2025 – Page 43

The Dominican Republic’s 2025 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) campaign begins in Bangkok, Thailand with the matches from 4 to 8 June. The DR’s senior women’s teamm, the Reinas del Caribe will face Serbia on 4 June. In Week 2, they travel to Hong Kong, China from 18 to 22 June to meet Poland, Canada, Turkey …

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Cibao FC has been crowned once more the champion of the Dominican Football League (LDF) Cup Tournament, following a narrow 1-0 victory over Delfines del Este in the return leg final held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) university stadium. The only goal of the match came from forward Carlos Ventura, who …

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26-year old Dominican Pittsburgh shortstop Oneil Cruz has set a new record for the hardest-hit ball ever tracked by Statcast. He drove the ball 122.9 mph in Pittsburgh’s 6-5 series finale loss to the Brewers at the PNC Park. As reported by MLB, Cruz’s ball cleared the right-field wall with ease, traveling a projected 432 …

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New efforts of the Ministry of Public Health now under Minister Victor Atallah seem to be bearing fruit. The Ministry of Public Health is reporting seasonal lows of dengue cases, despite the consistent rains. The Ministry of Public Health has held major educational campaigns and has purchased mosquito-busting equipment for use in vulnerable areas, creating …

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The growing size of government in the Dominican Republic, as hundreds of thousands seek the well-paying jobs, coincides with the declining funds available in the National Budget for capital investments. Economist Jaime Aristy Escuder writes in an opinion piece in Diario Libre about how the historic declining trend of capital investments has increased significantly in …

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The boom in construction of a high rise where there was but a single-family home, authorized by the Carolina Mejia city government without taking into consideration the deficient sewage capacities in the city, is worsening a decades-old problem that needs to be tackled now. The aging sewage infrastructure cripples Greater Santo Domingo’s precarious sewage system, …

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A controversy between the Minister of Environment Paino Henriquez and La Vega senator Rogelio Genao brings to the front the importance of the seasonal ban on crab consumption. After Genao uploaded to his social media a video showing him eating crab meat, he received a note from the Ministry of Environment asking him to rectify …

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Haiti’s government directly accused the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Colombia for exacerbating its internal security crisis, alleging that these nations are key sources for the illegal arms and drug trafficking fueling widespread violence. The accusations were made during a special session of the Organization of American States (OAS) held in Washington on 22 …

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The Haiti Presidential Transitional Council is fostering advances toward the passing of a new Constitution in Haiti that would enable governance, Haiti Libre reports. Not everyone is happy about the effort. The Haiti Times reports on some of the controversies that surround this effort. Haiti Times writes: “As Haiti marks the 38th anniversary of its …

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First Lady Raquel Arbaje met with Princess Leonor de Borbón on Thursday, 22 May 2025 at the Port of Santo Domingo. The Spanish heiress had arrived in the Dominican Republic aboard the training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano. The visit is part of Princess Leonor’s naval training with the Spanish Armada. Arbaje described the encounter …

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