Santo Domingo.– The parallel load test of the train was successful, after the unit traveled the entire planned route, reached the maneuvering tail and the track changes were made according to the established technical protocol. The test is part of the operational evaluations prior to the commissioning of the extension of Line 2-C of the […]
Santo Domingo.– In the context of Valentine's Day, citizens expressed that they will dedicate the day to sharing with their partners, family, and friends, highlighting that the date not only celebrates romantic love, but also affective bonds in all their forms. During tours of different points in the capital, several people stated that they will […]
La Victoria, Santo Domingo Norte.– The José Méndez Baseball Academy, where the teenager Anser Daniel Rincón Fabián trained, remains closed after the discovery of the minor's body in a lagoon located behind its facilities, while his parents denounce that they have not yet received official explanations about what happened. Since the incident occurred, the doors […]
Santiago.– A man with apparent mental problems has been on the highest part of the Hermanos Patiño Bridge since noon this Friday, in a situation that keeps emergency organizations on alert and has caused extensive traffic congestion in this strategic area of the city. The individual, whose identity has not been established, climbed onto the […]
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) paid tribute this Friday to Radhamés Aracena, founder of Radio Guarachita, within the framework of the celebration of International Radio Day and the commemoration of 100 years of broadcasting in the Dominican Republic. During the event held in the institution's building, the president of the Board of […]
By Yadilka Espinal Nagua. – At just 19 years old, Celine López Hernández breaks barriers and writes her name in local sports history. The young woman, a resident of the Proyecto Los Agrónomos sector and a member of the Chichi Vásquez Boxing Club, became the first woman from Nagua to qualify for the prestigious international […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – Cristian Casablanca and Mr. Jiménez assured they are in top form and confident of coming out victorious when they face each other in the “Night of Fights” card, an event that will combine professional boxing and influencers on February 21st at the Carlos Teo Cruz Coliseum. You may be interested in: Leones […]
SANTO DOMINGO – The Basketball Association of the National District (Abadina) officially presented its new digital platform, a technological tool designed to strengthen institutional management and benefit the more than 30 affiliated clubs, as well as players, coaches, technicians, and leaders. You may be interested in:Dominican Republic tied with USA and was left at the doors of the FIFA U-17 […]
Sports writing (EFE).- Norwegian Sturla Holm Laegreid, who won the bronze medal on Tuesday in the combined cross-country skiing and rifle shooting event of twenty kilometers at the Olympic Games of Milan Cortina (Italy), made public, in tears, an infidelity to his partner. You may be interested in:Samu Aghehowa, confirmed out of Spain for the […]
Madrid.- The kings of Spain awarded the best athletes of 2023 and 2024 this Wednesday, including Dominican athlete Marileidy Paulino, who received the Ibero-American Community Trophy of 2023 in recognition of the successes achieved that year, in which she won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the Budapest World Championships. Paulino, 29, became […]
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 […]
Brussels.- The Chinese platform TikTok said this Friday that the investigation carried out by the European Commission, which concludes that this social network has an "addictive" design for its users, is based on "a categorically false and totally unfounded description". "We will take all necessary measures to challenge these findings by all means at our […]
Roblox has taken a key step in the evolution of video game creation platforms with the launch of its 4D Creation feature. This tool, powered by artificial intelligence, allows users to generate interactive and functional objects simply by describing what they want in natural language. The new feature, currently available in beta, represents a significant […]
Granada (Spain).- An international team of scientists found that artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make mistakes when answering questions that require conceptual reasoning and not mere internet searches, which reveals that it still does not equal human thought in complex academic tasks. As detailed this Thursday in a statement by the University of Granada (UGR), […]
ChatGPT surprised thousands of users this Tuesday, February 3, by presenting failures in its operation, without prior notice. High error rates are occurring in adjustment jobs. "And we have identified that users are experiencing high levels of error in the affected services," OpenAI wrote on its website. "We have identified the problem and applied the […]
Panama City.- Panama has accumulated 19 deaths from influenza so far in 2026, after four new cases were confirmed during epidemiological week 4 (January 25 to 31, 2026), while health authorities maintain the call to the population to reinforce self-care measures as one of the main prevention actions. According to the weekly epidemiological report released […]
New York. - United States carried out ten attacks against more than thirty infrastructure targets of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria between February 3 and 14, as reported this Saturday by the United States Central Command (Centcom). The forces followed a campaign of "relentless military pressure on the remnants of the terrorist […]
Lima.- The persistent political crisis in Peru seemed to have given the Andean country a respite just before its elections, but the new scandals surrounding the interim president, the right-winger José Jerí, open the door for him to be removed next Tuesday, and therefore there will be a new president, the eighth since this shredder […]
Washington.- The United States armed forces eliminated another boat allegedly linked to drug trafficking structures in the Caribbean, near Venezuela, this Friday, and three crew members were killed during the operation. The operation was carried out on a route that Southern Command identified as usually used by organized crime in international waters of the Caribbean, […]
Washington.- The U.S. President, Donald Trump, assured this Friday that he will visit Venezuela, although he admitted that the date of the trip has not yet been decided. "I am going to visit Venezuela," Trump responded to journalists at the White House today, and then explained that it has not yet been defined when this […]
A few days before the celebration of Premio Lo Nuestro 2026, one of the most important awards in Latin music, scheduled for February 19 in Miami, some Dominicans who will be present at the important ceremony have been announced. Among these figures, businessman Santiago Matías is mentioned, who will be in charge of producing the […]
Content creator Jesaaelys Ayala, second of singer Daddy Yankee's children with Mireddys González, announced this Friday that she is expecting her first child with her husband Carlos Olmo, amidst the family crisis her family is facing. The news was announced through a video on their social media, where the couple shared that August 2026 is […]
Buenos Aires.- Thousands of people experienced this Friday a prelude full of euphoria, colors and joy before the first of the three concerts that the Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny, will offer in Buenos Aires as part of his tour ‘DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS’, in which it will also […]
Venezuelan influencer Isabella Ladera, based in Miami, and Peruvian content creator and former reality TV star Hugo García confirmed the great news that they are expecting their first child together. The news was announced this Friday through a collaborative post on their social media, where both appear face to face in a photograph in which […]
Santo Domingo, RD - This Saturday, February 14th, Valentine's Day is celebrated, and the city of Santo Domingo has a wide agenda of activities from Friday, February 13th to Sunday, February 15th, which go beyond the ordinary. From romantic concerts with renowned artists, comedy shows and shows for singles will be available throughout the weekend […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In 2025, live news streaming via YouTube on smart TVs leaves traditional television behind and transforms news consumption in the Dominican Republic.By: Pavel De Camps Vargas Who's dominating your home screen today? It's not traditional television. In the Dominican Republic, YouTube has taken over the television in this 2025, redefining the map of news consumption. […]
Havana,.- The Cuban peso marked a historic low in the informal market this Tuesday, depreciating to 500 units per US dollar, amid growing pressure from Washington on the island. The benchmark indicator of the informal market, published daily by the independent media outlet El Toque, reached this mark after a 15% decrease in the relative […]
The Dominican Republic is positioned among the countries with the best economic growth prospects globally, according to projections from the "Harvard Growth Lab," a research center at Harvard University. According to the Atlas of Economic Complexity, the country would register an average annual growth of 3.82% in its real GDP between 2024 and 2034, placing […]
Caracas.- In Venezuela 38,610 new vehicles were sold last year, an increase of 119.9% compared to 2024, when 17,558 were sold, the sector reported this Tuesday, which predicts a growth of over 29% for 2026, with more than 50,000 units. From the total sold last year, 41% -16,030 vehicles- were assembled in the country, the […]
San Salvador.- The Government of El Salvador anticipates approximately $55 million in tourism revenue from the Central American residency of Colombian singer Shakira, which consists of five concerts in San Salvador, two of which took place this past weekend, according to official projections shared this Monday. The head of the Ministry of Tourism, Morena Valdez, […]
AES Dominicana, headed by its president Edwin De los Santos, received the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Leah Campos, at the facilities of the AES Andrés energy complex, as part of an institutional agenda aimed at presenting the company's main investment projects in energy infrastructure, as well as the expansion of the natural […]
People who follow a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, have an 18% to 24% lower risk of mortality from all causes, which can mean two to three more years of life expectancy, according to a study based on 103,649 participants. After analyzing the information on the diet and genetic characteristics of these people […]
A small, humble, and delicious fruit could be playing a key role in protecting the heart, brain, and digestive system. This is revealed by a recent important study cited by the Daily Mail, which puts blueberries back at the center of the conversation about healthy eating. Although experts have been recommending its consumption for years, […]
If a person fell madly in love before, the chances of experiencing it again are slim, according to concluyeron American psychologists from the Kinsey Institute, after calculating the average passionate love experiences throughout a human life. Researchers surveyed 10,036 single adults between 18 and 99 years old in the United States. They were asked the […]
Santo Domingo. – GALA Media Group and the group Amigos que Suman held a special meeting on the occasion of the official visit to the country of the Chilean deputy and senator-elect for the Valparaíso Region, Diego Ibáñez, who also received recognition for his emerging leadership, becoming the youngest senator-elect in Chile. The recognition was […]
Santo Domingo.- The trends —whether in fashion, social media, music, or lifestyle— are cultural phenomena that many people adopt, share, and reinvent. But what motivates people to follow them? Trends have become a dominant form of social and cultural interaction in the digital age. Through them, people share ideas, styles, opinions, and behaviors that multiply […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New York.- US President Donald Trump said he will impose a 10% limit on credit card interest rates starting January 20, a measure he intends to maintain for a year with the aim of lowering the cost of living in the country.
“Please know that we will not allow the American public to be ‘ripped off’ any longer by credit card companies that are charging 20 to 30% interest and even more,” the president said on his social network Truth Social.
"Effective January 20, 2026, I, as U.S. president, call for a one-year limit on credit card interest rates of 10%," added Trump, who wanted to coincide the date with the anniversary of the first year of his second term.
However, the Republican president, who blamed his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, for the high interest rates charged on credit cards, already faced criticism from the banking sector and some figures on Wall Street.
The American Bankers Association (ABA) and four other industry groups issued a joint statement warning of the negative consequences for consumers of the 10% limit and advocated for collaboration to improve access to credit.
The 10% limit, they pointed out, "would reduce the availability of credit" for millions of families and small businesses, "the consumers this proposal aims to help," and would push them towards "less regulated and more expensive alternatives," they indicated.
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, a Republican donor, for example, said this Saturday that the credit card market "seems very competitive" and that a solution would be for its "regulatory regime to favor new entrants and new technologies".
Santo Domingo. – The Dominican Republic Air Force (FARD) celebrates today, February 15, a new anniversary of its founding, reaffirming its commitment to the defense of national airspace, sovereignty, and the security of the country. Since its creation, the institution has played a strategic role in protecting Dominican territory, strengthening its operational capabilities through the […]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. – On the occasion of International Childhood Cancer Day, health authorities, medical organizations, and social entities reiterated this February 15 the importance of early detection, timely diagnosis, and equitable access to specialized treatments for children and adolescents facing this disease. Childhood cancer is one of the leading causes of death from […]
A North Carolina court sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole a young man who, when he was 15 years old, murdered his brother and four other people in an attack that occurred in October 2022. The now-accused, identified as Austin Thompson, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including first-degree murder, attempted murder, […]
A Brazilian-born nanny was sentenced to "10 years in prison" for her involvement in the murder of her employer's wife and another man in a case that shocked the state of Virginia. The woman, identified as Juliana Peres Magalhaes, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for her involvement in the events that occurred in February 2023. […]
Washington - Pima County authorities reported this Friday that DNA that does not correspond to Nancy Guthrie, the mother of journalist Savannah Guthrie, nor to people in close contact with her was found on her property. According to the local police department, investigators are working to determine to whom the genetic material belongs, although they […]
The President of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, will face six candidates in the elections scheduled for March 15, 2026, after the registration period for candidates closed. The confirmed contenders include Anguios Nganguia Engambé, Mabio Mavoungou Zinga, Vivien Romain Manangou, Dave Mafoula Uphreim, Joseph Kignoumbi–Kia Mboungou, and Mélaine Destin Gavet Elengo. None of […]
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