Santo Domingo.– Vendors participating in the Gran Feria Agropecuaria del Instituto de Estabilización de Precios (Inespre) stated that since its opening, a high flow of people has been registered, which has significantly boosted sales and confirms the population's interest in acquiring food at affordable prices. Merchants consulted pointed out that since the early hours of […]
Santo Domingo.– The general director of Penitentiary and Correctional Services (DGSPC), Roberto Santana Sánchez, revealed this Friday that Santiago Hazim and the others involved in the Senasa case are isolated from the rest of the prison population in the Las Parras prison, for security reasons. “They are separated from the common population. The prisoners say […]
Higüey. – The Eastern Electricity Distribution Company (Edeeste) and the Deputy Attorney General for the Electrical System (Pgase) report that they continue dismantling irregular connections through extensive inspection operations in various commercial establishments, this time in the Villa Francisca sector, Higüey municipality, La Altagracia province. In this operation, which also involved the Superintendency of Electricity […]
Santo Domingo.- The Fourth Instruction Court of the National District confirmed this Thursday the validation of the medical license granted to former senator Rafael Calderón after receiving the corresponding report from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif). Magistrate Altagracia Ramírez, presiding judge of the court, reported that the medical examiner appointed by the court […]
Santo Domingo.- The Public Ministry arrested, along with the National Police, a married couple considered among the "dangerous" members of a network dedicated to kidnapping and money laundering. Tairi Vásquez Severino and her partner Jhan Carlos Rivera Martínez were arrested by the Specialized Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor's Office of […]
Sports Writing. – Paris Saint-Germain, recent champion of the Intercontinental Cup, confirmed its favoritism and secured its qualification to the round of 32 of the French Cup without any setbacks, after convincingly defeating Vendée Fontenay Foot, a team from the fifth division of French football, 0-4 this Saturday. You may be interested in:Safonov crowns PSG […]
Tampa, Florida.– The Baltimore Orioles acquired right-handed pitcher Shane Baz from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a package of four prospects and a Competitive Balance Round A pick, the club reported this Friday. In the transaction, Tampa Bay receives outfielder "Slater de Brun", catcher "Caden Bodine", right-handed pitcher "Michael Forrest" and also outfielder […]
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Athletes Commission of the Dominican Olympic Committee concluded this Tuesday the First Athletes Forum “Vision beyond the goal”, which was held for two days at the Olympic Hostel with the participation of about 200 athletes from different disciplines. You may be interested in:Detroit and RD: tickets available from today; here are the prices […]
Sports Writing (EFE).— The month of May 2025 was marked as one of the most intense and memorable on the sports calendar in America, with historic comebacks, absolute consecrations and world-class protagonists such as Carlo Ancelotti, Álex Palou, Shohei Ohtani, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, as well as the teams Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. You […]
PHILADELPHIA.- The Philadelphia Phillies reached an agreement for one season and $10 million with free agent outfielder Adolis García, as confirmed by a source to MLB.com. The club has not yet made the official announcement of the deal, which was initially reported by journalist Francys Romero. You may be interested inr: Soto returns to wear […]
Science Writing- An Ariane 6 rocket from the European Space Agency (ESA) has taken off from the spaceport in French Guiana with two new satellites on board that will join the Galileo constellation and provide greater robustness to the European navigation program, which serves more than half of the world's population. At 5:01 (GMT), as […]
New York .- The technology OpenAI has denied being responsible for the suicide of a 16-year-old who took his own life after interacting with ChatGPT for months, and has attributed his case to an "improper use" of the tool. "The injuries and damages alleged by the plaintiffs were caused or contributed (…) by the misuse, […]
Miami (USA).- NASA launched three missions into space this Wednesday that seek to map the heliosphere, the layer that surrounds and protects the solar system, to critically monitor space weather and to study how the Earth's upper atmosphere responds to the solar wind. The three missions took off from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Nvidia is no longer just a graphics card manufacturer. The company founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, which was born with the vision of bringing 3D graphics to video games, has become the most valuable company on the planet, surpassing Apple and Microsoft with a capitalization of around $4.3 trillion. […]
New York.- Apple equips its AirPods with live translation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German thanks to its new operating system, iOS 26, which launches this Monday on compatible devices. Starting today, the AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 with noise cancellation, paired with iPhones compatible with Apple Intelligence - Apple's artificial intelligence - […]
Washington - Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, made history this Saturday by sending a person in a wheelchair into space for the first time on a commercial flight. Michaela «Michi» Benthaus became the first passenger with reduced mobility to travel beyond the Kármán line, located about 100 kilometers above Earth […]
U.S. forces launched an operation against the Islamic State in Syria in response to an attack in Palmyra that left three Americans dead, according to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Friday. "U.S. forces initiated Operation Falcon Eye strike in Syria to eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons depots in direct response to the attack on […]
Venezuelan dictator, Nicolás Maduro, has proclaimed himself this Thursday as the winner of his invented award Architect of Peace, in allusion to the Nobel Peace Prize that the opposition leader María Corina Machado won last October. The ceremony took place in Caracas, within the framework of the commemorative activities for the 195th anniversary of the […]
Santo Domingo.- Less than two months before the official end date of its mandate, set for February 7, 2026, the Haitian Presidential Transition Council (CPT) acknowledged that its institutional cycle is nearing its end, although its members would not be willing to completely withdraw from control of the Executive Branch. As reported by the Haitian […]
Bogotá.- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, stated this Thursday that Nicolás Maduro should not give orders to the Colombian Army, in response to a call from the Venezuelan ruler for the military of the two countries to protect sovereignty. "No, he doesn't have to give orders to the military", Petro affirmed when asked if […]
This Saturday, Alofoke Media Group celebrates its traditional Christmas party with its collaborators, a significant meeting in which the successes and achievements reached during the year 2025 are commemorated, and the commitment, dedication and effort of all its team throughout the year are recognized. The event was attended by the directors of Alofoke Media Group, […]
Wisin celebrated his 46th birthday this Friday with a very special surprise that awakened nostalgia and emotion in both him and his followers. The Puerto Rican artist, whose real name is Juan Luis Morera, shared the significant moment through his social networks, where he showed the gift that marked his birthday celebration. In the context […]
Puerto Rican artist Chayanne closes one of the most solid and successful moments of his career with the end of his international tour Bailemos Otra Vez, which began in August 2024 and which, since then, toured North America, Central America, South America and Europe, confirming that his connection with the public not only remains intact, […]
Santo Domingo, RD - Urban artist Bulín 47 announced that he will give away a Christmas dinner to a low-income family during his performance at the closing of the annual Medios Telemicro employees' party. The interpreter of "Lo Que Te Killa" stopped his presentation to share with the audience his desire to bring joy to […]
Santo Domingo, RD - Caroline Aquino and Nahiony Reyes announced their long-awaited return to Dominican television for the year 2026, a piece of news that has generated great enthusiasm among the public. The announcement was made during the introduction of the celebration of the Telemicro media group's employee party, a setting in which both presenters […]
In the Dominican Republic, presidents don't fall because of the opposition. They fall because of something more intimate and devastating: their own family. When corruption shares the same last name as the presidential band, it ceases to be a case and becomes a sentence. It's not a contract that is judged: it's the entire credibility […]
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For days, Leonardo Aguilera has been the target of a campaign as evidently coordinated as it is poorly executed. Defamation, slander, and half-truths circulate on networks and certain media with suspicious synchronicity. Who's sending them? Who's biting their nails? The formula is old: fabricate scandals where they don't exist, repeat lies until they seem like […]
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Santo Domingo,.- The Dominican Association of Poultry Farming (ADA) reported this Thursday that the national production of broiler chickens for this month reaches 24.7 million units, a volume that allows covering the expected demand and the supply of the market during the season of greatest consumption of the year, such as Christmas and New Year. […]
Santo Domingo.- The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) approved the granting of two loans to the Dominican Republic, totaling 566 million dollars, aimed at enhancing water security in the capital and the province of Santo Domingo, and modernizing the penitentiary system. The initiatives respond to strategic national priorities and will improve […]
Santo Domingo,.- The Central Bank stated this Monday that there are 5,149,829 people employed in the country, for a year-on-year increase of 2.4%, equivalent to 119,965 net employed compared to the July-September 2024 period. The employment rate, that is, the ratio between the total employed and the working-age population, stood at 63.1% for July-September 2025, […]
As a grim, somber, scandalous, extremely serious, cruel to the extreme case, a kind of collective frenzy and collective holocaust, the permanent attention judge Rigoberto Sena Ferreras, qualified the case of the multimillion-dollar fraud in the National Health Insurance (SENASA). "When one goes to the State to drain its institutions, it constitutes an act of […]
The Family Integration Center (CIF) graduated more than 3,700 people during the year 2025, after completing training processes in 30 training areas. 17 technical courses and 11 workshops of human-social and family training were carried out, developed in coordination with public institutions, through the Center for the Promotion and Promotion of Non-Profit Associations and the Ministry […]
Punta Cana. - The hotel chain RIU Hotels & Resorts held a new edition of its traditional Local Agencies Awards, an event that took place on December 14th in the recently renovated Riu Palace Bávaro. The activity brought together more than 60 attendees, including representatives from travel agencies, business partners, and media, and aimed to […]
Santo Domingo.- The town hall of the municipal district of El Puerto, in San Pedro de Macorís, recognized doctor Ulrick Gaillard, founder and president of the North American organization Batey Relief Alliance (BRA), for his almost three decades of tireless humanitarian service in favor of the most vulnerable populations in the country. The distinction was […]
A single pair of used socks can contain between eight and nine million bacteria Microbiologist Primrose Freestone, from the University of Leicester, warned that not changing your socks every day not only increases foot odor, but could also pose a risk to overall health. In that sense, he explained that the prolonged use of socks […]
Gaining weight during Christmas seems almost an inevitable tradition. Abundant meals, sweets, drinks, and less physical activity fuel the feeling that the holidays leave lasting consequences on the scale. However, scientific evidence shows that the real impact is usually much less than what is believed. Various studies have analyzed how much weight people actually gain […]
If anything has been highlighted by the prolonged Haitian crisis, it is the historical debt that the Dominican Republic has with its own border. The provinces that guard that line of more than 390 kilometers not only face the direct consequences of the collapse of the Haitian state, but have also been, for decades, forgotten […]
Without a doubt, the tourism sector represents one of the greatest successes of the governments of President Luis Abinader, an area that he already knew well before his arrival at the Presidency of the Republic, due to his experience as a local businessman. Since his swearing-in in August 2020, the Tourism Cabinet was implemented, coordinated […]
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Santo Domingo. – The Price Stabilization Institute (Inespre) announced that its Food Route will return this weekend to the deep south, with great offers for residents of the provinces of Independencia, Bahoruco and Barahona.
The executive director of Inespre, David Herrera Díaz, explained that this initiative seeks to offer citizens a wide variety of foods at fair prices, eliminating intermediation and connecting producers directly with consumers.
Herrera Díaz reported that this Friday 26th the Food Route, made up of the platform truck and mobile warehouses loaded with food, will be in the Central Park of La Descubierta (Independencia), as well as in the central parks of Villa Jaragua and Neiba (Bahoruco).
The official added that mobile warehouses will also be installed in the central parks of Los Ríos, Postrer Río and Las Clavellinas in Bahoruco.
He also indicated that on Saturday 27th, the Food Route will reach the central parks of Galván and Tamayo (Bahoruco), as well as that of Vicente Noble in Barahona. That same day, the mobile warehouses will be in the Central Park of Fondo Negro in Bahoruco and in Barahona, in the Municipal District of Canoa, specifically at the Esquina Esperanza Carlota. Herrera Díaz announced that residents of these provinces will be able to purchase at a low cost products such as: whole chickens of approximately 4 pounds at RD$200, cartons of 30 eggs at RD$160, 25-pound bags of select rice at RD$750, 2-pound onion nets at RD$80, 800-gram bags of sunflower beans at RD$50, plantains at RD$3, green bananas at RD$1 each, among others.
"This action is part of the plan of President Luis Abinader's government to guarantee food security to the population," the official emphasized.
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The director of Inespre recalled that, in addition to the Food Route, the institution maintains in operation producer markets in 32 locations and mobile warehouses that tour different sectors of the provinces and Greater Santo Domingo.
He invited those interested to obtain more details about this and other initiatives through the official page https://inespre.gob.do and the entity's social networks under the user @InespreRD.
Miami.- The iconic Nike Kobe 6 'Grinch' sneakers, which Kobe Bryant wore in the 2010 Christmas game against LeBron James' Miami Heat, were put up for auction for a minimum price of 10 million dollars by the trading platform Joopiter, owned by the artist Pharrell Williams. The green, scaled footwear originally led to it being […]
Quito.- Ecuador's Assembly approved this Friday, in a virtual plenary session, President Daniel Noboa's request to be absent from his duties for eighteen days, between January 1 and 18, in order to attend to personal matters. The request, presented by the assemblyman of the ruling party Johnny Lavayen, was approved with 81 votes in favor […]
OMAHA, Nebraska, — Several Mexican train crews who had just arrived at U.S. rail yards in Texas had trouble understanding important safety information in English during recent in-depth inspections ordered by the government of President Donald Trump. At times, Union Pacific and CPKC railroads routinely rely on foreign crews to bring trains into their rail […]
Santo Domingo.- Edesur Dominicana put into operation this Friday a new 50-megavolt-ampere (MVA) power transformer at the Paraíso substation, in the National District. The powerful equipment increases the capacity to meet the energy demand in that area by 100%, directly benefiting thousands of customers and more than 12 sectors. With the power transformer, which handles […]
Jarabacoa.– Mrs. Felicia Henríquez, mother of Félix Humberto, publicly denounced an alleged persecution by agents of the National Police in the municipality of Jarabacoa, assuring that her son lives in constant distress due to the actions she attributes to members of the law enforcement agency. According to the mother, her son had a life on […]
Baní.- The Perelló Cultural Center celebrated the arrival of Christmas with a majestic symphonic concert, held in partnership with the National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of maestro José Antonio Molina. The 2025 Christmas Concert, in its twelfth edition, brought together prominent Dominican artists such as Maridaría Hernández, Frank Ceara, and Xiomara Fortuna, the latter […]
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