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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reports a significant surge in remittances sent by Dominicans living abroad. Remittances are the greatest injection of hard currency into the Dominican Republic. These are channeled to the country for investing in property, businesses and for the welfare of relatives and friends of those who have migrated.

Between January and September 2025, the total amount of remittances reached US$8.91 billion, an increase of $914.1 million (11.4%) compared to the same period in the previous year. The September remittance total was US$991.8 billion.

The Central Bank reports that year-over-year growth of remittances is 11.9% compared to September 2024. This marks an increase of US$105.6 million.

The Central Bank says the economic...

Several past presidents of the Dominican Engineers and Architects Association (Codia) now say the recent Abinader administration decision to build a monorail in Santo Domingo instead of continuing with the metro lines is a planning mistake, as reported in N Digital.

The Ministry of Youth has joined the bandwagon and is now promoting the new Tarjeta de la Juventud, a welfare card that targets young people. Those who are approved will receive a stipend of RD$2,500 a month. The cards will be issued in collaboration with the Presidency welfare agency, Direccion de Desarrollo Social Superate.

Those who qualify need to be 18 to 35 years old and show low income status.

The program expects to reach out to 10,000 young people, Minister of Youth Carlos Valdez announced.

He said the cards will also be made available to university students, young mothers, and persons with disabilities.

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14 October 2025

Despite the Ministry of Housing and Buildings order to shut down after serious structural problems were found at Chinese megastores in operation, several owners have chosen to open discreetly. N Digital reports on the case of Suplax.

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14 October 2025

The RD$51.4 million wharf in Playa Arriba restores the facility that was impacted by Hurricane Fiona in 2022. Collado noted that tourism in Miches is on the upswing, and this tourist dock area will improve the visitor experience of both foreign and domestic tourists. The installation is designed for small craft, launches and catamarans which provide service to locals and tourists alike. The entire structure is illuminated for nighttime use.

The engineering of the new structure is designed for resilience. The pier is built on galvanized metallic piles driven into the seabed and filled with structural concrete. Its main and secondary metal framework utilizes durable W16x36, W16x26, and W8x13...

Mark your calendars! From the 17th until the 19th of October 2025, the National Botanical Garden is celebrating the National Plant and Flower Festival, one of the most important and emblematic urban festivities held each year.

There is something for everyone, and beginners and experts alike will find interesting items, classes, and workshops. And this year, there will be international exhibitors from Ecuador, Puerto Rico and Canada.

This is also a good time to stock up on gardening supplies, such as soil, fertilizers, and new plants.

Orchids will be on sale, as well as most of the endemic plants of the Dominican Republic, including a wide variety of succulents, fruit trees, and Christmas flowers.

The festival will be open from 9am until 6pm from Thursday, 16 October until Sunday, 19 October. Admission is RD$200 for adults and RD$75 for children. Admission includes entry to the sales areas, the recreational areas, the museum and a train ride.

There will be food...

Santo Domingo draws leading performers from all around the world. This Tuesday, 14 October 2025, Rod Stewart will be hosting a concert for his fans at the newly remodeled Softball Stadium in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The stadium was prepared for concerts, especially part of the remodeled sports venues readied for the July-August 2026 Central American and Caribbean Sports Games.

Diario Libre has reported on how the show venue for the concert has been changed on several occasions. The concert is a production by SD Concerts (Saymon Diaz). It had been announced for the new Arena Santo Domingo, then for the Olympic Stadium and now for the current Softball Stadium in the JPD Olympic Center.

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Dominican Paris Olympic gold medal winner Marileidy Paulino capped off an intense 2025 with a 50.07 win of the invitation-only Athlos NYC athletics competition in New York City on 10 October. The win also came with US$60,000 in prize money.

She defeated her arch rival throughout the year, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain who clocked in second with a time of 50.94. Naser is coached by Dominican Jose Ludwig Rubio.

Next year, Paulino is expected to duel Sydney McLaughlin and Salwa Eid Naser throughout the 2026 season.

In comments after the race, Paulino expressed her...

Taveras, who founded the Rancheros Unidos Foundation in New York, USA, was recognized for his transformative work in his homeland, the farming community of Los Ranchos de Babosico in Santiago de los Caballeros. The foundation has reportedly changed the lives of hundreds of rural families by donating over 500 fully equipped homes.

Beyond housing, the awardee has been instrumental in supporting the construction of educational, sports...

He returned on Sunday, 12 October to participate in the inauguration of new government-built apartment buildings in Ciudad Real Ecologica in East Santo Domingo. The apartment complex falls under the Plan Nacional de Viviendas Familia Feliz, developed by the Ministry of Housing (Mived).

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Sister Agripina Acosta, director of the La Santisima Trinidad Home for the Helpless Elderly, received the Protector of the Elderly award. She was honored for her outstanding 57 years of work in welcoming and caring for...

As she was questioned by reporters regarding the small number of psychologists working within the prison system, the Vice President noted that there are budget requisitions that will provide better mental health cars for inmates. She emphasized that President Abinader has said that he wants to provide good care for those persons with mental issues and that are currently inmates in Dominican prisons.

Later on, Roberto Santana, the head of the Prison Reform Office (Onaprep), told reporters that the brief that he had delivered...

To have a monorail or not to have a monorail? The recent government decision to build a monorail system in Greater Santo Domingo as part of the process to reduce traffic jams in the city. The proposed mass transit system will join together with the current Metro system and the cable cars that cross the Ozama River, the river that divides the capital city from the densely populated East Santo Domingo municipality.

However, the huge project has met with sharp criticisms from opposition party Fuerza del Pueblo (FP), especially regarding the tender process for the project. Former President Leonel Fernandez is the leader of the FP.

Teodoro Tejada, a former head of the Dominican College of Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors (Codia) has come out in defense of the government choice, saying that the complaints voiced by the political party are not accurate and do not...

Last week, journalist Ines Aizpun recalled how the motorcyclist violations got started decades ago when writing her opinion column for the Diario Libre.

Back then, running a red light was unthinkable. Later, doing it in front of a traffic officer was unimaginable. But gradually, what was once shocking became routine. Not normal, just common.

She highlighted: Today, the violations come in packs: riding against traffic, overtaking on the right, speeding down sidewalks, reckless stunts, knocking off side mirrors...

Addressing the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AmChamDR), Grullon outlined a compelling vision for achieving sustained economic growth, improved quality of life, and a more equitable society. He called for a united effort...

The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has approved a significant modification to the Regulation for Parcel Regularization and Demarcation (Deslinde), a move designed to greatly expand the scope of land regularization and streamline the process of obtaining clear property titles.

Crucially, the new regulation reserves the demarcation process (deslinde) as an exception, applicable only at the judicial stage and specifically for cases that are inherently contradictory or litigious and require court intervention. This marks a strategic shift to prioritize administrative regularization over...

The Ministry of Housing and Edifications (Mived) on Friday, 10 October 2025 ordered the provisional and preventative closure of operations at the Euphoria nightclub in Santo Domingo Este after inspectors confirmed the venue was operating without the required construction licenses, technical inspections, or final certifications. This action was taken due to repeated violations of Law 161-21 and applicable regulations, as reported in N Digital.

According to the administrative file, the situation began months ago. Mived had first issued a suspension notice on 17 June 2025, after discovering that remodeling work was being carried out at the site without valid permits or necessary supervision.

Gomez-Canaan is implicated through his connection with the company Transcore Latam S.R.L. The provisional seizure is a preventive measure aimed at securing assets that, according to investigations, were allegedly acquired with funds derived from acts of corruption and money laundering.

The case against Gomez and his affiliated companies is being called one of the largest technological corruption scandals in recent public administration history, generating significant public attention in the Dominican Republic.

The implications of the case extend beyond the financial and legal realms...

Elizabeth Silverio has good lawyers. On 20 May 2023, investigative journalist Nuria Piera aired a TV program had revealed that the impressive degrees from different countries she had framed in her office were fake. Yet, the local judiciary has been lenient with the once-touted neuroscientist who had developed a large practice at Knowledge Land (Kogland), serving children with autism in Santo Domingo. The center was shut down.

Silverio was such a good talker that even Congress consulted with her for the drafting of the national autism law.

While the Ministry of Public Health has revoked her permission to continue in the role of director of the center that mainly treated cases of child autism, the judiciary has been lenient and allowed her to remain out of jail. She was sentenced in October 2024 to seven years in jail, but has not served jail time as the case runs...

Eleonore Caroit has been named a minister in the French government, a historic appointment as she becomes the first French person of Dominican descent to serve in a cabinet position.

Before her ministerial role, Caroit had established herself in the French political landscape. She has been elected three times as a deputy in the French National Assembly, representing French citizens across the...

Dominican platano power in action. Jorge Polanco and relief pitcher Luis Miguel Castillo were the key players in the Seattle Mariners move to the American League Championship Series.

Jorge Polanco batted the game-ending single in the 15th inning, leading the Seattle Mariners to defeat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Friday, 10 October 2025.

Fellow Dominican pitcher Luis Miguel Castillo pitched the 1 1/3 innings for the win in his first Major League relief appearance.

The game is regarded as the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history.

Local media reports on how Dominicans were incidental in the Toronto Blue Jays and the...

The Dominican athlete was...

Drive east along the 27 de Febrero Avenue to northern or western Santo Domingo to see the difference. Traffic is flowing.

The overpass is designed to international AASHTO 2018 standards and features an innovative million-gallon drainage system connected to the Guajimia ravine, designed to prevent chronic flooding in the area. It connects the South via the 6 de Noviembre Highway directly with the National District and will soon link up with the Luperon Avenue tunnel at the Plaza de la Bandera.

The new overpass is...

The president of the Dominican College of Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors (Codia) North Region, has voiced alarm over the proliferation of infrastructure projects that fail to meet established legal and technical approval requirements and are underway in the Cibao region, a seismic vulnerable area.

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Focusing on the threat mining can be to the water sources in the Dominican Republic, environmentalists announce new actions to raise awareness among the general public.

At a time when the price of gold is at a record high, the Abinader administration has acted to favor authorizing new exploitations. This includes the construction of a second dry tailings facility in Sanchez Ramirez to enable the continuing of mining of the Barrick Gold operation.

Likewise, President Luis Abinader administration has said that the Ministry of Environment has authorized an environmental impact study to determine whether the exploitation permits will be given to the Goldquest that is behind the exploitation of gold in San Juan de la Maguana, a farming area. The company that seeks to obtain the permits argues the mine will be an underground one and will use rainwater for its...

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has officially announced the 2025 China Trade Expo in the Dominican Republic to be held 10-13 October 2025 at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel & Convention Center in Santo Domingo. The event is in its second year.

The 2025 China Trade Expo will feature over 2,000 square meters of exhibition space and include 37 leading Chinese companies, showcasing innovations in green energy, smart manufacturing, and cutting-edge technology.

Top global brands such as Gree, LONGi, Hytera, and Midea will participate, along with specialized firms like Hubei Jinlong New Materials Co., Ltd., Sinomach CMEC New Energy Development Co., Ltd., and Quzhou Rongqiang Chemical Co., Ltd.

Visitors can expect to see a wide range of products in sectors such as:Renewable energyIndustrial and agricultural...

Economists agree on one point. Public debt should be allocated to capital investments. The problem is that government in the Dominican Republic has been growing in leaps and bounds and most of the cash is going to current expenditures, say wages.

The public debt has been in the headlines as the Abinader administration defends taking on debt given the growing size of the economy. Abinader also argues he is paying the debt of past governments.

Opposition sectors say the government is using statistics to distort the reality of the growing public debt.

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The Dominican Republic bitterly remembers the 8 April 2025 JetSet Club tragedy, on 8 October, the sixth month anniversary of the tragic collapse of the nightclub roof during a full-house Rubby Perez merengue concert.

The trial to determine the responsibilities of directors Antonio and Maribel Espaillat is moving at turtle-slow pace. The latest is that the defendants are now requesting a new technical expertise, seemingly rejecting the findings of the technical report prepared by recognized leading experts that determined the overload of the roof caused the collapse that killed around 240 people.

President Luis Abinader and Minister of Public Works Eduardo Estrella were busy on 8 October 2025 with the inauguration of the major roadwork in Santo Domingo. Estrella is the father of one of the victims, his engineer son, who was at that fatal Rubby Perez merengue concert. Abinader is the...

Bottom line. The Blue Jays were the better team and the team investment in Vladimir Guerrero Jr paid off. The Blue Jays went from being in last place in the past season to defeating the New York Yankees in game four, 5-2, to move on to the ALCS.

The two-time Olympic medalist (Paris 2024 gold and Tokyo 2021 silver) and World medalist is looking to finish her season on a high note in what will be her 14th competitive outing across the 200m and 400m distances this year.

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9 October 2025

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A recent report prepared by the Chief Economist Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the World Bank focuses on the need to support entrepreneurship and micro and small businesses to boost jobs and growth in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The engineering works carried out have been praised for being fast, well-carried out and with sleek finishing touches. The roadworks include underpasses and overpasses for where the 27 de Febrero Avenue that crosses the National District from East to West turns north and connects to the 6 Noviembre highway that goes west to San Cristobal. The new works also give fast access to those headed to the industrial and densely populated Isabela Aguiar area.

The work was built with advances in funds to the government for authorizing the extension...

Despite an official announcement more than a year ago, the planned merger of the Ministry of Education (Minerd) and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Mescyt) has been postponed to tell from allotments in the National Budget 2026 presented to the National Congress via the Ministry of Hacienda.

The continuity of separate operations is confirmed by the budgetary figures. According to the draft general budget, Mescyt will receive a total allocation of RD$23.27 billion for 2026. This is comprised of RD$22.69 billion for current expenses and RD$576.2 million designated for capital expenditures.

The Dominican Republic secured its best-ever performance at the Iberoamerican Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), landing in 14th place among 21 participating nations in the 2025 edition held in Chile, the Ministry of Education (Minerd) announced.

The DR team won a bronze medal and two honorable mentions competing against 81 students from 21 Iberoamerican countries (Latin America, Spain and Portugal).

Reports are that the government is considering instituting two fees for use of mass transport. One will be for a ride on the Metro and skylift for which the decades-old fee of RD$20 for packet of rides will be kept.

Another will be for RD$35 that will allow for transferring to other mass transit vehicles, such as public transist system buses, including new Omsa buses, within 30 minutes of disembarking from the first ride, Diario Libre reports.

Dominican mass transit expert Oneximo Gonzalez was recently appointed executive vice president of the Oficina Metropolitana de Servicios de Autobuses (Omsa), apparently as the government seeks to revamp the government bus company and improve public bus services. Gonzalez already has the success of the TRAE public school bus company to show.

He told Diario Libre the measure seeks to reduce the transport burden of those who...

In its initial phase, Data CNE compiles data...

Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez and Dajabon have green alerts for heavy rains. A tropical wave is joined by a trough bringing the rains as the system moves towards the DR from Puerto Rico, says the Dominican Weather Institute (Indomet).

Tropical Storm Jerry is expected to maintain the high surf on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic while it maintains a path well to the north of the country.

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The Dominican Republic is gearing up for its premier theatrical event, the 12th International Theater Festival (FITE RD 2025), set to captivate audiences from 19 to 30 October 2025. This year, the festival shines a spotlight on Spain as the honored guest country, promising an infusion of dynamic Spanish drama alongside local talent.

The organizers say that this year there will be 15 international companies and 17 local companies carrying out performances in theaters, plazas and public spaces, performing the classics and street theater.

The spirit of FITE RD 2025 this year will extend far beyond the capital...

President Luis Abinader presented the state of affairs of the banking system in the Dominican Republic during his weekly press conference on Monday, 6 October 2025. He highlighted how the system now presents RD$4 billion in assets.

During the same presentation, Superintendent of Banks Alejandro Fernandez stressed the importance of a strong banking system and the positive implications for public and private financing.

The Dominican banking system was strengthened when Congress approved the passing of the pension plans and health insurance providers to bank affiliates. These entities have resulted in high yields for the financial companies. Likewise, after Covid-19, there has been a quantum leap in digitalization and banking for sectors of all income levels in the Dominican Republic

Follow the story: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZTj9gCVcJo">La Semanal 6...</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZTj9gCVcJo">

The government of the UAE highlighted how she held several bilateral meetings with senior officials from the Dominican Republic on the sidelines of the first WGS-LAC Dialogue to discuss opportunities to strengthen UAE-Dominican Republic bilateral relations and explore economic and investment opportunities between the two nations.

BSD Global Exploration reported on 6 October 2025 the discovery of oil & natural gas deposits through 3D seismic technology. In a press release, the company announced, based on seismic analysis, the discovery of both oil and natural gas deposits in commercially exploitable quantities in a land area located in the northwestern province of Montecristi.

Based on the processed...

The improvement of transmission lines to reduce losses is key to the distribution of power in the Dominican Republic.

The line is essential for the distribution of the energy to be generated in Montecristi. The Montecristi power generation is the most important to go on the grid in 2025-2026 during the Abinader administration.

In the Monte Cristi province, construction includes the Manzanillo Power Land project, a 414 MW natural gas-fired plant, and the associated 345kV, 128km dispatch infrastructure currently being developed.

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Shipments continue to enter Haiti with expectations of subsequently smuggling the larger portion of the cigarettes into the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic Army (ERD) is intensifying its efforts to combat cross-border smuggling, underscored by the seizure of a significant cache of 160,000 units of foreign-sourced cigarettes at a military checkpoint in the border province of Montecristi.

The confiscation occurred at the Las Matas de Santa Cruz military checkpoint as troops inspected a white Kia truck (plate L434718). The contraband was discovered cleverly concealed among baskets of vegetables in the rear of the vehicle, a common tactic employed by smugglers to evade detection.

The cargo was comprised of 15 cases of Capital brand cigarettes, totaling 150,000 units, and one case of Jaisalmer brand, adding another 10,000 units.

The...

Investigative journalist Alicia Ortega is looking into the millions that seem to be wasted on wages with little to show.

Despite a massive monthly budget expenditure exceeding RD$111 million and total spending over RD$4.2 billion between 2023 and 2024, the program, run by the Ministry of Education, managed to teach just 4,742 people to read and write in that same period.

According to the Public Ministry, autopsy results, ballistic analyses, and gunshot residue tests all confirm that the victims...

Out in the eastern province of La Altagracia, a man was driving his children to school and his wife to work when he came across a very exotic animal, an ant-eater, wandering the streets of the municipality of Veron.

Eventually, the man called the authorities at the National Zoo in Santo Domingo, and the animal is now under their care.

According to the authorities, the animal is not listed on any invoice for exotic animals permitted into the Dominican Republic.

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The two-time Olympic medalist (Paris 2024 gold and Tokyo 2021 silver) and World medalist is looking to finish her season on a high note in what will be her 14th competitive outing across the 200m and 400m distances this year.

Paulino enters the final event having already secured her place in the history books for 2025. Following the World Athletics Championships in September 2025 in Tokyo, she became the first Dominican and Latina athlete to run under the 48-second barrier in the 400m with a stunning time of 47.98 seconds.

In the American League playoffs, the Blue Jays and the New York Yankees are now tied leading the semi finals between the Blue Jays, Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Rays and Baltimore Orioles in the American League East division.

The Toronto Blue Jays are 2-0 over the New York Yankees in the best-of-five series as the action now moves to the Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, 8 October. The Blue Jays also won the first game, 10-1.

In his role as sportscaster, Dominican...

The Dominican Weather Institute (Indomet) reports conditions of high surf will continue on the north coast if the present system moving to the west towards Dominican Republic continues on this path. The north coast has been affected by recent storms that have been delivering high surf for the past two weeks.

The broad area of low pressure associated with a low-latitude tropical wave continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the tropical central Atlantic as the system makes its way to the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center of the United States says there is a 70% chance that the storm will develop.

The environmental conditions appear generally conducive for the gradual development of the system. NHC says that a tropical depression is likely to form within the next few days while it moves quickly west-northwestward across...

Oceanman organizes long-distance racing all around the world. This October 2025, the international event is coming to La Romana/La Altagracia to compete at the first Oceanman Dominican Republic.

The combination of outstanding beach, comfortable beach resort accommodations and the promixity to three international airports and the locations of Santo Domingo, La Romana and Punta Cana led to a quick sellout the Oceanman distance swimming event at Viva Dominicus Beach.

The long-distance swimming competition attracts male and female amateur and professional swimmers from around the globe who were also prompt to register in the Dominican Republic Oceanman. Likewise, dozens of competitors are participating for the Dominican...

Marriott is promoting the new W Punta Cana located in Uvero Alto, in northern Punta Cana.

President Luis Abinader was at the hotel for the formal inauguration on Sunday, 5 October 2025 that was hosted by the top executives of Punta Cana Group, founder Frank Rainieri and his son, chief executive officer Frank Elias Rainieri.

The resort has 340 rooms and suites, 12 restaurants and an Away Spa. The hotel was fully designed for the enjoyment and comfort of adults with immersive experiences...

American Airlines is ready for the start on 6 December 2025 of its Saturdays-only non-stop connections from Indianapolis (IND), Nashville (BNA) and Pittsburgh (PIT) to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ).

The increasing start of nonstop flights that open up new destinations are fueling the continued boom of Punta Cana as a preferred US beach vacation destination.

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7 October 2025