2025 – Page 99

The Dominican Republic’s public debt has surged by more than US$3.75 billion in the first four months of 2025, marking a 6.52% increase so far this year, according to official data from the General Public Credit Agency under the Ministry of Hacienda, N Digital reports. As of April 2025, the country’s non-financial public sector (NFPS) …

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On Monday, 23 June 2025, the Social and Economic Council (CES) has begun the meetings to discuss matters related to Haiti with representatives of different sectors in the Dominican Republic In a landmark session held at the Universidad del Caribe (Unicaribe), the Dominican Republic’s Economic and Social Council (CES) opened the national dialogue on the …

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The collapse of the roof of the JetSet Club in Santo Domingo on 8 April 2025, with 236 reported deaths and more than 180 seriously injured, has brought to the open the topic of how much the victims can expect to be compensated with. The case has left around 170 children orphaned. So far the …

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The Attorney General Office prosecution arm, the Public Ministry has requested a five-year prison sentence for professional baseball player Wander Samuel Franco Aybar, who is on trial for the alleged sexual abuse of a then 14-year old minor. In addition, prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for the teenager’s mother, who is a co-defendant …

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Metereologist Jean Suriel has been reporting on the solar halos that have been visible in different places in the Dominican Republic this year. A search online shows people have been talking about them since they began appearing in January 2025. Recent reports are from people noticing them in the skies of the Cibao region. Jean …

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President Luis Abinader on Sunday, 22 June 2025 officially inaugurated the new Malecón de Haina, a long-anticipated development that is set to transform the southcentral coastal area of Haina into a modern public space for recreation, sports, and economic activity. Haina is an industrial area where now its resident and working population can enjoy the …

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On 18 June 2025, President Luis Abinader joined capital city Mayor Carolina Mejia for the official start of the Malecon Deportivo from Av. Núñez de Cáceres to Av. Luperon, the major recreational project along Santo Domingo’s waterfront, expected to be completed in early 2026—just in time for the 25th Central American and Caribbean Games. The …

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The City Hall of the National District reacted promptly to a report in Listin Diario and began removing debris and discarded items from their location in the Mirador del Sur Park. The garbage began to be trucked to the Duquesa landfill. The report drew public attention to the cluttered state of that area of the …

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The Ministry of Environment has ordered a halt to a major development underway with two sections for around 300 riverside apartments on a northern capital city green belt. This is not the first halt order. These had been issued in the past, but unheeded to by the developers. The developers had obtained a permit from …

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As of 2 June 2025, the US Customs and Border Protection enabled the Central Romana Corporation to resume shipping sugar to the United States. The US Customs and Border Protection modified the withhold release order that had been issued in 2022 for raw sugar and sugar products made by the Central Romana. The ban had …

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