2025 – Page 71

The Ministry of Culture will hold an official tribute in honor of late merengue icon Rubby Pérez, whose sudden death in the JetSet Club tragedy has shocked the nation. On Tuesday, 8 April 2025, Rubby Perez’s family confirmed the death. He had kept singing to help rescuers find him. His daughter, who was performing on …

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The First Collegiate Court of La Vega has dismissed the criminal charges against Miguel Arturo López Florencio, known as “Micky” López, who was accused by the Public Ministry of leading a vast money laundering network linked to drug trafficking. Lopez is the husband of former PRM deputy Rosa Amalia Pilarte who was already sentenced for …

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The exchange rate of the US dollar against the Dominican peso has shown a noticeable downward trend over the past two weeks, retreating from its mid-March peak of nearly RD$64 per dollar. This shift is evident at commercial bank windows across the country, El Dia reports. This decline is attributed to a combination of seasonal …

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On 8 April 2025, President Luis Abinader declared three days of mourning (8, 9 and 10 April 2025 by Decree 194-25) for the victims of the JetSet Club tragedy. He personally had learned of the tragedy when the governor of Montecristi, Nelsy Cruz, who was at the club that night, called him around 5 minutes …

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 The National Institute of Student Welfare (Inabie) announced on 8 April 2025 it has taken immediate action to ensure transparency and legal compliance in regards to the recent school supply procurement processes. The announcement follows allegations of irregularities highlighted by the investigative program “El Informe con Alicia Ortega” on Monday, 7 April 2025. Noticias SIN …

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President Luis Abinader is optimistic the 10% tariff levied on the Dominican Republic may be removed. The “reciprocal” tax was levied as part of the global Liberation Day tariffs list announced by US President Donald Trump on 2 April 2025. “We have started bilateral contacts in that sense,” President Abinader explained during his weekly Monday …

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Economist Miguel Collado, executive vice president of the CREES think tank and non-profit consulting organization, urged the Abinader administration to put aside politics and take advantage of the Trump tariffs initiative to push forward needed structural reform in the country. The Dominican Republic has been levied with a 10% tariff on exports to the US, …

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The Public Ministry requested in court on 7 April 2025 significant prison sentences, including 20 years for the alleged ringleader, Juan Alexis Medina Sánchez, brother of former President Danilo Medina Sanchez. The jail terms sought range from three to 15 years for other defendants accused of administrative corruption. The prosecution presented its sentencing demands to …

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One would have hoped this kind of procurement would be in the past. But the Monday, 7 April 2025 investigative report by Alicia Ortega shows the irregularities in government procurement continue. The investigation revealed that nine interconnected companies were awarded 27 contracts for RD$460 million by the National Institute of Student Welfare (INABIE) that supplies …

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It was a normal Monday for JetSet Club, a traditional nightclub on Av. Independencia where merengue artist Rubby Perez had a full house of people partying and merengue dancing all night until…. At 12:44am a portion of the roof collapsed that Tuesday during the performance. Reportedly, 77 ambulances and around 400 rescue workers were sent …

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