2025 – Page 47

29-year old Yamilex Hernandez of La Vega, Dominican Republic was named the winner of the Telemundo Miss Universe Latin America televised reality show, aired from Bogotá, Colombia. She had made the Top 5 of the Miss Universe Latin America, competing against Génesis Dávila (Puerto Rico), Gemmy Quelliz (RD), Laura Pérez (México) y Andrea Bazarte (México). …

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Four Reinas del Caribe, the world class senior volleyball team of the Dominican Republic, a Puerto Rican and a Cuban Olympian, will be sharing their experiences in sport and how what they have learned can apply to life in general. The event will take place 26 July 2025 at 4pm at the Escenario 360 of …

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Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango”, the internationally celebrated entertainment event that has played to great acclaim in Europe, Canada, Asia, Mexico and throughout the United States (Broadway), returns to the Teatro Nacional in Santo Domingo for a showing on Friday, 25 July 2025. Forever Tango opened on Broadway June of 1997 for an eight-week engagement and …

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Protests are picking up, with many who love the Botanical Gardens telling the government a big “no” to reducing its size or the areas directly outside the city park’s fence. In recent weeks and days, the issue has been whether the expansion of the Colombia Avenue would affect the grounds of the National Botanical Gardens. …

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The government continues the practice of issuing decrees ordering the payment of special pensions for the retirement of a selection of persons. The pensions compensate for the low levels of pension retirement that employees in general are awarded as part of the social security pension plans under financial entities that report high yields. The government …

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People irregularly parked may return to find their vehicle towed away and a bill of RD$5,000 to get the vehicle back. The government has contracted a private towing company that will receive RD$4,000 for the towing and storage and the Digesett will receive RD$1,000 of the total billed. The fine covers the cost of towing, …

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The USNS Comfort, a hospital ship serving as part of Operation Continuing Promise 2025, anchored in Puerto Plata this weekend and reportedly offered medical assistance to over 1500 persons on Saturday. The medical assistance was offered at the Javier Martinez Arias Polytech High School in Puerto Plata. The visit, coordinated by the US Embassy and …

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Taking part in a weekly breakfast at the Corripio Group, Minister of Education Luis Miguel De Camps stated quite clearly that school hours will not be changed in the immediate future to assist the DR Get Moving program initiated by the government just recently. This means that at the start of the school year, which …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved, after a second reading, a legislative proposal that of people are in favor of the legislation, and there are several group that are opposed. The proposal was first introduced back in August 2024. The idea is to codify for once and for all, the many processes surrounding rental and …

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In a high-level visit underscoring regional and international focus on border security and stability, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), conducted an extensive tour of the land border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. He was accompanied by Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre (ERD), the Dominican Minister …

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