2025 – Page 48

The Listin Diario, the oldest of print newspapers, has made the regular plight of media to remove online links, a national crusade. A US company, Network Solutions, has demanded the removal of the link or the media will face serious consequences. The Listin Diario says the link carries correct information. The mentioned party denies they …

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In a joint operation, the Specialized Border Security Corps (Cesfront) and the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), coordinated by the Public Ministry, seized a suspected marijuana shipment weighing 4,836 pounds, along with eleven additional packages of what is believed to be cocaine. The marijuana is suspected to have been smuggled from Jamaica to Haiti and …

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Investigative journalist Nuria Piera looks into the legal loopholes that have allowed double functions of several businesses, with the focus again on barber shops and beauty salons that are also bars and hidden nightclubs. Read more in Spanish:N Digital 19 May 2025

Edickson Herrera Silvestre, a capital city councilor from the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), has turned himself in to face charges of international cocaine trafficking in a federal court in South Florida. He faces three counts that carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Herrera Silvestre, also known as “El Regidor” (The Councilor), was accused …

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There are 31 provinces in the Dominican Republic, and some of them have names that are easy to understand, such as Duarte, for one of the Founding Fathers, Juan Pablo Duarte, or Valverde, or Espaillat, the names of former Presidents back in the 19th Century. Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua) was a political martyr in 1845, …

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The heavy rains that have been falling, as troughs make their way through the Caribbean, have caused billions in damages to homes, agriculture and infrastructure in the Dominican Republic. And this is all before the start of the hurricane season. The director of the Dominican Weather Institute (Indomet), Gloria Ceballos calls for preparation as she …

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New York Knicks regrouped and turned the semi-final series around to win 119-81 in game 6 for the right to play in the East Conference finals on Friday, 16 May 2025. The team won the playoff spot in what was a 4-2 semi-final. Jalen Brunson led and scored 26 points, while Dominican national basketball team …

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In an unprecedented display of national unity, former Presidents Leonel Fernández, Hipólito Mejía, and Danilo Medina met on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 with President Luis Abinader to address the escalating crisis in Haiti and its profound impact on the Dominican Republic’s security, economy, and stability. President Abinader and former Presidents Fernández, Mejía, and Medina emphasized …

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Haitian matters experts writing for Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Atlantic Council of the United States warn the violence and gang control is moving beyond the capital city in Haiti. They say that the escalating of the control of the gangs in Haiti would result in the elimination of the Transitional …

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The Dominican government’s Banco de Desarrollo y Exportaciones (Bandex) has already made available RD$2.8 billion in loans, benefiting 46 companies that sought to mechanize farms and construction operations, El Dia reports. The bank’s general manager, Juan Alberto Mustafá, announced plans to double the program that seeks to modernize the agricultural and construction sectors, reduce dependence …

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