Elected Vice Mayor Amparo Custodia is now the new mayor of La Vega. The city had been without a mayor after President Luis Abinader pulled its recently elected Mayor Kelvin Cruz to be his Minister of ...

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is expected on 19 November 2024. He will be the first Vietnam prime minister to visit the Dominican Republic. Chinh chose to make a stopover in the Dominican ...

In the eleventh consecutive week of the “Guarantee of Peace” Operation, led by the Ministry of Interior and Police (MIP), 16 nightclubs were inspected, with one temporarily closed and the rest ...

A substantial €5.85 million grant from the European Union will be used to implement a tailored program of technical assistance, investment subsidies, and studies in the Dominican Republic. This ...

While the government’s 2024 budget allocates RD$4.822 billion for “rentals and leases of buildings and premises,” critics argue that these funds could be better used to purchase or construct ...

The Leones del Escogido continue to lead in the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship. As of the weekend games, the standing (games won and lost) is: Leones del Escogido 16-6, Tigres del ...

The Dominican men’s football team beat up Team Dominica to advance in the Concacaf Nations League tournament. The tournament’s Gold Cup trophy is the primary goal for teams in the region. The DR won ...

A recent report by TransUnion, an analytical data firm, has indicated that slightly over 10% of all digital transactions in the Dominican Republic in the first half of 2024 were classified as ...

The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has been calling for a major increase in wages for doctors and other medical personnel. Late last week, they announced a big strike to take place this week in ...

In a controversial decision, a Dominican court has granted bail to three high-profile figures implicated in the extensive corruption network uncovered during Operation Camaleón. Hugo Beras, former ...

The plenary of the JCE is now made up of Román Andrés Jáquez Liranzo, who will serve a second consecutive term as the JCE’s president, along with Dolores Altagracia Fernández Sánchez, Samir Rafael ...

The Dominican Senate has given first-reading approval to a bill establishing a National Council of the Judiciary. The legislation aims to amend two specific articles of the law to accommodate the ...