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Karl Anthony Towns allots his NBA Cup cash prize to make the Tamboril basketball center a reality for Dominican youth

Karl Anthony Towns announces that he will donate his NBA Cup earnings to build a state-of-the-art basketball complex in Tamboril, Santiago. The donation will expand the sports facility of Go Ministries in t he central province. Towns’ mother, the late Jacqueline Cruz, was from Santiago. He made the remarks during the post-NBA Cup win press …
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Abinader connects with barbers amidst corruption challenges

In a high-profile display of retail politics, President Luis Abinader took time during the holiday season to engage with one of the country’s most influential grassroots groups: the national barbering and hairstyling subsector. The 16 December 2025 event, titled Peluqueros RD 2025, served as a strategic platform for the President to project an image of …
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UN Environment Assembly votes to combat sargassum and protect coral reefs

The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded on 12 December 2025, with a historic commitment to tackle marine assets. Gathering over 6,000 delegates from 186 countries at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, the UN Environment Assembly voted to issue 11 resolutions including Resolution UNEP/EA.7/L.3) that addresses sargassum seaweed blooms, paired with …
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JCE accredited as Digital Signature Authority for new Dominican ID cards

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) officially announced that as of 16 December 2025 the civil registry entity is established as the Digital Signature Certification Authority. The certification event marks a critical milestone in the rollout of the Dominican Republic’s next-generation identity and electoral cards. The successful generation of the Root Certificate grants the JCE the …
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Grandparent scam masterminds sentenced, but judge lenience is questioned

They looked like ordinary offices. Operating under legitimate-sounding names like Agnes Travel SRL and Urtarte’s Paradise Call Center, these facilities in Santiago and Puerto Plata weren’t selling vacations. Instead, they served as the engine for “Operation Discovery,” one of the most sophisticated digital fraud networks ever dismantled in the Caribbean. In its coverage on the …