition of social, educational, religious, and community groups has mobilized in strong opposition to a proposed mining project in San Juan de la Maguana, warning that the initiative poses a severe threat to the region’s natural resources and agricultural livelihood, N Digital reports. The protestors reject the installation of mining ventures in the …

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Although courts has asked that the media not use “nicknames” for the many different cases of corruption and graft currently winding their way through the courts, the latest case of bribery and corruption was baptized with the name of Operation Lobo. It involves millions of pesos that passed between military and civilian personnel. As reported, …

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Nuria Piera interviewed Milton Morrison regarding his formal complaint against DeKolor SRL for irregularities in contracting and bribe attempts. Piera says the facts brought forward by the case presented by the current director of Intrant explains many questions on why this contractor had remained for years in government. DeKolor executives had maneuvered for years to …

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Roberto Santana, executive advisor on Security Policy and the Prison System to the Presidency, has once again issued a stark warning about the fractured control over Dominican prisons, revealing that neither the Attorney General’s Office nor the General Directorate of Prisons holds authority over 19 detention centers currently under the control of the National Police …

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Teenage pregnancy is a normalized crime in the Dominican Republic. Despite clear laws criminalizing sexual abuse against minors, the Dominican Republic has yet to put a stop to the pervasive issue of the normalized reality of teenage pregnancy and births. Disturbingly, thousands of underage girls are victims of sexual abuse that most often go unreported …

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The Attorney General Office announced it has carried out phase one of what it named Operation Atlantic to combat human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and migrant smuggling on the north coast. The law enforcement actions concentrated on the northern municipality of Sosua, Puerto Plata. According to the Attorney General Office, as part of the operation’s first …

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