2025 – Page 65

The Central Bank (BCRD) has announced a continued downward trend in interest rates across multiple banks during the first quarter of 2025, El Caribe reports. Despite a challenging global economic landscape, the nation’s financial system maintains robust indicators, according to a recent BCRD analysis. The report, titled “Strength and Resilience of the Dominican Financial System …

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The Ministry of Labor recently announced that the minimum wage for domestic service was to be increased by 30%, going from RD$10,000 to RD$13,000 per month. Since many people employ domestic help on a day-to-day basis, the El Dia newspaper has calculated the daily rate at RD$546 per day. This new pay scale goes into …

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Brigadier General Pilot Jonás Reynoso Barrera has been named the new executive director of the National Anti-Terrorism Agency (DNA), according to an announcement from the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense says that the appointment, made by Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre, Minister of Defense, is part of an ongoing effort to modernize …

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President Luis Abinader has signed Decree 215-25, creating the Observatory of Migration Policies, the Presidential Office announced. The new entity is in addition to the existing and the Migration Agency (DGM), the National Migration Institute (INM). The new entity will fall under the National Migration Council. This new body will serve as a platform for …

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It no secret that some of the provinces along the border with Haiti are among the poorest in the Dominican Republic. Provinces like Bahoruco, Independencia, and Elias Piña have the smallest populations and a large number of low-income people. Other border provinces are joined by Santiago Rodriguez, Dajabon, Montecristi and Pedernales. A recent study by …

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The National Observatory for Consumer Protection (Onpeco) has voiced its serious concern that the lack of crucial information on the death certificates issued to the families of the victims who perished in the collapse of the Jet Set nightclub on 8 April 2025, El Caribe reports. In a press release, Onpeco highlights that the documents …

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With the collapse of the 1970s edifice that had housed the JetSet Club on Tuesday, 8 April 2025, several took to the media to urge the government avoid a tragedy (at least 232 deaths) regarding the aging structures of the Francisco del Rosario Sanchez Bridge (Puente de la 17) over the Ozama River and the …

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As a consequence of the collapse of the roof of the JetSet Club during a Rubby Perez concert, so far 232 persons have been reported dead. This is the Dominican Republic’s largest fatality causer, outside of natural disasters. The government has entrusted the Onesvie to prepare the official report. Likewise, the Attorney General Office prosecutors …

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In new developments over the weekend, lawyer Jorge Luis Polanco, the lawyer that headed the special legal entity President Luis Abinader had designated to strike deals for the early recovery of assets for the government from predetermined corruption legal cases traced to the past Danilo Medina administration, announced he would take on the defense of …

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The El Portal neighbors nearby the JetSet Club whose roof collapsed on 8 April 2025 causing the death of 232+ most instantly, say for years they had been placing complaints about the operation of the club and were ignored by the authorities. The neighbors in a video tell of the noise and vibrations that impacted …

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