The National Police reported that the regional sub-director of Investigation (DICRIM) in Santiago, Colonel Gerson Acosta Polanco, appeared at the home of an elderly couple affected by an incident that occurred during a police operation in the community of Cabía, municipality of Imbert, province of Puerto Plata. The complaint, which went viral on social media, […]
SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORÍS. – Violence shook the tranquility of the community of Bejuco during the last hours, leaving one person dead and two others injured in an event that the authorities still describe as a “confusing incident.” The preliminary report identifies the deceased as Edickson Balbi Padilla, 35 years old. His body was transferred […]
Santo Domingo.- The National Institute for Consumer Protection (Pro Consumidor) and the Specialized Corps for Fuel and Merchandise Trade Control (Ceccom) announced this Sunday that "a broad national operation" of inspection and surveillance will be carried out in commercial establishments, with the aim of preventing the sale of adulterated alcoholic beverages and other products in […]
The National Police reported the arrest of three men identified as alleged participants in a violent event that occurred on March 9 in the La Vieja Barquita sector, Sabana Perdida, in Santo Domingo Norte, where a woman was killed by a gunshot wound and five other people were injured in the same way. The detainees […]
Santo Domingo.– A section of George Washington Avenue, on the Malecón of Santo Domingo, will remain closed from this weekend due to the celebration of the National Carnival Parade, the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic informed. Authorities indicated that the closure will begin on Friday at 10:00 p.m. on the section between Avenida […]
Punta Cana.- The final of the Dominican Republic Open Copa Cap Cana (ATP Challenger 175 category), which was being played between Italian tennis player Mattia Bellucci and Argentine Mariano Navone, has been temporarily suspended due to the high temperatures recorded during the day. Given the conditions of extreme heat, the match referee and tournament organizers […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – Dominican world champion Carlos Adames, known as “El Caballo Bronco” (The Bronco Horse), will defend his middleweight title (160 pounds) sanctioned by the World Boxing Council against American Austin Williams, on March 21st at the Caribe Royale Resort, in Orlando, Florida. You may be interested in:Kelvin Cruz doubles economic contribution to TBS […]
The Atlanta Braves player will lose his season salary and will not be able to participate in the World Baseball Classic United States - Atlanta Braves designated hitter Jurickson Profar has been suspended for 162 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the second time in the last year, sources told ESPN. You […]
Boca Chica.- The New York Yankees academy for Latin America proudly celebrated a new high school graduation ceremony, in an event held at its Boca Chica facilities that reaffirms the organization's commitment to the comprehensive training of its prospects and collaborators. The graduation, led by Joel Lithgow, director of the Yankees academy for Latin America, […]
SANTO DOMINGO, RD. – The president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, Garibaldy Bautista, held a meeting with a delegation from the national and international water skiing community to learn about concerns related to the preparation of this discipline for the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026. You may be interested in:Gilberto Soriano is […]
Vienna.- 'Online' fraud already accounts for the majority of scams and artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating its expansion, while many states are not prepared to stop a crime with which organized crime earns billions of dollars, warns the UN on the eve of a summit in Vienna on this phenomenon. "At this moment, fraud, and […]
New York.- The dating app Tinder announced that it will incorporate more artificial intelligence (AI) into its platform to create 'more personalized' matches and make smarter recommendations to users. In a statement, the company announced this Friday that it launched its Chemistry pilot function in the United States and Canada, based on artificial intelligence, which […]
Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader informed, during his accountability, a series of strategic agreements with global technology companies that consolidate the Dominican Republic as a key destination for the economy of the future, innovation and high value-added investment. As part of the vision of sustainable growth and productive diversification, the president highlighted the signing of […]
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Beijing.- A year after DeepSeek shook the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry with its 'chatbot', China returns to the center of the technological debate with the hyperrealistic videos of Seedance 2.0, ByteDance's video tool that opens a new battle in the sector and rekindles the controversy over copyright in Hollywood. Since its launch this month, […]
New York.- The Israeli army estimates that the war against Iran that began alongside the United States on February 28th could last up to three to six more weeks, because we still have thousands of targets ahead of us, said the military spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to CNN. “We are prepared, in […]
Tokyo.- A senior official of the Japanese ruling party said on Sunday that Tokyo does not rule out sending warships to defend the Strait of Hormuz, as requested by US President Donald Trump, but made it clear that the country must consider the possibility with "caution". "Legally, we do not rule out the possibility of […]
Lima.- The Peruvian presidential candidate Napoleon Becerra, who was one of the 36 aspirants to the head of state in the general elections next April in Peru, died in a traffic accident while heading to fulfill a proselytizing activity in the south of the country, sources from his party and official media reported this Sunday. […]
U.S. President Donald Trump denounced that the leader of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, does not want to reach a peace agreement to end his conflict with Russia. “I am surprised that Zelensky does not want to reach an agreement,” the US president stated in an interview for NBC News, while highlighting that the president of Russia, […]
The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, warned that there will be no impunity for the people who led protests and acts of vandalism amid the unrest generated by the prolonged blackouts affecting the country. Through a message posted on his social media, the president acknowledged that the population's discontent due to the electrical interruptions is […]
Santo Domingo.- The 2026 National Carnival Parade, dedicated in this edition to the province of Puerto Plata, began on the afternoon of this Sunday on the Malecón of Santo Domingo with the parade of its maximum symbolic authorities: the veteran communicator Zoila Luna and the renowned photographer Mariano Hernández, who head this edition as queen […]
"The Sinners" leads the list with 16 nominations USA - The film industry is experiencing this Sunday, March 15 one of its most important celebrations with the 98th edition of the 2026 Oscars, which brings together the main figures of the seventh art to recognize the best productions of the last year. The gala takes […]
The television network Univision is in conversations to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, with the aim of avoiding a lawsuit that could lead to a claim for up to 200 million dollars in the United States. The negotiations revolve around a possible public retraction of the accusations spread in a […]
Madrid,.- Actress Gemma Cuervo (Barcelona, 1934) has died this Saturday in Madrid at the age of 91, after more than six decades dedicated to cinema, theater and television, according to family sources. The same sources have reported that the wake will open this Sunday, March 15, at the Tanatorio de la Paz in the Madrid […]
The tragedy strikes the Dominican announcer based in New York, Mildre Aquino, known as "La Makina," after her husband, Máximo Polanco de Jesús, died in a fire in a traffic accident that occurred on March 9th. According to preliminary information, Polanco allegedly was hit by another vehicle, which caused both cars to catch fire. The […]
Although the Central Electoral Board has not officially kicked off the presidential pre-campaign for 2028, the Dominican political scene shows unequivocal signs of early activation. The main parties are moving as if the contest were underway, multiplying events, refining speeches and appealing to polls to legitimize positions, in a context where public opinion is beginning […]
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SANTO DOMINGO.- In politics, power is measured not only by what is controlled, but by what is transformed. Under that logic, the Dominican State has a golden opportunity that it has not yet known how to take advantage of: the assets seized from organized crime and corruption networks.
That heritage exists, it is tangible, and it is under the custody of the National Institute for the Custody and Administration of Seized Assets (INCABIDE). These are assets that not only represent material wealth, but also the possibility of translating criminal justice into social justice.
Until April 2025, the state inventory includes:
More than 200 vehicles, some with high resale value or institutional use.
49 luxury watches and jewelry valued at hundreds of thousands of pesos.
Two yachts and more than 300 properties with a final seizure sentence.
RD$559 million in cash, which has already entered the National Treasury.
The official narrative is that they are "in the process of registration and evaluation," with the promise of public auctions "soon." But time passes, assets depreciate, and capital — instead of being strategically reinvested in education, health, or security — remains static, as if the State doesn't know what to do with the power it holds.
This is not just an administrative problem. It's a matter of governance. Each fixed asset is a decision not made. Each unheld auction is a missed opportunity. And every peso that is not transformed into citizen well-being is, in essence, a political failure.
The fight against corruption doesn't end in the courts. It continues in the State's ability to use what has been seized to reduce inequalities, strengthen institutions, and restore citizen trust.
Because if the State can seize luxury… it should also be able to turn it into progress.
The National Police reported that the regional sub-director of Investigation (DICRIM) in Santiago, Colonel Gerson Acosta Polanco, appeared at the home of an elderly couple affected by an incident that occurred during a police operation in the community of Cabía, municipality of Imbert, province of Puerto Plata. The complaint, which went viral on social media, […]
SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORÍS. – Violence shook the tranquility of the community of Bejuco during the last hours, leaving one person dead and two others injured in an event that the authorities still describe as a “confusing incident.” The preliminary report identifies the deceased as Edickson Balbi Padilla, 35 years old. His body was transferred […]
Santo Domingo.- The National Institute for Consumer Protection (Pro Consumidor) and the Specialized Corps for Fuel and Merchandise Trade Control (Ceccom) announced this Sunday that "a broad national operation" of inspection and surveillance will be carried out in commercial establishments, with the aim of preventing the sale of adulterated alcoholic beverages and other products in […]
The National Police reported the arrest of three men identified as alleged participants in a violent event that occurred on March 9 in the La Vieja Barquita sector, Sabana Perdida, in Santo Domingo Norte, where a woman was killed by a gunshot wound and five other people were injured in the same way. The detainees […]
Santo Domingo.– A section of George Washington Avenue, on the Malecón of Santo Domingo, will remain closed from this weekend due to the celebration of the National Carnival Parade, the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic informed. Authorities indicated that the closure will begin on Friday at 10:00 p.m. on the section between Avenida […]
Santo Domingo. – President Luis Abinader had a relaxed moment during the graduation ceremony of the Oportunidad 14-24 program, dancing merengue with several students who were participating in an artistic presentation prepared for the event. The scene took place in the midst of a cultural intervention organized by the graduating students themselves, who encouraged the […]
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