2025 – Page 50

With the game at Santiago’s Gran Arena del Cibao Dr. Oscar Gobaira, Vice President Raquel Peña officially launched the 2025 season of the Dominican Republic’s National Basketball League (LNB) on Wednesday, 14 May 2025. She spoke of the government’s commitment to supporting sports. Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz, other government officials, and sporting personalities were present …

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New York Mets’ Juan Soto has reaffirmed his commitment to be on the national team to the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The WBC 2026 tournament will take place across four cities — San Juan, Puerto Rico; Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; and Tokyo, Japan from 5-17 March 2026. The announcement was made this Monday, 12 May …

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Minister of Education Luis Miguel de Camps announced plans to double the number of high schools offering arts programs within the next three years. Speaking on 13 May 2025 at the opening ceremony of the 12th National Arts Gala at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, De Camps said the Ministry of Education aims to reach …

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President Luis Abinader and Minister of Public Health Victor Atallah held a virtual ground-breaking event from the InterContinental Hotel on Av. Winston Churchill to mark the beginning of construction on a state-of-the-art private medical facility, the new Clínica Abreu CDD, El Caribe reports. The Clinica Abreu has been a leader in medical emergency services and …

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President Luis Abinader hosted a courtesy visit from Musalia Mudavadi, the Foreign Minister and First Secretary of the Cabinet of the Republic of Kenya, at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday, 13 May 2025. The Presidency reported the meeting began at 3pm and lasted about 45 minutes. It provided an opportunity to discuss the Haitian situation …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) announced that Frederick Mitchell, the Foreign Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, will pay an official visit from 14 to 17 May 2025. According to a statement released by Mirex, Mitchell’s official itinerary begins on Thursday, 15 May when he will be received by his Dominican counterpart, Roberto …

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The Senate approved four international loans totaling US$275 million on Tuesday, 13 May 2025 despite opposition from opposition lawmakers. The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) has the majority in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The loan requests were previously submitted by the Executive Branch and endorsed by the Finance Committee chaired by …

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On several occasions in past years, a road project that would shorten distances and open up the mountain areas to mining projects comes to the forefront. Once again, environmentalists are explaining that this would be catastrophic for the country’s main water sources, key for the food security and health of the population. A report in …

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With the participation of 23 member countries and under the motto “Justice on Time to Guarantee the Dignity of People,” the XXII Ibero-American Judicial Summit is taking place from Wednesday, 14 May through Friday, 16 May 2025 at the Eduardo Brito National Theater in Santo Domingo. The gathering brings together legal experts from Latin America, …

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In an editorial on 13 May 2025, Diario Libre executive editor Anibal de Castro focuses on the reality that the DR is a mixed race and ancestry country. The editorialist writes: “The election of Leo XIV as Supreme Pontiff has brought about more than just a name change at the Vatican summit. It has brought …

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