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Visit of UAE Foreign Minister marks closer relations with DR and the Caribbean

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi participated in the First World Governments Summit – Latin America and Caribbean Dialogue hosted by President Luis Abinader in Punta Cana on 2nd and 3rd October 2025. The government of the UAE highlighted how she held several bilateral meetings with senior officials from the Dominican …

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Montecristi to Santiago electricity tranmission line improvement advances

CIFI LATAM, S.A. and CIFI Sustainable Infrastructure Debt Fund L.P., would be involved in providing credit to North Bay Development, S.A.S. (an affiliate of Energía 2000, S.A.) for the refinancing of a 345kV, 128-kilometer transmission line located in the Montecristi and Santiago provinces of the Dominican Republic. The improvement of transmission lines to reduce losses …

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Electricity utility cracks down on illegal connections in Santo Domingo East

The Dominican government’s push for a more “just, efficient, and sustainable” electricity system saw a major operation as the Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Este (Edeeste), the power distribution company, has joined forces with the Prosecutor’s Office for the Electrical System (Pgase) to combat rampant power theft. The joint operation targeted several commercial establishments in …

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Dominican Army seizes 160,000 contraband cigarettes in Montecristi

Shipments continue to enter Haiti with expectations of subsequently smuggling the larger portion of the cigarettes into the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic Army (ERD) is intensifying its efforts to combat cross-border smuggling, underscored by the seizure of a significant cache of 160,000 units of foreign-sourced cigarettes at a military checkpoint in the border province …

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TRAE upholds high safety standards, fires dozen drivers for drug use

The National Student Transportation System (TRAE) is sending a clear message on student safety: there will be zero tolerance for drug use. The authority announced that 12 bus drivers were immediately dismissed after failing random drug tests, part of the institution’s rigorous safety protocol designed to protect schoolchildren. The program was created during the Abinader …

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Government learn to read and write program under scrutiny

The Dominican Republic’s flagship literacy initiative, the Permanent Literacy Service (SEPA), is facing heavy criticism after an investigation revealed a surging payroll and minimal results, fueling concerns that a key educational program has devolved into a mechanism for political patronage, Noticias SIN on Channel 9 reports. Investigative journalist Alicia Ortega is looking into the millions …

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Interior Minister and Police chief skip press briefing after prosecutors revealed irregularities in Police handling of raid in Santiago

Minister of Interior and Police Faride Raful and the director general of the National Police, Major General Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta were not available this Monday, 6 October 2025 for their customary post-Security Joint Task Force meeting press conference. The unusual no-show comes amid explosive revelations in the “La Barranquita case,” where five individuals were …

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