Spanish
Santo Domingo.- The communicator and humorist Juan Carlos Pichardo joins the list of confirmed participants for the next season of the successful reality show La Casa de Alofoke 2, scheduled to start on October 20th through the YouTube channel of Alofoke Radio Show.
Businessman Santiago Matías, CEO of Alofoke Media Group, has surprised the fans of the reality show he leads by announcing the talented comedian as one of the confirmed members.
Nationals
Nearly 2,000 Dominicans reside in the Middle East amidst tensions between Israel and Iran
Around 2,000 Dominicans currently live in Middle Eastern countries, according to data from the Institute of Dominicans Abroad (Index). The largest concentration is in the United Arab Emirates, with 1,199 nationals, followed by Qatar (294), Oman (192), and Turkey (154). 134 Dominicans reside in Israel and 24 in Saudi Arabia. Amid the escalating tensions between […]
Two Serbians arrested at Punta Cana airport with 75 packages of cocaine
Santo Domingo.- Two men of Serbian nationality were arrested at the Punta Cana International Airport, in La Altagracia province, when they intended to travel to Switzerland with 75 packages of cocaine, the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) reported this Tuesday. A statement from the agency details that, after receiving intelligence reports, anti-narcotics agents, assisted by […]
APORDOM and CESEP certify the Port of Manzanillo under international safety standards
Puerto de Río Haina, SDO.– The Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM) and the Specialized Port Security Corps (CESEP) delivered the certification of the Port Facility Compliance Declaration (DCIP) to the Port of Manzanillo, located in the municipality of Pepillo Salcedo, Montecristi province. The CEO of APORDOM, Jean Luis Rodríguez, along with the general director of CESEP, […]
Minister of Youth among the 199 postgraduate graduates in Public Administration at UASD
Santo Domingo.– Minister of Youth Carlos Valdez Matos is among the 199 public servants who graduated in the first postgraduate degree in Public Administration, taught by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), as part of the professionalization strategy of the public function promoted by the Government. Valdez Matos described the investiture as a personal […]
Police Director orders more than 30 changes in regional and specialized directorates
The Director General of the National Police, Major General Andrés Modesto Cruz Cruz, ordered this Monday more than 30 changes and new appointments in regional, specialized, area and departmental directorates, with the aim of strengthening citizen security throughout the national territory. Among the movements is General Esteban Figuereo García, who, in addition to Deputy General […]
Sports
Jurickson Profar receives 162-game suspension for repeat offense involving banned substances
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 […]
The Yankees celebrate prospect graduation and reinforce commitment to comprehensive education in the DR
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, […]
COD President receives international water ski delegation and analyzes preparations for Santo Domingo 2026
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 […]
Vuelta Ciclística Independencia Nacional: Yesid Pira conquers the mountain and Wilmar Paredes takes the general lead
SANTO DOMINGO.– Guatemalan Yesid Pira prevailed with authority in the demanding third mountain stage of the 47th National Independence Cycling Tour, held on the Santo Domingo–Rancho Arriba (San José de Ocoa) route, with a distance of 158 kilometers. You may be interested in:National Independence Cycling Tour: Wilmer Paredes wins the second stage; Cedeño retains the […]
Vuelta Ciclística Independencia Nacional: Wilmer Paredes wins the second stage; Cedeño retains the lead
SANTO DOMINGO. – Colombian Wilmer Paredes starred in an explosive finish to win the second stage of the 47th Vuelta Ciclística Independencia Nacional on Wednesday, while Dominican Danielky Cedeño retained the lead in the general classification. You may be interested in:National Independence Cycling Tour: Danielky Cedeño conquers the first stage in La Romana The stage […]
Technology
From AI centers of excellence to launching satellites: DR prepares to take a big leap as a technological and innovation hub in the Caribbean
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 […]
Instagram will notify parents if their children search for content about suicide or self-harm
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New York, Feb 26 (EFE).- Instagram has announced that "next week" it will begin to notify parents if their teenage child "attempts to repeatedly search for terms related to suicide or self-harm" on its social network, according to its parent company, Meta, announced this Thursday. You may be interested in: Keys to the Seedance phenomenon, […]
Keys to the Seedance phenomenon, the Chinese AI for hyperrealistic videos that challenges Hollywood
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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, […]
Keep your browser up to date: new Chrome update to protect your information
Security in web browsers is more crucial than ever, as they have become one of the main targets of cybercriminals. Chrome, the most used browser worldwide, constantly faces attempts to exploit vulnerabilities, forcing Google to quickly release patches to protect its users. Recently, the company has released an emergency update that fixes the first zero-day vulnerability of […]
HONOR leads global smartphone growth with 55% and consolidates Latin America as a key market
Santo Domingo.– HONOR positioned itself as the fastest-growing international smartphone manufacturer in 2025, recording an expansion of 55% in shipments during the first three quarters of the year, according to a report by the analysis firm Omdia. The study places the company as the most dynamic brand among the top 10 global sellers, driven by […]
International
Trump threatens to cut trade with Spain over its stance on the Iran war
Washington/Madrid/Brussels.- U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Spain this Tuesday for its stance on the Iran war and threatened to impose an embargo and end all bilateral trade relations, as he assured that his country "doesn't need anything" from Spain, a country he called a "terrible" ally. The refusal of Pedro Sánchez's government to […]
A small plane crashes into an icy river in New York and its two crew members are unharmed
New York. - A small plane crashed on Monday night in the Hudson River in New York, in the north of the state, and its two crew members were able to swim through the icy waters to the shore and were unharmed, according to authorities and local media. An instructor pilot and his student had […]
Trump threatens "retaliation" for attack on the U.S. Embassy.
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, promised to announce promptly response measures to the recent drone attack against the North American country's Embassy in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, as well as to the death of American soldiers amid the escalation in the Middle East. "I just spoke with President Trump. He said that retaliation […]
Peru declares gas supply emergency after leak and activates rationing
Lima.- Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines declared a gas supply emergency this Monday to be able to execute "with the greatest speed, the necessary technical works", after a leak and deflagration occurred this Sunday in the Camisea deposit, in the Cusco region, in the south of the country. The natural gas leak and combustion […]
Three women, including a government official, are murdered in the Mexican state of Guerrero
Chilpancingo (Mexico),.- Three women were murdered, including a public official, in addition to a man, in three different incidents in the Mexican state of Guerrero (south), security sources reported this Monday. The murder of the municipal official, who was head of the Secretariat of Health of Atlixtac, a municipality located in the Montaña region, identified […]
Entertainment
Tulile asks Santiago Matías for an opportunity to be on “Planeta Alofoke”
Dominican merengue singer José Manuel Rivera, artistically known as “El Rey Tulile, made a public call to Santiago Matías, CEO of Alofoke Media Group, to take him into account in his new digital project “Planeta Alofoke”, scheduled to start on April 13th. Through his social media, the performer of "Ta Buena" published a video where […]
Clarissa Molina will take legal action against Sophinel Báez
Santo Domingo.- Actress and communicator Clarissa Molina issued a public statement in which she categorically denied the claims made about her by Sophinel Báez during an interview with journalist Juan Carlos Alvelo in a digital media outlet in the country. In the document, Molina rejected the content of said statements and assured that they do […]
Arcángel announces his international tour 'La 8va Maravilla World Tour 20 Aniversario'
San Juan/Miami (USA).- The singer Arcángel announced this Monday the dates for the first stage of his tour 'La 8va Maravilla World Tour 20 Aniversario', which will begin on May 13 in Barcelona and will pass through 12 countries and 18 cities until concluding on September 26 in Costa Rica. The tour accompanies the release […]
Ticket sales for Kany García's concert in Santo Domingo start this Tuesday
SANTO DOMINGO.– This Tuesday will begin the sale of tickets for the expected concert that the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany García will offer on May 30, 2026 at the Quisqueya Stadium, as part of her “Kany García Tour 2026”. The exclusive presale will be held with a 15% discount for Visa Banreservas cardholders through UEPATICKETS.COM […]
The Fruit and its occurrences unleashed laughter in “Alofoke en el Agganis”
The charismatic influencer Andy de la Cruz, better known as "La Fruta", was one of the great protagonists of the show "Alofoke en el Agganis", where he unleashed laughter with his spontaneous and fun style. The winner of the second season of the reality show La Casa de Alofoke demonstrated why he has become one […]
Opinion
The pre-campaign without an official starting gun, polls, activated machinery, and the succession dilemma that sets the path to 2028
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 […]
The new crisis doesn't start in the media, it starts on WhatsApp
A country can ignite from a chat: WhatsApp sets the agenda before the media. A single forward surpasses any headline. In the digital age, the real information crisis doesn't ignite in the newsrooms of a media outlet, nor on the front pages of newspapers: it begins in a simple WhatsApp chat. Before any media outlet […]
When corruption is not protected by the presidential band
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 […]
We have a permanent constitutional back and forth
In 2015, an internal crisis within the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) forced the leadership of that organization to promote a constitutional reform to enable President Danilo Medina, who had been elected in 2012 through a constitution that prohibited consecutive re-election. Medina was eligible to try to return in 2020, that is, after a period, a […]
When the slander is coordinated and clumsy
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 […]
Economy
Trump: "The US Navy will escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz"
Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. Navy is ready to "escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz", blocked by Iran following the conflict in the Middle East. "If necessary, the U.S. Navy will begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible. Whatever happens, the United States will guarantee the […]
Farmers who had their projects canceled in Agriculture demand the new minister pay for the vehicles financed by the previous one.
This is about more than 150 utility vehicles that the Ministry of Agriculture delivered to regional directors and those in charge of agricultural areas of the 8 agricultural regions. Departmental managers were also benefited. The past authorities of the state agency made financing agreements through the Banco de Reservas and the CoopParospera Cooperative, for which […]
Merchants and exporters consolidate alliance to boost trade with Haiti
Santo Domingo, DR. – The president of the Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC), Iván de Jesús García, held a meeting with representatives of the Association of Border Exporters of Cement and Construction Materials (ASOEXPOFRONCEM), in order to strengthen trade with Haiti and promote the sustainable development of border communities. García presented a review on the […]
Abinader is optimistic about the economic future and highlights rare earth reserves
Santo Domingo.- The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, expressed optimism this Friday about the country's economic future, announced that the Government will install a network of dry ports on the border with Haiti, and highlighted that the nation has a rare earth reserve of over 150 million tons. In his annual address on […]
Tomás Hernández Alberto claims salary has improved despite inflation and defends the government's economic management
Santo Domingo. — The political leader Tomás Hernández Alberto stated that in the Dominican Republic “nowadays you can buy more with the salary than what you could buy four years ago”, referring to the impact of salary increases compared to inflation, during the special broadcast of the newspaper De Último Minuto. Hernández Alberto explained that, […]
Style
Miss and Mister of Dominican Republic begins their week of concentration with great international surprises
Santo Domingo.– The Miss and Mister of Dominican Republic organization officially launched its concentration week, marking the beginning of a new stage in the country's beauty pageants. Alejandro Martínez, one of the event directors, reported that throughout the week the candidates will participate in various activities, including talent competition, "head to head" dynamics, interviews with […]
David Collado inaugurates Dominican stand at Colombia's tourism fair
Bogotá, Colombia.- The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, inaugurated the Dominican stand at the tourism fair La Vitrina de ANATO, which began this Wednesday in Bogotá, Colombia and will run until Friday. Accompanied by businessmen, bankers, diplomats and other sector actors, Minister Collado cut the ribbon, after assuring that he will continue making his greatest […]
From Madrid, journalist Cristian Santana connects Spanish cuisine with Dominican seasoning in "Sabor de la Calle"
Madrid, Spain.- Dominican journalist Cristian Santana presented a new installment of his program Sabor de la Calle, this time broadcasting from the city of Madrid, where he toured some of the most emblematic gastronomic points of the Spanish capital, combining local tradition with the authentic flavor of the Dominican community abroad. During the tour, Santana […]
Dominican Jack Mateo develops agenda at Miami Dade College on applied artificial intelligence
Miami, Florida. — In a context where artificial intelligence redefines competitiveness globally, Dominican Jack Mateo, developed a strategic agenda at the Miami Dade College (MDC), focused on training in AI applied to the business sector. The AI expert held a meeting with Pedro Santos, Executive Director of Emerging Technologies at MDC, in which initiatives aimed […]
Digega lays a floral offering in commemoration of the 182nd anniversary of National Independence
Santo Domingo. – The General Directorate of Livestock, headed by its director, Abel Madera, made a solemn floral offering at the Altar de la Patria, as part of the commemorative acts of the 182nd anniversary of the National Independence. The ceremony was held in honor of the Founding Fathers: Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario […]
Editorial
Development for the border
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 […]
Tourism continues to grow
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 […]
The Independence of July 4th
This July 4th, the United States commemorates the 249th anniversary of its independence, a date that marks the beginning of a nation forged in the fight for freedom, civil rights, and self-determination. Since then, this feat has been celebrated in multiple cultural expressions that exalt patriotic pride and the sense of national belonging. However, on […]
Four years reporting for you
Today we proudly and gratefully celebrate the fourth anniversary of De Último Minuto, a project that was born with the firm conviction of transforming the way information is reported in the Dominican Republic. In these four years, we have witnessed —and been protagonists— of a revolution in digital journalism, marked by immediacy, technological innovation, and […]
We are connected to the present, focused on the future
On the eve of celebrating the fourth anniversary of De Último Minuto, we reaffirm our commitment to innovation, technology and, above all, to you: our readers. We are driven by the constant desire to evolve, to do things differently and to keep up with the times. Therefore, today we present two new products that will […]
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